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@isurfnerd 4 ай бұрын

As if we needed another reason to love Keanu...coolest dude out there!!

@fender 4 ай бұрын

A man of many talents

@vanguardcycle 4 ай бұрын

@@fenderand humble. what a genuinely rad human

@Jamie-kv9eg 4 ай бұрын

One of the coolest dudes around. Love that he’s passionate about his bass playing.

@fender 4 ай бұрын

It's truly inspiring

@danielrupert2317 4 ай бұрын

The pink underneath the black paint is a really cool/fun idea. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a burst having that before.

@potato22258 4 ай бұрын

I've seen it on a couple custom shops before

@ernestochang1744 2 ай бұрын

It's called a nitrocellulose paint as the years go by through lots of sweat/ just time passing by the finish will actually start fading away its not as durable as polyurethane finish where it will last basically forever, and as the finish on top fades away it will reveal this pink shade which was done first before putting the sunburst

@cpfs936 2 ай бұрын

It's actually kinda the reverse of how things used to be done. Lots of old custom-color Fenders were sprayed on top of sunbursts, because they were handy, Fender having made many more of them.

@FullcircleFaith 4 ай бұрын

Can we all take a moment to thank Keanu for his input on the electronics of the bass. I've been waiting forever for someone to make a blend knob on a passive fender bass instead of the two volume knobs.

@greyklopstock7155 4 ай бұрын

Fr in my opinion blend knobs are the most under used circuitry options in all of guitar and bass design. You can turn what would normally take three controls (pickup selector, two volume knobs), and turn it all into one simple knob. Throw on a center notch so you can always find where both pick-ups are on full, stick on a master volume. Now you don't have to worry about breaking a switch tip, accidentally having someone bump you into the wrong pickup, or even the switch going out like I've had on my dad's old strat. Plus, that just makes it easier in my opinion to make overall output adjustments should you be pumping out too hot of a signal, cause when you have no master volume and two independent volume knobs, it's really finicky to attenuate both knobs by the same amount without losing the tone you dialed in. Of course, Leo had experimented with blend controls in the early 50s with the original broadcaster circuitry, but that setup had to compromise some flexibility due to not having concentric pots or stuff like that yet. But nowadays, I feel like blends should be wayyy more popular. I mean, they did the stack knob Jazz bass in the 60s, but for whatever reason you just don't see passive pJ with blends and concentric pots

@davidmcardoso 4 ай бұрын

Firstly I didn't get the idea about the blend knob, although it makes total sense now. Thanks buddy!

@donvape336 4 ай бұрын

I have 4 bass guitars and think I would buy that one.

@JackPeloquin 3 ай бұрын

I bet you have.

@mr_bassman6685 Ай бұрын

@@greyklopstock7155 I can still see the merit of selector switches-a blend knob isn't as quick if you need to switch pickups instantly.

@gagafranzx478 4 ай бұрын

That pink underneath the sunburst finish is genius! Time and wear is your friend under that regard!

@fender 4 ай бұрын

You get it

@greyklopstock7155 4 ай бұрын

I ADORE that wiring!! That's the exact scheme I've considered the most efficient and impactful wiring scheme for two pick-up instruments. Master volume to be able to mute yourself at a moment's notice or account for a squirrelly preamp or pedals. A blend instead of a switch, cause that'll give you all the combos that'd you'd get from a three way switch with independent volume for each pickup all in one control instead of three, and an independent tone for each pickup so you can get more nuanced in-between sounds or soften one pickup without pulling too much definition from the other. So glad to see Keanu had that request, cause that's freaking perfect imo

@LousReview 4 ай бұрын

Keanus's humility and appreciation never fails to impress.

@bapt_andthebasses 4 ай бұрын

Keanu you such an humble human. And your idea are among the best than even Fender can't have: the Elite neck pocket, the separated tone control on PJ + the headstock trussrod access... such great idea. You are the man.

