The Guitar
The Fender Performer bass was a uniquely styled bass guitar, designed by John Page, renowned for its extremely slender neck. The Japanese Performer Standard has an alder body, with a bolt-on 34" micro-tilt adjustable maple neck and a 2-octave rosewood fingerboard as opposed to the USA-made Performer Elite, which sports an ebony fretboard. Controls are: Tone, Volume, Pickup Selector Switch and TBX Circuit Control (Treble Bass eXpander). Both basses were available in Burgundy Mist, Gun Metal Blue, Candy Green, White and Tobacco Sunburst. All finishes were metallic except for the sunburst.
The Performer Bass was available in 2 versions, Standard and Elite, with the latter lacking off a pickguard and sporting three specially designed single coil pickups (with the first two placed side-by-side in the rear position and the third in the center), 5-way switching and an ebony fretboard. Unlike the Japanese-made Performer Standard, which featured a 3-ply white pickguard, dual single coils, 3-way toggle switch and a rosewood fretboard, the more expensive Performer Elite was manufactured in the United States, retailing at $949. The moderately priced Standard retailed at $499.
A short-lived 5-string prototype of this bass was released in 1987, though less common.
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