Fender Prophecy II Bass

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Prophecy II Bass
Manufacturer Heartfield/Fender
Period 1991 — 1993
Construction
Body type Solid
Neck joint Bolt-on
Woods
Body Japanese Ash
Neck 3-piece Maple
Fretboard Rosewood
Hardware
Bridge Fixed
Pickup(s) One covered split pickup, one single coil Jazz pickup.
Colors available
Natural, Sapphire Blue Transparent, Antique Burst, and Crimson Transparent

The Fender Prophecy II Bass was a Japanese-made, limited-edition bass guitar which was a significant departure from the well-known traditional Precision Bass and Jazz Bass. It was actually produced by Heartfield (a subsidiary of Fender) in Japan's Fugigen Gakki factory. [1]

Unique features of the bass include a double-pointed 2-and-2 headstock painted black (rather than the trademark natural-finish Fender 4-on-top headstock), and a 22-fret neck with a smoothly carved bolt-on neck joint body-through feel. The body loosely resembles a thinline jazz body with a longer strap horn without a pickguard or metal knob-plate. The hardware was gold and the paint was translucent on the body and the back of the neck.

The electronics were active with covered passive pickups, set up like a Precision Bass Special (a split-coil humbucker at center, and single-coil jazz pickup at bridge). The knobs are set up in a diamond pattern under the bridge and bridge pickup. The knobs represented Volume, Trim/Pot, Bass and Treble.

The Prophecy I Bass with a basswood body and passive electronics and Prophecy III Bass with neck-through-body design.

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