Nate Mendel P Bass®
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
- Extra neck plate engraved with a special hybrid Foo Fighters/Fender logo
Highlights
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.
Specs
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Body
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Body MaterialAsh
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Body FinishGloss Lacquer
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Body ShapePrecision Bass®
Neck
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Neck MaterialMaple
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Neck FinishGloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
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Neck ShapeSlim "C" (Based on Mendel's '71 Precision Bass®)
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Scale Length34" (86.36 cm)
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Fingerboard MaterialRosewood
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Fingerboard Radius7.25" (184.1 mm)
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Number of Frets20
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Fret SizeMedium Jumbo
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Nut MaterialSynthetic Bone
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Nut Width1.615" (41.02 mm)
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Position InlaysWhite Pearloid Dot
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Truss RodVintage-Style Butt Adjust
Electronics
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Middle PickupSeymour Duncan® Basslines SPB-3 Quarter Pound Split Single-Coil Precision Bass®
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ControlsMaster Volume, Master Tone
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SwitchingNone
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ConfigurationS
Hardware
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BridgeFender HiMass™ with Chrome-Plated Zinc Saddles
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Hardware FinishChrome
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Tuning MachinesFender® '70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear
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Pickguard3-Ply Black
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Control KnobsKnurled Flat-Top
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Neck Plate4-Bolt with "F" Logo
Miscellaneous
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StringsFender® 7250M Nickel Plated Steel Roundwound, Long Scale, (.045-.105 Gauges), PN 0737250406
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Other FeaturesSlim neck with smaller nut width, Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound™ pickup, lightly Road Worn® lacquer finish, extra neck plate included with "Fender/Foos" logo.
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Legal NoticeWARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Accessories
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Case/Gig BagGig Bag
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Recommended CaseDeluxe Bass Molded Case, P/N 0996162306 (Not Included)
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