Fender American Performer Mustang Bass, 3-Color Sunburst

Full Description

Traditional Alder Body

The American Mustang Jazz Bass is crafted from a classic alder body, injecting your overall tone with excellent resonance and balanced for extra clarity when playing at high volumes. Fender have used alder as their tonewood of choice since the 50s as its balanced response and definition is ideal for rock and blues.

Maple Neck & Rosewood Fingerboard

The addition of a maple neck provides the American Mustang Bass with a beautifully bright characteristic, tightening up the overall tonality and deliver plenty of cut, while its ‘’C’’ profile provides a comfortably smooth performance. The neck is coupled with a rosewood fingerboard to enhance the bass with warm, soft tones, and ‘fur up’ the maples harsh edges for a sizzling high end and an open midrange attack. The rosewood’s naturally oily surface allows any stray overtones to be absorbed into the pours, offering this guitar with a natural fundamental tone, while the maple delivers a powerfully sharp punch when the strings are hit hard.

Resonant Synthetic Bone Nut

Featuring a carefully fitted synthetic bone nut, the Fender delivers an increased resonance and bright tonality. When compared to traditional plastic and Tusq materials used to construct guitar nuts, synthetic bone improves the vibration transfer between the string and tuning machines without dampening the tone.

The Mustang Bass

The Mustang bass was created as a companion for the range of Fender Mustang guitars, and was the last original bass designed by Leo Fender before his departure. The Mustang has become a hallmarked shape in underground music and culture, featuring in bands from the Rolling Stones to My Chemical Romance. Since its launch in 1964, this unique bass has become a classic choice for performing musicians worldwide thanks to its short scale length accommodating players with small hands.

Specifications

• Model Number: 0198620300
• Series: American Performer

Body & Bridge

• Body: Alder
• Shape: Mustang Bass
• Bridge: 4-Saddle American Performer Mustang Bass
• Construction: Bolt-On
• Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Colour: 3 Tone Sunburst

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Maple
• Scale Length: 30''
• Profile: Modern ''C''
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Radius: 9.5''
• Frets: 19 Medium Jumbo
• Inlays: White Dots
• Nut: Synthetic Bone
• Nut Width: 1.625'' (41.3mm)

Electronics & Hardware

• Bridge Pickup: Yosemite Single-Coil Jazz Bass
• Middle Pickup: Yosemite Split Single-Coil Mustang Bass
• Controls: 2 x Volume, Master Greasebucket Tone Circuit
• Tuners: Fender ''F'' Light-Weight Vintage-Paddle Keys w/Tapered Shafts
• Control Knobs: Black Plastic
• Pickguard: 4-Ply Aged White Pearloid
• Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
• Strings: Fender USA Bass 5250XL Short-Scale NPS, (.040-.095 Gauges)
• Case Included: Deluxe Gig Bag