Description
Fender will impress you with this New Fender Nate Mendel of the Foo Fighters Precision Bass Guitar in Candy Apple Red in Bass Bass Guitars> It is in stock and ready to despatch with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Bass, additional Bass Guitars options, Electric Bass Guitars full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.
Nate Mendel is best known for his work as the bassist in the Foo Fighters. Fender have collaborated with Nate to release a signature model based on his personal 1971 Precision Bass! With a special body contour, a slim C neck profile, a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickup, a high-mass bridge, and a light Road Worn nitro finish, this isn’t your average P-Bass.
Body and Neck
The Nate Mendel P-Bass has an ash body with a unique contour on the back that’s deeper than you’d find on a standard P-Bass. P-Bass necks are known to be quite thick but the Nate Mendel version opts for a slimmer “C” that won’t fill the hand as much allowing you to play faster and move up and down the neck with more ease. The neck has a rosewood fingerboard for a smooth and natural feel and features a vintage-correct 7.25” radius.
The body and neck are finished in nitrocellulose lacquer that lets the wood breathe more and will age more gracefully than a polyurethane finish would. The bass has also been given a light Road Worn relic which has subtle marks and signs of age for a played-in look.
Electronics and Hardware
Nate Mendel has opted to put a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Precision Bass pickup in his signature model. The Quarter Pound has that classic full, thick, and warm sound that you’d expect from a P-Bass pickup but with a higher output for a tone more suited to rock.
The Nate Mendel P-Bass also features a Fender HiMass bridge, 70s-style open-gear tuners, and comes with an extra neck plate that’s engraved with a hybrid of the Fender and Foo Fighters’ logos.
Specifications
Body
- Body Material: Ash
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Body Shape: Precision Bass®
Electronics
- Middle Pickup: Seymour Duncan® Basslines SPB-3 Quarter Pound Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Switching: None
- Configuration: Split Single Coil
Hardware
- Bridge: Fender HiMass™ with Chrome-Plated Zinc Saddles
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Fender® ’70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt “F” Stamped
Miscellaneous
- Strings: Fender® 7250M Nickel-Plated Steel Roundwound, Long Scale, .045-.105 (Model No. 0737250406)
- Other Features: Slim neck with smaller nut width, Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound™ pickup, lightly Road Worn® lacquer finish, extra neck plate included with “Fender/Foos” logo.
Neck
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Neck Shape: Slim “C” (Based on Mendel’s ’71 Precision Bass®)
- Scale Length: 34″ (86.36 cm)
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
- Number of Frets: 20
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.615″ (41.02 mm)
- Position Inlays: White Pearloid Dot
- Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
Accessories
- Case/Gig Bag: Gig Bag
