Fender Flea Jazz Bass - Shell Pink Road Worn

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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 20-fret “C”-shaped maple neck with a smooth Road Worn lacquer finish on the back, plus a 7.25”-radius rosewood 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 for tone 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.

Features

Neck
  • Shape: "C"-shape
  • Wood: Maple
  • Neck joint: 4-Bolt
  • Scale length: 34 in. (864 mm)
  • Truss rod: Yes
  • Finish: Road Worn urethane
Pickups
  • Active or passive pickups: Passive
  • Pickup configuration: SS
  • Neck: Not applicable
  • Middle: Pure Vintage '64 Jazz Bass single-coil
  • Bridge: Pure Vintage '64 Jazz Bass single-coil
  • Brand: Fender
  • Series or parallel: Parallel
  • Active preamp: Not applicable
  • Special electronics: Not applicable
Fretboard
  • Material: Rosewood
  • Radius: 7.25 in. (184.1 mm)
  • Fret size: Vintage-style
  • Number of frets: 20
  • Inlays: Aged white dot
  • Nut material: Synthetic bone 
  • Nut width: 1.5 in. (38.1 mm)
  • Neck width at 12 fret: Info not available
Body
  • Cutaway: Double cutaway
  • Construction: Solidbody
  • Body wood: Alder
  • Top wood: Not applicable
  • Body finish: Road Worn nitrocellulose lacquer
  • Orientation: Right handed
Controls
  • Control layout: Stacked concentric controls—Volume 1, tone 1, volume 2. tone 2
  • Pickup switch: No
  • Coil tap or split: Not appicable
  • Tone switching: No
  • Special switching: Not applicable
Hardware
  • Bridge type: Fixed
  • Bridge design: 4-Saddle vintage-style
  • Tailpiece: Not applicable
  • Tuning machines: Vintage-style
  • Color: Nickel/chrome
Other
  • Number of strings: 4
  • Pickguard: Yes
  • Special features: Not applicable
  • Case: Deluxe gig bag
  • Country of origin: Mexico

Tech Specs

  • Body Shape: Jazz
  • Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
  • Number of Strings: 4
  • Color: Shell Pink
  • Body Finish: Roadworn Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Body Material: Alder
  • Neck Material: Maple
  • Neck Shape: C profile
  • Radius: 7.25"
  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay: Aged White dots
  • Number of Frets: 20
  • Scale Length: 34"
  • Nut Width: 1.5"
  • Nut Material: Synthetic bone
  • Bridge/Tailpiece: Vintage-style, threaded steel "barrel" saddles
  • Neck Pickup: '64 J Bass Single-coil
  • Bridge Pickup: '64 J Bass Single-coil
  • Controls: Stacked Volume/Tone neck control, stacked Volume/Tone bridge control
  • Strings: Fender USA NPS (.045-.105)
  • Case Included: Deluxe Gig bag