Fano JM4 Alt de Facto Bass Rosewood Fretboard & Block Inlays – 3-Tone Sunburst

Information

Brand New with Warranty. We are an authorized Fano dealer!

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New for 2020, Fano has extended the JM4 to the revered Alt de Facto line. For players wanting options that were not available on the Standard series, this is your ticket! If this isn’t exactly the one you are looking for, contact us and we can spec one out to your exact liking.

Take your favorite Jazz bass, sweeten it with some updates and rein in the offset body just a little. That’s what you get with this Fano JM4 Alt de Facto. The Lollar Thunderbird pickups are one of our favorite bass pickups on the market. They run dead quiet but they pack a punch. The low end is immensely full and gratifying, without any sacrifice of articulation in the mids or highs. While tight and responsive, the feel of the pickups is more vintage than modern. You’ll find the tone knob extremely effective, without mud or overly-aggressive highs at either end of the sweep. And let us reiterate that these pickups run silent, so you can blend the pickup volumes in any way you like, even in the studio.

The 3-Tone Sunburst finish is lightly distressed, just enough so that you are not on the hook for the first bump or bruise. Block inlays dress up the dark rosewood fretboard beautifully, and the tortoise pickguard is the perfect complement to the sunburst. The contoured neck heel provides a pleasant transition to the upper frets and the HiMax bridge (Fano’s take on a HiMass or BadAss) is phenomenally substantial. And yes, you can either top load or go string-through depending on your taste!

How Does It Play?

These come in set up great right out of the case from Fano, but we still do our due diligence of a thorough check and a nit-picky setup. This one likes to sit at barely a hair over 3/32” on the low E at the 12th fret and right at 2/32” on the high G. The action is low up and down the entire fretboard, with no buzz or dead spots. This is an extremely player-friendly instrument.

Weight: 9lb 7oz (actually we read just 9lb 5oz on our scale)

Specifications

Body: Alder

Neck: Maple (Bolt-on with body color matching upper headcap, 10 degree headstock pitch, vintage style truss rod)

Neck Shape: Early 60's C Shape .800 - .970

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale Length: 34"

Fingerboard Radius: 12"

Frets: 21

String Nut: 1.5" Graphtech Tusq XL

Fretboard Inlay/Material: Bock/White MOTO

Neck Distress: Light

Body Distress: Light

Body Color: 3-Tone Sunburst

Neck Color: Vintage Amber Tint

Upper Peghead Color: Bull Black

Lower Peghead Color: Vintage Amber Tint

Hardware: Nickel Aged Medium

Tuners: Fano Bass 4-in-line

Neck Pickup: Lollar Thunderbird

Bridge Pickup: Lollar Thunderbird

Pickup Covers: Nickel

Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortosie

Electronics: Volume, Volume, Tone

Knobs: Nickel Barrel

Bridge: Fano HiMax HD Bass

Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Strings: D'Addario "NYXL" .045 - .100

Case & Accessories: Fano G&G Custom Black Tweed Hard Case, Polish Cloth, and Wrench

Weight: 9lbs 7oz

Serial: FM2009003

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