Description
Nate Mendel P Bass – Rosewood Fingerboard – Candy Apple Red
Throughout a long career that started with hardcore punk and flourished first with Sunny Day Real Estate and then the Foo Fighters, there has really only been one main instrument for melodic yet hard-hitting bassist Nate Mendelhis 1971 Precision Bass®. Fender now brings you the Nate Mendel P Bass, modeled after his beloved, battle-hardened instrument and sharing its subtly distinctive features, including the special body contours, extra-slim neck, lightly worn finish, powerful Seymour Duncan® pickup and more.
- Body: Ash
- Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Hardware Finish: Chrome
- Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
- Position Inlays: White Pearloid Dot
- Body Shape: Precision Bass®
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Shape: Slim « C » (Based on Mendel’s ’71 Precision Bass®)
- Scale Length: 34″ (86.36 cm)
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
- Number of Frets: 20
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- String Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.615″ (41.02 mm)
- Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
- Middle Pickup: Seymour Duncan® Basslines SPB-3 Quarter Pound Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
- Pickup Switching: None
- Pickup Configuration: Split Single Coil
- Bridge: Fender HiMass with Chrome-Plated Zinc Saddles
- Tuning Machines: Fender® ’70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear
- Strings: Fender® 7250M Nickel Plated Steel Roundwound, Long Scale, (.045-.105 Gauges), PN 0737250406
- Unique 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.
- Case/Gig Bag: Gig Bag
