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.