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  • THUNDERNEWS: Hit The Blacktop

    Fender rolls out the BLACKTOP series of guitars and basses.

    Let's look at the Blacktop P Bass in the new "White Chrome Pearl" colour.




    From the Fender Website:

    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.

    FEATURES AND SPECS
    :

    General

    Model Name: Blacktop™ Precision Bass® Series: Blacktop™

    Body

    Body Material: Alder
    Body Shape: Precision Bass®
    Body Finish: 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
    String Nut: Synthetic Bone

    Miscellaneous

    Strings: Fender® USA Super Bass 7250M, NPS (.045-.105 Gauges)

    Accessories

    Control Knobs: Vintage Style Jazz Bass® Knobs


    Other images:


    Blacktop P Bass close-up



    Blacktop Jazz Bass Black


    Blacktop Jazz Bass close-up


    Visit Fender's Website for more info on their products.


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