Beautiful 2017 61 Reissue, Signature ‘Flea’ Road Worn Jazz Bass in Shell Pink, with Fender Gig Bag & All Candy

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Specifications

  • Series: Artist
  • Body Material: Alder
  • Body Finish: Road Worn Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Neck: Maple
  • Neck Finish: Road Worn Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood, 7.25” (184.1 mm)
  • Frets: 20, Vintage-Style
  • Position Inlays: Aged White Dot
  • Nut (Material/Width): Synthetic Bone, 1.5” (38.1 mm)
  • Tuning Machines: Fender Vintage-Style
  • Scale Length: 34” (864 mm)
  • Bridge: 4-Saddle Vintage-Style
  • Pickguard: 3-Ply Tortoiseshell
  • Pickups: Vintage-Style Single-Coil Jazz Bass (Bridge/Middle)
  • Controls: Stacked Concentric Controls Volume 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 1.(Neck Pickup), Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
  • Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome/Black Concentric
  • Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
  • Strings:Fender USA, NPS, (Gauges .045 – .105)
  • Weight: 8lb
  • Case/Gig Bag: Deluxe Gig Bag
  • All Candy

Absolutely pristine (Road Worn) Flea bass, with Fender gig bag & unopened candy pack.

This baby plays like a dream. She has all the physical vintage 61 attributes including the dual concentric pot controls. Really loving the old style reverse machine heads etc. See the general spec below for full details:

Flea is undoubtedly one of the most iconic & distinguished musicians to ever pick up a bass guitar. His funk & jazz infused sound and style has helped propel the Red Hot Chili Peppers into music stardom becoming an inspiration to countless players. Fenders new signature bass is modelled after his favourite ’61 Jazz bass with a fast maple “C” shaped neck, pure vintage 64 jazz pickups and classic jazz-bass weight and feel. In a roadworn shell pink finish this guitar is the embodiment of everything that makes Flea such a great player; don’t wait and grab yours now, it’s the perfect tool to help you leave your own mark on modern music.

Flea’s funk- and jazz-influenced basslines helped propel the Red Hot Chili Peppers to the top of the rock and alternative charts while redefining the role of bass in the modern era. Flea’s unique playing style brought a welcome breath of fresh air to the musical landscape of the past four decades, inspiring countless bassists to add a funky touch to their sound while exploring new techniques and harmonic possibilities. To celebrate his enduring influence, we’ve recreated his prized Shell Pink ’61 Jazz Bass that he received from a fan and used to record the Peppers’ Stadium Arcadium and The Getaway, as well as with the supergroup, Atoms For Peace.

A pair of vintage-style, American-made Pure Vintage ’64 Jazz Bass single-coil pickups provides classic, original-era Fender tone with clear articulation, clear low end definition, up-front midrange punch and singing high end. The vintage-accurate stacked concentric controls shape the pickups’ volume and tone, as well as allowing the pickups to be blended in any ratio. The Flea Jazz Bass plays fast and easy, thanks to its period-accurate 21-fret “U”-shaped maple neck with a smooth RoadWorn urethane finish on the back, plus a 7.25”-radiusrosewood fingerboard with a 1.5” wide nut. The vintage-style bridge sports four threaded steel “barrel” saddles,adding a touch of crispness to enhance the attack fortone that can power through a busy mix.

Shell Pink is the rarest of Fender’s classic Custom Color finishes, and Flea’s ’61 Jazz Bass is quite possibly the only one in existence. We’ve carefully recreated his personal instrument’s exact faded shade as it exists today, and then applied an eye-catching Road Worn nitrocellulose lacquer finish that perfectly replicates Flea’s playing wear. A special neck plate engraved with Flea’s own artwork commemorates the inspiration behind this instrument. Other aesthetic touches include nickel/chrome hardware, 3-ply tortoiseshell pickguard and aged white dot position inlays. Melding rhythm and melody with fierce personal style, Flea’s left his mark on modern music, and the Flea Jazz Bass is the perfect tool to make your own.

 

Payment

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Shipping

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Note: All amps are preferably UK shipping or collection only. We rarely ship amps internationally, due to potential breakage, unless this is agreed separately. If you are outside Europe and are interested in any of our guitars or amps please contact us for a special shipping quote.

Returns

We operate a 48hr approval period for on-line mail order purchases only. Customers who buy goods in the RGG showroom can fully evaluate them prior to making the payment, and as such do not have this return and refund option available to them. The 48hr mail order returns period offered is with regard to either a problem with the guitar upon receipt, IE, the goods appear to have a defect that was not outlined in the sale listing or clearly not sold as advertised. If the purchaser wishes to return the goods for any other reason, then there will be a re-stocking fee of 10% of the original sale value & return carriage must be paid by the purchaser, there are no exceptions to these rules.

If you want to return an item please make contact for a returns authorisation. You have 2 days to try the instrument. We offer a full refund minus our shipping costs (including our cost of free shipping if applicable) It is the purchaser’s responsibility to organise the return promptly to the company in the condition it was received, using the original packaging and with a copy of the sales receipt. (We recommend you insure the item in transit). The item must be shipped back via a service comparable with which it was delivered, within 24 hours (Excluding weekends) upon receipt of the return authorization. Goods that have been altered from their original condition in any way cannot be returned.

Any items returned after the 48hr agreed approval period, and not exceeding more than two weeks, are subject to a 10% re-stocking fee, based on of the original sale value of the goods. PayPal, Credit/Debit card refunds will be processed immediately upon receipt of the returned goods and normally take 3-5 working days to show on the customer’s account. Bank transfer and cash purchase payments will be refunded by Bank transfer to your nominated bank.