@shaneblank5837 4 ай бұрын

Genius electronic setup

@crocholiday 4 ай бұрын

I thought so too. I prefer blend over V/V already and adding individual passive tone controls that you can blend seems like it would add a lot of tone variation. I would have loved to hear a full demo.

@kyrylreznichenko4739 4 ай бұрын

I have an active bass but still think that the less knobs the better lol

@eriklong6152 4 ай бұрын

Meeting Keanu Reeves after watching an old E! News interview where he mentioned connecting with fans through an exclusive members club was an incredible and unexpected experience.

@DianaFoster- 4 ай бұрын

That's amazing! I saw the E News interview where Keanu talked about connecting with fans through Radiant Reservation-it's incredible that you got to be part of it!

@eriklong6152 4 ай бұрын

Meeting Keanu was unforgettable because of his genuine, down-to-earth nature and his dedication to fans, leaving me on cloud nine.

@AngelaBetasso 4 ай бұрын

I love watching educational videos on KZbin, especially Keanu Reeves interviews, and would eagerly share his wisdom with my future kids if he ever launched his own insightful channel.

@eriklong6152 4 ай бұрын

I still can't believe it happened-I joined an exclusive members club that organizes private meetings with public figures, and meeting Keanu Reeves was like winning the lottery; he's even more charming in person.

@DianaFoster- 4 ай бұрын

They appears to be well-resourced & connected . I ran an online search on their name and came across their website; thank you for sharing.

@djgraish 4 ай бұрын

Wild Stallions!!

@ChrstnSmrvllMsc 4 ай бұрын

Nothing against his playing, and maybe this is mostly meme culture talking, but I appreciate that this seems to be an honor less about the quality of "musicianship" or of a person's impact on music so much as it's about the quality of the person himself. Keanu is a treasure, and it's good to see good things happen for good people.

@BillyDHughesDrums 4 ай бұрын

He is pretty much what you would want any of your heroes to be if you meet them in person. He at least deserves a bass.. lol. I don't care if he couldn't play at all haha 😅😅

@thomasrodante3602 4 ай бұрын

Not a pick.

@noyd4172 4 ай бұрын

He strikes me as very supportive of everyone around him in the construction of the bass, his relationship with Fender, and in his role in the band. The playing isn't anything flashy, but supports the vocals, guitar, and drums without fail.

@PhilAjjarapu 4 ай бұрын

All of the good things said above are true, and that stack knob for the tone is smart. The guy has good taste. You can teach chops but you can't teach taste.

@kurdtjohn 4 ай бұрын

@@noyd4172right on. Always serve the song.

@edenite 4 ай бұрын

That bass is gonna look amazing once the shell pink comes through. Also peep the RSD bridge 👀

@mikevonhohenstein5587 4 ай бұрын

Agreed! But gonna take years of playing I'd imagine.

@georgeking1909 4 ай бұрын

Great idea having the tone controls for both pickups!

@MrProjectpat15 4 ай бұрын

I would so buy a signature style bass with them pick ups. Real cool idea. I have both the P an the J bass but just in time why not have the mustang bass set up with the 2 tones with volume. So rad.

@kurdtjohn 4 ай бұрын

Fender should make that an option to everyone!

@fmfsupaman 4 ай бұрын

One of the most humble humans ever.

@davidboone8875 4 ай бұрын

I have been playing Fender for over 40 years. I think Leo struck perfection with the Precision bass body. The PJ pick up choice is spot on. I have wired a similar bass with a dedicated, central detente, blender control and found it extremely beneficial, props to Keanu for coming up with the idea of the stacked tone blender. While I prefer a jazz taper to the neck, I think Mr. Reeves may have larger hands than I, so I can dig the precision neck he chose. It seems like a great partnership, I give props to his playing as an old punk of the early 80s and he certainly seems to be as kind and good of a human as I have heard him to be.

