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.

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.

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

Body

• Body Material : Ash
• Body Finish : Nitrocellulose 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" (864 mm)
• 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 : Pearloid Dots
• 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 : Split Single-Coil
• 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 "F" Stamped

Miscellaneous

• Strings : Fender USA Bass 7250M, NPS (.045-.105 Gauges)
• 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 Included (Yes/No): Yes
• Included : Deluxe Gig Bag