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Fender Deluxe Active P Bass Special

4-string Electric Bass with Alder Body, Maple Neck and Fingerboard, and Two Single-coil Pickups - Blizzard Pearl

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Fender Deluxe Series Active P Bass Special

Fender's Deluxe Series Active P Bass® Special offers you the tone and feel of the '51 P-Bass with a modern twist - an active EQ section that gives you lets you shape that warm and fuzzy FENDER® tone with modern control. The Active P Bass Special features the time-tested body shape of the original '51 P-Bass with a satin polyurethane finish, and is available in Black, Chrome Red, Blizzard Pearl, and Navy Blue Metallic. Chrome hardware, American Vintage Precision Bass® bridge, side-mounted jack, and a deluxe gig bag complete the Fender Active P Bass Special.


Fender Active P Bass Special at a Glance:
  • Alder Body with a Maple Jazz Bass® neck.
  • P-Bass and J-Bass Pickups.
  • Three-band active EQ.


Alder Body with a Maple Jazz Bass Neck
This huge-sounding hybrid model features an alder body adorned with a single-ply beveled gold vinyl pickguard and a maple Jazz Bass guitar neck (modern C shape) with a 20-fret, 9.5"-radius rosewood or maple fingerboard.

P-Bass and J-Bass Pickups
On board is a standard alnico split single-coil Precision Bass pickup (middle) and a dual-coil ceramic Noiseless™ Jazz Bass pickup with nickel-plated pole pieces (bridge) with pan-pot switching.

Three-band active EQ
Controls are master volume, pan, and three-band active EQ with treble boost/cut (+/- 10 db at 8kHz, a shift in the cut frequency, and about a 2dB slope per octave), mid boost/cut (+10dB, -15dB at 500Hz, and a wide band slope) and bass boost/cut (+/- 12db at 40Hz, with a 4dB slope per octave).


Fender Active P Bass Special Features:
  • The Fender Active P Bass Special is a 4-string bass with active EQ.
  • Body: Alder, (Precision Bass Body)
  • Color: Blizzard Pearl
  • Neck: Maple Jazz Bass Neck, Modern "C" Shape (Satin Polyurethane Finish)
  • Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5" Radius (241mm) (Rosewood fretboard also available)
  • No. of Frets: 20 Medium Jumbo Frets
  • Pickups: 1 Standard Alnico Split Single-Coil Precision Bass Pickup (Mid), 1 Dual-Coil Ceramic Noiseless™ Jazz Bass Pickup with Nickel Plated Pole Pieces (Bridge).
  • Controls: Master Volume, Pan Pot
  • 3-band Active EQ: Treble Boost/Cut: +/- 10 db @ 8kHz, a shift in the cut frequency, and about a 2dB slope per octave. Mid Boost/Cut: +10dB, -15dB @ 500Hz, and a wide band slope. Bass Boost/Cut: +/- 12 db @ 40 Hz, with a 4dB slope per octave.
  • Pickup Switching: Pan Pot
  • Bridge: American Vintage Precision Bass
  • Machine Heads: Standard
  • Hardware: Chrome
  • Pickguard: 1-Ply Beveled Gold Vinyl
  • Scale Length: 34" (864 mm)
  • Width at Nut: 1.50" (38mm)
  • Unique Features: Side Mounted Jack
  • Accessories: Deluxe Gig Bag


Fender Guitars
You could easily make the case that Fender electric guitars were responsible - at least in great part - for the birth of modern rock 'n' roll. Originally designed to be easier to build, and thus more affordable, Leo Fender's masterpieces, which include classics like the Stratocaster® (is there a more distinctive guitar shape in the world?), the Telecaster® and the original Precision Bass®, were at the core of a musical revolution that spawned everything from surf to country to punk!

In the 1960s, when Fender guitars first hit bandstands and stages all around the country, it was astonishing to see that trademark Fender maple neck and fingerboard. Though the company eventually offered rosewood fingerboards as standard or optional on its entire line of instruments, those first "blond" necks really shook things up. Others have picked up on the maple neck theme, but it's clearly yet another of Leo Fender's"firsts."

Today, no other manufacturer can match Fender for the sheer number of options available throughout its entire line. While vintage Fenders can command astronomic prices, the company now has the widest range of quality instruments in the world, along with the highest profile players like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, all of whom are legendary.
The Fender Active P Bass Special is truly an amazing instrument!

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