Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass

[TheMichaelseymour]

thats a good tone you have there ..i would LOVE to hear this reposted with better sounding drums ..consider ?

[Lado1965]

I managed to purchase mine (the black Tony Franklin Fender Fretless Precision) only yesterday! IT IS PARAMOUNT!!! Black, Bold & Beautiful...and its Ebony fingerboard is...buttery...I Love it!

[felporocker]

Put round wounds on that!

It's made with Ebano for that

[fryBASS]

This is such a nice bass! Almost exactly what I want to get....

Tasty bassline as well :)

[then00best]

it sounds like a huge monster

in a good way

[PBasser84]

Hi, thats a real nice sound, you got coming from the P-Bass. I've always thought about getting a fretless, since all my other basses are fretted. Is the Tony Franklin P-Bass made in the U.S., or is it like some of the other signature models, I've seen that were made in Japan?

[scarred2112]

@PBasser84 US-made, and every one I've played has been worth every penny! I'm mostly a Jazz & Spector guy & my main fretless is a Spector Euro Bolt-On Lined Fretless 5-string, but after I get my "Dream Jazz Fretless" (a Mike Lull Modern 5 fretless - check out "Bryan Beller" here for some killer examples!) I may do the same I did with a "spare" fretted Spector EBO 5 and swap pups to the P/DC setup that the older "American Deluxe Precisions" had for a "Spector Precision Fretless 5" oddball!

[emosdieslow]

I was just checking out your basses through the talk bass forum. Great collection and sweet tone and bassline! Did you make up that bassline or is it from a song? I'm going to purchase a 2008 American Fender P bass, do you think it's a good year?

[jollybeggars]

@emosdieslow Hello there - thanks for that! The line a jam based on a song by my band - do a search for 'caffreys lambretta twins' - I don't have much experience with latter-day Fenders, but I believe the QC is better than it's ever been.

[thereturnfc]

i like the tone, but u need to practice more intonation...:P it would this perfect

[fryBASS]

Damn that bass is sounding sweet!!

[Rafo28579]

Thanks for posting man, beautifull Bass.

[sneha1965]

Love your playing and in addition to that, would love to hear a different song.

[Darcon88]

Oh Christ, what a tone...

[saz123ful]

thnx men...

[saz123ful]

hi my friend....i'm searching to buy a 2x10 cab for my svt-3 pro and i'm thinking for Bergantino...what is your opinion for the cab???and what is the difference between AE210 and HS210...???

[jollybeggars]

Hello! It's a great cab... I have a pair of them, and I don't think I'll be changing them any time soon. They're compact, punchy and loud! I have no experience of the AE210 but I believe they're deeper and not as punchy.

[420jumbo]

great tone dude!!!

[wisesatyr72]

cool bass, great video ; )

[29573428937]

Why not roundwounds?  Ebony can stand up to it.

[jollybeggars]

Because I like flatwounds. Simples!

[twcal]

@29573428937 Once you go flat, ya never go back....

[alenwar]

you are big Noob!

[wateroftyne]

Ah, welcome back. I've missed you.

[alenwar]

FUCKING NOOB!!!!!!

[jollybeggars]

Oh dear... it's attack of the YouTube retards...

[tempermentel]

@jollybeggars lol

[theweez26]

The fretted versoin is one of Fender's sickest basses I have both.

[Smorbi]

what do you mean by sayin' 'the sickest'? I consider buying a one of those and I would be grateful if you could say precisely if it is bad or good. I'm not a native English speaker but, as far as I presume, sickest means kickass =]

[alembicbassguy]

How does the fretted sound with both pickups switched on???

I am considering adding a jazz pickup in the bridge position on my Fender P bass.

[theweez26]

It sounds great you should do it or buy the fretted one.

[contadoyt]

Pretty cool. Someday I'll own a Tony Franklin Precision.

[scarred2112]

I typically don't like Precision or P/J setups (pretty much a J-bass single coil man here) but there must be *some* mojo in the Tony Franklin signature's pickups - they work together extremely well, and to my ears is certainly the best of the three possible tones available. Killer bass

[wateroftyne]

Cheers, Scarred2112! From what I gather, the TF's J pickup is custom-wound and buffered to bring it in line with the P's output. That could explain it.

[fassman316]

I think that pretty much summarizes the difference between a Precision and a Jazz when you switched pickups there. Love the vids, man.