Fender Announces Limited Edition Lightweight Ash American Professional Jazz Bass
Fender has unveiled a new limited edition of instruments called the Lightweight Ash American Professional line. The series includes a Strat, a Telecaster, and, most importantly, a Jazz Bass. Each model is built with a lightweight ash body while retaining most features from their American Professional counterpart.
For the Jazz bass, that means a slim modern “C”-shaped neck profile, a rosewood fingerboard with 20 narrow-tall frets, and a pair of Michael Bump-designed V-Mod single coil Jazz Bass pickups. It sets itself apart from the series with aged white pickup covers and American Elite control knobs.
The Fender Lightweight Ash American Professional Jazz Bass comes in a Sienna Sunburst finish. It’s available now with a street price of $1,849.
Fender Lightweight Ash American Professional Jazz Bass Specs:
| Body Material: | Lightweight Ash |
| Body Finish: | Gloss Polyurethane |
| Neck Material: | Maple |
| Neck Finish: | Satin Urethane Finish on Back of Neck with Gloss Urethane Headstock Face |
| Neck Shape: | “Slim C” |
| Scale Length: | 34″ (864 mm) |
| Fingerboard Material: | Rosewood |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 9.5″ (241 mm) |
| Frets: | 20 |
| Fret Size: | Narrow Tall |
| Nut: | Material Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.5″ (38.1 mm) |
| Position Inlays: | White Dot |
| Truss Rod: | Standard Truss Rod |
| Nut: | 3/16″ Hex Adjustment |
| Pickups: | V-Mod Single-Coil Jazz Bass |
| Controls: | Volume 1. (Middle Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Master Tone |
| Bridge: | 4-Saddle HiMass Vintage (String-Through-Body or Topload) |
| Hardware Finish: | Nickel/Chrome |
| Tuning Machines: | Fender Lightweight Vintage-Style Keys with Fluted Shafts |
| Control Knobs: | Aged White Soft Touch Knobs |
| Pickguard: | 4-Ply Aged White Pearloid |
| Case: | Elite Molded Case |
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Uh, if you’re advertising a “lightweight” bass, it’d be good to know how much it weighs…
How about giving the weight? I understand they may all be a little different but how about a general idea??