Fender Nate Mendel P Bass®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Candy Apple Red
MODEL #: 0142500309
FOO-FIGHTING PRECISION STYLE
Throughout a long career that started with hardcore punk and flourished first with Sunny Day Real Estate and then the Foo Fighters, there has really only been one main instrument for melodic yet hard-hitting bassist Nate Mendel – his 1971 Precision Bass®. Fender now brings you the Nate Mendel P Bass, modeled after his beloved, battle-hardened instrument and sharing its subtly distinctive features, including the special body contours, extra-slim neck, lightly worn finish, powerful Seymour Duncan® pickup and more.
FEATURES
Specially contoured ash body with light Road Worn® finish treatment
Maple neck with slimmer “C” profile and “F”-stamped neck plate
7.25″-radius rosewood fingerboard with 20 medium jumbo frets
Seymour Duncan® Basslines SPB-3 Quarter Pound™ split single-coil Precision Bass pickup
Fender High-Mass bridge
SEYMOUR DUNCAN® QUARTER POUND™ SPLIT-COIL PICKUP
The Nate Mendel P Bass is equipped with a powerful Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound™ split single-coil pickup that produces seismic low end, solidly punchy midrange and exceptionally clear and well-defined high end.
LIGHT ROAD WORN® LACQUER FINISH
The lacquer finish on Nate Mendel’s signature Precision model lets the body wood breathe with more natural resonance. Its light Road Worn finish and hardware treatment imparts a cool aged look and feel, conveying the impression that this instrument is only banged up a little despite the many miles put on it.
SLIM NECK WIDTH AND “C” PROFILE
The neck of the Nate Mendel P bass has a comfortable “C” profile (the shape of the neck in cross section), and is 1.615″ wide, which is slightly narrower than the customary 1.625″ neck width of modern Precision Bass models
BODY
Body Material
Ash
Body Finish
Gloss Lacquer
Body Shape
Precision Bass®
NECK
Neck Material
Maple
Neck Finish
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape
Slim “C” (Based on Mendel’s ’71 Precision Bass®)
Scale Length
34″ (86.36 cm)
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
7.25″ (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets
20
Fret Size
Medium Jumbo
Nut Material
Synthetic Bone
Nut Width
1.615″ (41.02 mm)
Position Inlays
White Pearloid Dot
Truss Rod
Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
ELECTRONICS
Middle Pickup
Seymour Duncan® Basslines SPB-3 Quarter Pound Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
Controls
Master Volume, Master Tone
Switching
None
Configuration
S
HARDWARE
Bridge
Fender HiMass™ with Chrome-Plated Zinc Saddles
Hardware Finish
Chrome
Tuning Machines
Fender® ’70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear
Pickguard
3-Ply Black
Control Knobs
Knurled Flat-Top
Neck Plate
4-Bolt with “F” Logo
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings
Fender® 7250M Nickel Plated Steel Roundwound, Long Scale, (.045-.105 Gauges), PN 0737250406
Other Features
Slim neck with smaller nut width, Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound™ pickup, lightly Road Worn® lacquer finish, extra neck plate included with “Fender/Foos” logo.
ACCESSORIES
Case/Gig Bag
Included: Gig Bag
