These new Fender Blacktop Basses are OUT-THA-CONTROL!
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Ventilator
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Re: These new Fender Blacktop Basses are OUT-THA-CONTROL!
It may be time for an upgrade.
It may be time for an upgrade.
Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: These new Fender Blacktop Basses are OUT-THA-CONTROL!
Saw the email a few hours ago. Love
Saw the email a few hours ago. Love
TheLivingDead
Dawn Of The Shred
Re: These new Fender Blacktop Basses are OUT-THA-CONTROL!
I like the P.
Maaaan if it came in a 5-string with a maple board, I'd order one right now.
I like the P.
Maaaan if it came in a 5-string with a maple board, I'd order one right now.
Bass_Medic_05
Purveyor of Low End
Bass_Medic_05
Purveyor of Low End
Re: These new Fender Blacktop Basses are OUT-THA-CONTROL!
Jazz Spec.
Overview Specs Artists
Hey Monday
Cage The Elephant
Foster The People
Phenomenal Blacktop™ series power and performance now comes to a bold new interpretation of the venerable Jazz Bass guitar. In one of the most distinctive iterations of the instrument ever designed, Fender now introduces the Blacktop Jazz Bass.
Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Jazz Bass features dual Blacktop split-coil Precision Bass® pickups that pack a powerful one-two tonal punch. Other distinctive touches are three Jazz Bass control knobs (volume for each pickup and master tone) and a Blacktop HiMass bridge. Features include an alder body, maple neck with modern C shape and gloss urethane finish, rosewood fretboard with 9.5” radius and 20 medium jumbo frets, three-ply black-white-black pickguard, open-gear tuners and chrome hardware. Available in Black and new White Chrome Pearl.
General
Model Name: Blacktop™ Jazz Bass®
Series: Blacktop™
Color / MSRP* / Part # : Black
$699.99
014-8600-506
White Chrome Pearl
$699.99
014-8600-523
Body
Body Material: Alder
Body Shape: Jazz Bass®
Body Finish: (0148600506, 0148600523)
Polyester
Neck
Neck Shape: Modern "C" Shape
Number of Frets: 20
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: White Dot Position Inlays
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Fretboard: Rosewood
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane Finish
Nut Width: 1.5" (38.1 mm)
Scale Length: 34" (86.36 cm)
Neck Plate: Standard 4 Bolt
Truss Rods: Standard Truss Rod System
Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Hex Adjustment
Electronics
Pickup Configuration: S/S
Bridge Pickup: Blacktop™ Split Single-Coil Precision Bass® Pickup (Bridge)
Neck Pickup: Blacktop™ Split Single-Coil Precision Bass® Pickup (Neck)
Controls: Volume 1. (Middle Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Hardware
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Bridge: Blacktop 4-Saddle Adjustable HiMass Bridge
Tuning Machines: Standard Open-Gear Tuners
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Miscellaneous
Strings: Fender® USA Super Bass 7250M, NPS (.045-.105 Gauges)
Accessories
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
Control Knobs: Vintage Style Jazz Bass® Knobs
Jazz Spec.
Overview Specs Artists
Hey Monday
Cage The Elephant
Foster The People
Phenomenal Blacktop™ series power and performance now comes to a bold new interpretation of the venerable Jazz Bass guitar. In one of the most distinctive iterations of the instrument ever designed, Fender now introduces the Blacktop Jazz Bass.
Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Jazz Bass features dual Blacktop split-coil Precision Bass® pickups that pack a powerful one-two tonal punch. Other distinctive touches are three Jazz Bass control knobs (volume for each pickup and master tone) and a Blacktop HiMass bridge. Features include an alder body, maple neck with modern C shape and gloss urethane finish, rosewood fretboard with 9.5” radius and 20 medium jumbo frets, three-ply black-white-black pickguard, open-gear tuners and chrome hardware. Available in Black and new White Chrome Pearl.
General
Model Name: Blacktop™ Jazz Bass®
Series: Blacktop™
Color / MSRP* / Part # : Black
$699.99
014-8600-506
White Chrome Pearl
$699.99
014-8600-523
Body
Body Material: Alder
Body Shape: Jazz Bass®
Body Finish: (0148600506, 0148600523)
Polyester
Neck
Neck Shape: Modern "C" Shape
Number of Frets: 20
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: White Dot Position Inlays
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Fretboard: Rosewood
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane Finish
Nut Width: 1.5" (38.1 mm)
Scale Length: 34" (86.36 cm)
Neck Plate: Standard 4 Bolt
Truss Rods: Standard Truss Rod System
Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Hex Adjustment
Electronics
Pickup Configuration: S/S
Bridge Pickup: Blacktop™ Split Single-Coil Precision Bass® Pickup (Bridge)
Neck Pickup: Blacktop™ Split Single-Coil Precision Bass® Pickup (Neck)
Controls: Volume 1. (Middle Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Hardware
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Bridge: Blacktop 4-Saddle Adjustable HiMass Bridge
Tuning Machines: Standard Open-Gear Tuners
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Miscellaneous
Strings: Fender® USA Super Bass 7250M, NPS (.045-.105 Gauges)
Accessories
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
Control Knobs: Vintage Style Jazz Bass® Knobs
Bass_Medic_05
Purveyor of Low End
Re: These new Fender Blacktop Basses are OUT-THA-CONTROL!
