Fender Introduces Flea Signature Jazz Bass Active Model
Fender used the Summer NAMM Show to unveil a host of new instruments, including a new signature bass with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. It’s his second bass with the company after they released a Jazz model two years ago.
“Our artist signature active bass with Flea was designed to complement the Shell Pink Flea Jazz Bass — a reproduction of his beloved recording bass we recreated with him in 2016,” Fender’s Justin Norvell explains. “This new active model is a complete 180 from the super vintage-style of the other; it’s hyper-modern and ready for the stage.”
The Flea Jazz Bass Active sports a custom Jazz Bass body but is defined its humbucking pickup, which is matched to an Aguilar OBP-1 18-volt preamp. As such it has controls for bass and treble as well as a master volume. The bass comes in a satin finish with either Shell Pink or Inca Silver coloring. Other features include a compound radius fingerboard, a quartersawn maple neck, and a four-saddle Hi Mass bridge.
The Fender Flea Jazz Bass Active will be shipping in October with a street price of $1,699.99.
Fender Flea Jazz Bass Active Specs:
| Scale: | 34″ |
| Body: | Alder |
| Neck: | Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Satin Polyurethane |
| Neck Shape: | “C” Shape |
| Fingerboard: | Maple |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 12″-16″ Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 22 |
| Frets Size: | Medium Jumbo |
| String Nut: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.620″ |
| Position Inlays: | Black Dots |
| Truss Rods: | Standard |
| Pickup: | Fender Custom Humbucking |
| Controls: | Master Volume, Treble, Bass |
| Bridge: | 4-Saddle HiMass |
| Hardware Finish: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Tuning Machines: | Fender Lightweight Vintage-Style Keys with Tapered Shafts |
| Control Knobs: | Knurled Dome |
| Body Finish: | Satin Polyurethane |
| Color: | Inca Silver, Shell Pink |
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