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A 6-string Jazz Bass!

Fender celebrates bassist extraordinaire Steve Bailey with the Steve Bailey Fretless Jazz Bass^® VI. This 6-string beast is constructed from a select alder body finished with nitrocellulose lacquer to really let the true sound of the instrument shine through. The Steve Bailey Fretless Jazz Bass VI's asyemtrical quartersawn maple neck is topped with a compound 9.5" to 14" radius 2-octave ebony fingerboard for supreme comfort up and down the neck. Custom J Bass^® pickups, 18-volt active electronics, onboard active EQ, and a mute switch round out the Steve Bailey Fretless Jazz Bass VI's features.

Fender Steve Bailey Fretless Jazz Bass VI at a Glance:

• Steve Bailey's story
  
• Unique features

Steve Bailey's story
When you play this bass you're in good company with Steve Bailey himself, a pro bassist's pro bassist, bass teacher and instructional author with a diverse and stellar list of performing and recording credits that includes Dizzy Gillespie, the Rippingtons and Jethro Tull. But this just skims the surface on Steve's accomplishments, as he's played with Victor Wooten, Willie Nelson, Larry Carlton, Carol Kaye, Mel Torme, Ernestine Anderson, Mark Murphy, John Patitucci, and Billy Sheehan, among others.

Unique features
The FENDER^® Steve Bailey Fretless Jazz Bass VI is a phenomenal vehicle for self expression that offers you the opportunity to explore a virtually limitless tonal palette in the quest of defining your own voice on the instrument. From silky singing cello-like tones, to the thundering bottom end that only a beautifully executed low "B" string can produce, this instrument is the finest example of the marriage of art and engineering. Features include a select alder body, a quartersawn maple neck with an asymmetrical profile, a 9.5" to 14" compound-radius 2-octave ebony fingerboard, custom Fender pickups, 18-volt active electronics, an onboard mute switch, onboard active EQ, a heavy-duty fully adjustable Fender locking bridge and Bailey's initials on the back of the headstock. Heavy-duty ultra gig bag included.

Fender Steve Bailey Fretless Jazz Bass VI Features:

• Body: Select Alder
  
• Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  
• Neck: Asymetrical Quartersawn Maple
  
• Fingerboard: Ebony with Compound 9.5" to 14" Radius
  
• Scale Length: 34"
  
• Nut Width: 2"
  
• Hardware: Chrome
  
• Tuning Keys: Hipshot Ultralite
  
• Bridge: Locking CVM (Convertible Modular) Bridge
  
• Pickguard: 4-Ply Brown Shell
  
• Pickups: Custom 6-String Jazz Bass Pickups
  
• Pickup Switching - Blend Knob With Center Detent
  
• Controls: Master Volume, Pickup Blend with detent, Bass boost/cut, Treble boost/cut, Mute switch
  
• Case: Heavy Duty Ultra Gig Bag

Take your tone further with the Steve Bailey Fretless Jazz Bass VI from Fender!

Specification Detail Manufacturer Part Number 019-7400-806

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