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Fleabass

Be one of the first in the UK to get your hands on the most talked about bass this year! The Flea bass comes in a range of 4 super-cool colours, all with matching headstock (complete with Flea signature) and screw-free scratchplate. Every bass comes with a deluxe Fleabass gig bag, Fleabass strap and an instructional Fleabass DVD featuring Flea himself.

Flea needs no introduction; his high-octane, punk-funk bass lines have powered the Red Hot Chili Peppers for over 20 years.

The Fleabass is the culmination of his experience, unbridled passion for the instrument and desire to create a bass guitar which delivers great performance, tone and style to bassists of all levels, at an affordable price.

About the Fleabass
Following in the style of his beloved Musicman basses, the Fleabass also sports a single passive humbucker, controlled by single volume and tone controls. The position of the pickup gives the bass a surprisingly varied range of sounds - from classic Musicman punch to growly Fender Jazz bass sounds - ideal for grungey old school funk to smooth, rounded dub sounds....everything you'd expect to get from the punk-funk bass master!

The unique high mass 'strings through body' bridge gives the bass great sustain and along with the solid Alder body and Maple neck, the bass has natural deep lows with a zingy top end.

Playability
With the slim, narrow Jazz style neck and satin finish, young hands in particular will find the Fleabass very easy to play.

Don't expect banana necks or mile high strings either....Flea promises that "If they don't play great, they're not going to the stores. We'll set up every bass and make sure it's perfect".

Flea's mission
"Our single goal at Fleabass, is to provide to young people something to fall in love with, that families can afford and also to be a company that can sustain itself over a long period of time. Fleabass is not a licensed product, each bass will be made with care and thoroughly checked for quality. We take pride in each instrument - it is our steadfast intention to make an inexpensive bass guitar that is not a cheap toy that breaks and has lousy intonation, and has awkward action, like so many cheap basses I have encountered with young music students but is a serious instrument that plays beautifully and that will only get better with time and looks as cool as hell".

Product Details
Body: Solid Alder
Neck: Maple with satin finish
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Scale length: 34" 
Frets: 20
Pickup: Fleabass humbucker
Controls: 1 volume and 1 tone
Machineheads: Open style tuners
Bridge: High mass, fully adjustable 'string through body' bridge
Hardware: Chrome