@SomaCoyote-z8l 4 ай бұрын

he looks like he's going to cry from joy when he looks at it

@fender 4 ай бұрын

Guitars will do that to ya

@SomaCoyote-z8l 4 ай бұрын

@@fender yep I have the same look when I look at my Fender Jazz

@StevieMac-gc6kg 4 ай бұрын

Good dude …Very cool bass ..will this be available

@mrbobawesome 4 ай бұрын

@@fender especially Fender guitars.

@daviddavis1322 4 ай бұрын

Individual Tone is super intriguing.

@mattiusruck8274 4 ай бұрын

I already have this on my Fender Deluxe P that I rewired to passive. But Vol / Vol / Tone / Tone. Resistors were added to make the tone controls individual and not conflict. It works really well having just the grinding high end of the P pickup with the added bass growl of the bridge pickup.

@foodog777 4 ай бұрын

Really cool choices. 20 frets. Great sunburst to relic. That PJ setup is cool. Notice it’s Keanu inspired, not a pretentious Keanu signature. Great dude!

@renatosilva5304 4 ай бұрын

Some say Keanu is the nicest guy in Hollywood for his humble demeanor and he seems genuine. Watch out Jaco Pastorius, there's a new bass player in town! Cheers!

@angelmarrerochunkybass 3 ай бұрын

Awesome bass and Keanu’s tone is great

@JackSams-e5p 4 ай бұрын

That song was f’n slamming! I gotta check out more of that stuff! Wow!

@aliciasmomentsinnature 4 ай бұрын

Its titled MATH

@freireadv 3 ай бұрын

His band (Dogstar) does a consistent rock music. I like it.

@davidnogueira9895 3 ай бұрын

This volume, pickup selector, and two-tone setting is the perfect match for all passive basses. You can play with the neck pickup open and the bridge pickup closed.

@_drewplays 4 ай бұрын

Keanu is amazing and I’m so hyped on this idea. Thanks for making this happen

@SnarkyRC 3 ай бұрын

Aside from the colour, it looks like a phenomenal bass.

@karmen11.12 4 ай бұрын

I have to say it again, because it's sadly an extinct-soon-to-be art - something, well not something but a piece of functional art hand made, custom made by masters of the craft in your own country. That's such a treasure. 💯💫❤ Keanu is such a fountain of art visionary. ❤

@Sean_thompson_bass 4 ай бұрын

I love that control setup. Master volume, pickup blend, and stacked tone controls. I hope this becomes more common on Fender basses.

@Bozo_Lord 3 ай бұрын

keanu is such a humble guy, how can anyone hate this bad ass

@Rui1982 3 ай бұрын

A blend and two tones!!!! I want one

@johnhmaloney 4 ай бұрын

As a Danelectro fan, I love the concentric tone pots. I never thought I'd see Fender borrowing from Dano.

@Mexxx65 4 ай бұрын

Great observation John!!

@hahabass 4 ай бұрын

Who knew! The coolest actor on the planet is able to hold down a cool groove on bass 😮

@fender 4 ай бұрын

He can do anything

@aliciasmomentsinnature 4 ай бұрын

@@fender💯!

@patton303 Күн бұрын

Keanu really knows how to lock with a drummer. Great pocket.

@johnhareiel5118 2 ай бұрын

I would talk smack but I love Keanu Reeves! Plus I would look jealous. He's an inspiration to ALL Such a good- Standup dude!

@backburnernoise 4 ай бұрын

A different color under the black of the burst is so dope. Plus the stacked knobs tone controls is an incredible idea

@mattiusruck8274 4 ай бұрын

I already have this kind of wiring on my Fender Deluxe P that I rewired to passive. But Vol / Vol / Tone / Tone. Resistors were added to make the tone controls individual and not conflict. It works really well having just the grinding high end of the P pickup with the added bass growl of the bridge pickup.

@anyday82 4 ай бұрын

What a cool ass bass for such a bad ass guy!!! Great job Fender and Keanu!! Huge fan of you both!