P bass Spec.
Overview Specs Drive your sound with raw humbucking power. Fender’s new and innovative Blacktop™ series expanded the sonic horizon of classic Fender guitars by powering them with high-gain humbucking pickups. That phenomenal Blacktop power and performance now comes to the bass world with a dual-humbucking-pickup version of the Precision Bass® guitar.
Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Precision Bass guitar features two pummeling Blacktop Bass humbucking pickups that make it one of the most powerful basses - if not the most powerful bass - Fender has ever offered. Other distinctive touches are three Jazz Bass control knobs (volume for each pickup and master tone) and a Blacktop™ HiMass bridge. Features include an alder body, maple neck with modern C shape and gloss urethane finish, rosewood fretboard with 9.5” radius and 20 medium jumbo frets, three-ply black-white-black pickguard, open-gear tuners and chrome hardware. Available in Black and new White Chrome Pearl.
General
Model Name: Blacktop™ Precision Bass®
Series: Blacktop™
Color / MSRP* / Part # : Black
$699.99
014-8500-506
White Chrome Pearl
$699.99
014-8500-523
Body
Body Material: Alder
Body Shape: Precision Bass®
Body Finish: (0148500506, 0148500523)
Polyester
Neck
Neck Shape: Modern "C" Shape
Number of Frets: 20
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: White Dot Position Inlays
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Fretboard: Rosewood
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane Finish
Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Scale Length: 34" (86.36 cm)
Neck Plate: Standard 4 Bolt
Truss Rods: Standard Truss Rod System
Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Hex Adjustment
Electronics
Pickup Configuration: H/H
Bridge Pickup: Blacktop™ Bass Humbucking Pickup (Bridge)
Neck Pickup: Blacktop™ Bass Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
Controls: Volume 1. (Middle Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Hardware
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Bridge: Blacktop 4-Saddle Adjustable HiMass Bridge
Tuning Machines: Standard Open-Gear Tuners
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Miscellaneous
Strings: Fender® USA Super Bass 7250M, NPS (.045-.105 Gauges)
Accessories
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
Control Knobs: Vintage Style Jazz Bass® Knobs
P bass Spec.
Overview Specs Drive your sound with raw humbucking power. Fender’s new and innovative Blacktop™ series expanded the sonic horizon of classic Fender guitars by powering them with high-gain humbucking pickups. That phenomenal Blacktop power and performance now comes to the bass world with a dual-humbucking-pickup version of the Precision Bass® guitar.
Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Precision Bass guitar features two pummeling Blacktop Bass humbucking pickups that make it one of the most powerful basses - if not the most powerful bass - Fender has ever offered. Other distinctive touches are three Jazz Bass control knobs (volume for each pickup and master tone) and a Blacktop™ HiMass bridge. Features include an alder body, maple neck with modern C shape and gloss urethane finish, rosewood fretboard with 9.5” radius and 20 medium jumbo frets, three-ply black-white-black pickguard, open-gear tuners and chrome hardware. Available in Black and new White Chrome Pearl.
General
Model Name: Blacktop™ Precision Bass®
Series: Blacktop™
Color / MSRP* / Part # : Black
$699.99
014-8500-506
White Chrome Pearl
$699.99
014-8500-523
Body
Body Material: Alder
Body Shape: Precision Bass®
Body Finish: (0148500506, 0148500523)
Polyester
Neck
Neck Shape: Modern "C" Shape
Number of Frets: 20
Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
Position Inlays: White Dot Position Inlays
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (24.1 cm)
Fretboard: Rosewood
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane Finish
Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Scale Length: 34" (86.36 cm)
Neck Plate: Standard 4 Bolt
Truss Rods: Standard Truss Rod System
Truss Rod Nut: 3/16" Hex Adjustment
Electronics
Pickup Configuration: H/H
Bridge Pickup: Blacktop™ Bass Humbucking Pickup (Bridge)
Neck Pickup: Blacktop™ Bass Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
Controls: Volume 1. (Middle Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone
Hardware
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Bridge: Blacktop 4-Saddle Adjustable HiMass Bridge
Tuning Machines: Standard Open-Gear Tuners
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Miscellaneous
Strings: Fender® USA Super Bass 7250M, NPS (.045-.105 Gauges)
Accessories
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black/White/Black
Control Knobs: Vintage Style Jazz Bass® Knobs
F
Funkfingers
Guest
Re: These new Fender Blacktop Basses are OUT-THA-CONTROL!
I understand why Fender is producing these basses but, at my advanced age, I'm kinda stuck in how I like my basses to be.
If they are going to hybridise, I would want a Jazz Body with a P width neck, JJ or MM/J pickups and active EQ. Oh, plop! Fender already did that - the Reggie Hamilton signature model.
And ... what about fretless for "real" bassist?
I understand why Fender is producing these basses but, at my advanced age, I'm kinda stuck in how I like my basses to be.
If they are going to hybridise, I would want a Jazz Body with a P width neck, JJ or MM/J pickups and active EQ. Oh, plop! Fender already did that - the Reggie Hamilton signature model.
And ... what about fretless for "real" bassist?
