Fender Player Precision Bass Guitar MN - Black

The Fender Player Precision Bass MN, Tidepool provides players with an unmistakable tone and performance, with its single player series split-coil pickup capturing the sonic essence of Fender's history. Its lightweight alder body is coupled with a maple neck and fingerboard, injecting the overall tone with bright, warm characteristics to create sizzling highs, thick lows, and a punchy midrange. A 4-saddle bridge, synthetic bone nut, and open-gear tuners complete this Fender's stunning looks and performance capabilities, improving tuning stability and enhance its natural resonance and sustain. With its stunning tidepool finish and nickel/chrome hardware, the Fender Player Series Precision Bass is perfect for players who appreciate style and tone.

Classic Alder Body

The Player Series Precision Bass features a lightweight alder body to produce balanced, resonant tones with plenty of clarity and midrange bite, ideal for the versatile musician. The alder tonewood provides a decent amount of sustain, creating bright, sizzling highs, beautifully rounded lows, and a beefy midrange. Fender have used alder as their tonewood of choice since the 1950s, as the balanced response and slight upper middle definition makes it perfect for rock and blues playing.

Maple Neck & Fingerboard

The addition of a maple neck and fingerboard provides the overall tone with a bright characteristic, tightening up the sound and giving it plenty of cut. The maple delivers a powerfully sharp punch when the strings are hit hard, whilst still retaining its clarity to allow each note to sing. The neck and fingerboard work together to provide this Player P Bass with sizzling highs and firm lows, while its midrange features a snappy attack. The modern ''C'' profile is designed for an incredibly comfortable playing experience, allowing the hand to fully cup the neck and deliver a smooth performance.

High-Quality Electronics & Hardware

This Precision Bass is equipped with a range of high-quality components, delivering a professional grade performance to players on a budget. Its single player series split-coil pickup is infused with the soul of Fender, offering all the classic tones associated with many musical legends. master volume and tone controls provide excellent tone shaping capabilities, allowing players to dial in the perfect tone for their playing style. The addition of a synthetic bone nut increases the overall resonance and brightness of the tone, while its standard open-gear tuners and bridge improves tuning stability and adds to this Fender P Bass’ classic aesthetic.

The History of the Precision Bass

Debuted in late 1951, the Precision Bass guitar was not only Fender's first bass guitar, it was the world's first bass guitar and a new kind of instrument. The Precision Bass (often shortened to P-Bass), has spent well over half a century at the very heart of music everywhere. With its two-horned solid body and fretted neck, the Precision Bass profoundly revolutionised music. Reigning ever since as a must-have instrument, this elegantly simple and enormously powerful instrument is the worldwide standard for bass tonality, performance, reliability and overall excellence.

Specifications

• Model Number: 0149802506
• Series: Player

Body & Bridge

• Body: Alder
• Shape: Precision Bass
• Bridge: 4-Saddle Standard
• Construction: Bolt-On
• Finish: Black

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Maple
• Profile: Modern ''C''
• Scale Length: 34''
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Radius: 9.5''
• Frets: 20 Medium Jumbo
• Inlays: Black Dots
• Nut: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.625''

Electronics & Hardware

• Middle Pickup: Player Series Split Single-Coil Precision Bass
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Tuning Machines: Standard Open-Gear
• Control Knobs: Knurled Flat Top
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
• Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
• Strings: Fender USA, NPS, (Gauges .045 - .105)
• Case Included: No