@fender 4 ай бұрын

🫡🫡

@gringogreen4719 4 ай бұрын

With the three holes on the pickguard you could do two stacked knobs (volume and tone for each pickup) and then a Blend knob or Master Volume knob as well.🤔 I like KR's idea on here too for the stacked tone controls.😉👍✨

@davidboone8875 4 ай бұрын

I have done the master volume, master tone and blend wiring. it's really my favorite. Keanu's idea of a stacked tone blend never occurred to me. I bet it is EXCELLENT.

@gringogreen4719 4 ай бұрын

@@davidboone8875 I have a Squier Precision Bass Standard and I have the three knob layout on there but I want to do one down the road with a PJ setup with just a volume, a tone and a three way toggle like a Telecaster.

@craigzinga 3 ай бұрын

Neo deserves it! Love the Keanu wiring 🎉 I sprayed a Jazz Bass Ocean Turquoise over Midnight Wine. Will look pretty stellar with checking, those two colors contrast each other really well. Or it’ll look like scabs. Either way 👍🏻

@reverb508 4 ай бұрын

I don't generally care about actors, but I would genuinely love to meet Keanu and chat with him for a few hours. Just seems like a good dude.

@marisolgreen435 4 ай бұрын

Marvellous and precious guitar he's out words you deserve Sr Keanu Reeves ❤

@DanRelayer_Ukraine 4 ай бұрын

Silverhand sig looks awesome!

@napasmith5689 4 ай бұрын

Keanu got some groove skills!

@fender 4 ай бұрын

He's just too good

@Mexxx65 4 ай бұрын

Their certainly has been a hell of a lot of negative social media in regards to the Fender Custom Shop producing Signature Artist guitars, well they aren't signature Artists, I am referring to the recent Bruno Mars and now this Keanu Reeves Signature Custom Shop guitars/Bass's. We all know you really had to pay your dues to get into this exclusive "Custom Shop Signature Series Group". Becoming an Artist in your own right. But Keanu and Bruno are "Hack" guitarists/Bassists. They are Artists in different fields. Keanu an Actor, Bruno a Singer. No doubt Fender are bargaining on their world wide celebrity status's to be directly associated with the Fender company, and sell more Fender guitars. But I kinda like it. Like what they are doing here now. Fender are very much celebrating and rewarding all "hack" guitarists world-wide. Who as we all know here, are their most loyal customers. Well done Fender!!

@PhreddCrintt 4 ай бұрын

Loving his sound!!

@paul_domici 4 ай бұрын

A Beautiful Bass indeed!!!

@adamcoe 4 ай бұрын

Incredible workhorse bass. And definitely that electronic setup is balls to the wall awesome, especially for folks who want a) control but b) not a million knobs with c) passive pickups. Really killer versatility without having to involve a bunch of extra wiring, or remembering in phase/out of phase or whatever some of the switches on really complicated basses use. Doing more with less for sure.

@garycoates4987 4 ай бұрын

I'm gonna be the one to say it,,, EXCELLENT!!!

@telsonalves8060 4 ай бұрын

Fender & Keanu : União Sensacional !!!!!

@marklowe7431 3 ай бұрын

His options are all very practical and nice in a one of

@crocholiday 4 ай бұрын

Individual tone control for each pickup is actually a brilliant idea. I'm looking at my P/J's now and thinking a stacked tone knob for "Keanu wiring" would be a welcome change. I would have loved a full demo to hear what kind of tone variations you can get with it.

@rubens715 4 ай бұрын

What a Beautiful Bass! Fender Precision Bass that I know of only has 1 pickup. This model appears to be a Jazz Bass, in fact the same as mine.

@ferreiraluis6990 3 ай бұрын

Great Bass 👍🤘

@joharimohamed6474 4 ай бұрын

Tobacco Sunburst... That's very classy and timeless...I'm feeling very John Wick here😊

@scrypt0 4 ай бұрын

Great bass for an awesome human being !

