Fender Flea Jazz Bass - Roadworn Shell Pink Signature Electric Bass Guitar

The Fender Flea Jazz Bass is a signature electric bass guitar created in collaboration with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. This instrument meticulously recreates his prized 1961 Jazz Bass, which was used on landmark recordings including 'Stadium Arcadium' and 'The Getaway'. It's designed to deliver the classic Fender Jazz Bass tone with the distinctive playing feel and aesthetic wear of a heavily used vintage instrument. The bass features a solid alder body finished in the rare Shell Pink custom colour, treated with Fender's Road Worn nitrocellulose lacquer to replicate decades of playing wear. It's equipped with a period-accorrect 'U'-shaped maple neck with a 7.25-inch radius rosewood fingerboard and 20 vintage-style frets. The electronics centre on a pair of American-made Pure Vintage '64 Jazz Bass single-coil pickups, controlled via stacked concentric knobs that allow precise blending of neck and bridge pickup volumes and tones. Hardware includes a vintage-style bridge with four threaded steel barrel saddles and nickel/chrome tuning machines. This instrument is ideal for bassists seeking authentic vintage Jazz Bass tone with modern playability and the distinctive character of a road-worn instrument. The comfortable neck profile and worn-in finish facilitate fast playing, while the versatile pickup configuration handles everything from deep, rounded jazz tones to punchy funk articulation. The special edition features include a neck plate engraved with Flea's own artwork and a 3-ply tortoiseshell pickguard, making it both a serious performance tool and a collector's piece for fans of the artist's influential style.