@ubeisme 4 ай бұрын

Amazing actor, and also amazing taste of music instrument ❤

@giulioluzzardi7632 3 ай бұрын

Good bass player too...Fender did have dual concentric controls on early J basses, a vol and tone for each pickup which is a brill idea.

@Fender664string 4 ай бұрын

Great looking and Sounding bass!!!! Love the wiring formation !!!! I’m a Bass player and totally would love to purchase 1 !!!!!!!!Great Job Everyone!!! !!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@tabonejohann 4 ай бұрын

Well done fender ! Enjoy it keanu . Specs looks cool !

@Nathan_Wolf7779 4 ай бұрын

Shadow The Hedgehog laying down the grooves!

@Bummel176 4 ай бұрын

the Fender family is so cool, especially the P-Bass freaks😉

@waverider174 4 ай бұрын

Live your dreams Keanu 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤EXCELLENT 🙌🏼🎉🎉🎉

@fender 4 ай бұрын

He's living his best life

@Peterr___ 4 ай бұрын

Please do the blue one that he often uses as a production model, I need it!

@skyviewdesign 4 ай бұрын

I never understood why the Blend control wasn't a standard thing for a Jazz or P/J configuration. It just makes so much more sense to me.

@rowellalcon1344 4 ай бұрын

I have my 3TS strat yet I like the idea of shell pink or seafoam green underneath ☝🏽

@IKIDIF 4 ай бұрын

Hopefully Fender uses the Keanu split pup control! That's an awesome idea 🍻

@Belman5 4 ай бұрын

PJ......Love it! And yeah, solid playing and sound.

@alancoull1832 4 ай бұрын

I have a Warwick RockBass short scale bass that has 2 pick ups .1volume,1Treble ,1Bass and a Blend/Blance controls..Pleased for Keanu really nice bloke more power to him.

@LuckyJack99 4 ай бұрын

Great bass for a real nice guy - enjoy it mate !

@richymoore 4 ай бұрын

Excellent ! 🎸🎸

@ryanronki8255 4 ай бұрын

PJ set up with balance and concentric tone knobs wow😮

@SourSnatch 4 ай бұрын

Rock On!!!

@rockandrollstevesteve 4 ай бұрын

HE IS SO COOL!!

@onlypardo3902 3 ай бұрын

This is beyond cool

@changablogs 4 ай бұрын

Mi amor keanu reves ❤

@donvape336 4 ай бұрын

I think I would buy that bass.

@jinbyun 4 ай бұрын

I'm definitely stealing that wiring scheme. First thing that comes to my mind is dark p with bright j setup and next idea was jaco j with rock and roll p setup.

@_lytchi 4 ай бұрын

The bass played by Keanu is the best!

@georgegandara6054 Ай бұрын

Cool band!!!👍🇨🇱

@adamscenna 4 ай бұрын

❤this man! And Dogstar is fantastic. Solid new album. 🖖

@mpalin11 4 ай бұрын

Please add this to the line-up, Fender!

@Tattoed_soul 4 ай бұрын

Yes please. You deserve it Keanu!!!!

@mylogify 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Please consider more Pure Nitro finishes for the Production models of guitars Fender! Cheers!

@CsásziMária 4 ай бұрын

Wow ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@groovybasslines 4 ай бұрын

GroOoovy ! ❤

@joeschlicht 4 ай бұрын

So fantastic! I've never heard Keanu's music. He rocks and so does that bass.

@fender 4 ай бұрын

Keanu 🤝 Bass

@billyjay1 4 ай бұрын

Wow awesome!!

@Apemopo 4 ай бұрын

2:00 is that a custom color or is it refinished? it look so cooool :0 also i cant believe this guy so blown away by the stacked knob! im kinda with him though, why isnt that more common? like fender did it with jazz basses all the way back in the 60's and then just dropped it. is there any downside to the stacked knobs?