The Keanu Reeves Inspired Precision Bass | Dream Factory | Fender

[@isurfnerd]

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

[@fender]

A man of many talents

[@vanguardcycle]

@@fenderand humble. what a genuinely rad human

[@Jamie-kv9eg]

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

[@fender]

It's truly inspiring

[@danielrupert2317]

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]

I've seen it on a couple custom shops before

[@ernestochang1744]

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]

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.

[@gagafranzx478]

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

[@fender]

You get it

[@shaneblank5837]

Genius electronic setup

[@crocholiday]

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]

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

[@FullcircleFaith]

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]

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]

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

[@donvape336]

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

[@JackPeloquin]

I bet you have.

[@mr_bassman6685]

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

[@greyklopstock7155]

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]

Keanus's humility and appreciation never fails to impress.

[@bapt_andthebasses]

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.

[@eriklong6152]

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-]

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]

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

[@AngelaBetasso]

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]

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-]

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

[@edenite]

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

[@mikevonhohenstein5587]

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

[@djgraish]

Wild Stallions!!

[@georgeking1909]

Great idea having the tone controls for both pickups!

[@MrProjectpat15]

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]

Fender should make that an option to everyone!

[@SomaCoyote-z8l]

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

[@fender]

Guitars will do that to ya

[@SomaCoyote-z8l]

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

[@StevieMac-gc6kg]

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

[@mrbobawesome]

​@@fender especially Fender guitars.

[@fmfsupaman]

One of the most humble humans ever.

[@daviddavis1322]

Individual Tone is super intriguing.

[@mattiusruck8274]

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.

[@davidboone8875]

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.

[@freireadv]

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

[@angelmarrerochunkybass]

Awesome bass and Keanu’s tone is great

[@foodog777]

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]

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!

[@JackSams-e5p]

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

[@aliciasmomentsinnature]

Its titled MATH

[@ChrstnSmrvllMsc]

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]

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]

Not a pick.

[@noyd4172]

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]

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]

@@noyd4172right on. Always serve the song.

[@_drewplays]

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

[@Rui1982]

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

[@karmen11.12]

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. ❤

[@anyday82]

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

[@fender]

🫡🫡

[@Sean_thompson_bass]

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

[@hahabass]

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

[@fender]

He can do anything

[@aliciasmomentsinnature]

​@@fender💯!

[@johnhmaloney]

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

[@Mexxx65]

Great observation John!!

[@Bozo_Lord]

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

[@SnarkyRC]

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

[@backburnernoise]

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

[@DanRelayer_Ukraine]

Silverhand sig looks awesome!

[@davidnogueira9895]

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.

[@paul_domici]

A Beautiful Bass indeed!!!

[@telsonalves8060]

Fender & Keanu : União Sensacional !!!!!

[@PhreddCrintt]

Loving his sound!!

[@marisolgreen435]

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

[@gringogreen4719]

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]

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]

@@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.

[@napasmith5689]

Keanu got some groove skills!

[@fender]

He's just too good

[@patton303]

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

[@garycoates4987]

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

[@ubeisme]

Amazing actor, and also amazing taste of music instrument ❤

[@johnhareiel5118]

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!

[@marklowe7431]

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

[@ferreiraluis6990]

Great Bass 👍🤘

[@joharimohamed6474]

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

[@trevoroutim8519]

Cool dude, cool bass and that electrics design looks like it cold become a thing for the future.

[@charlieburns1385]

Very cool ,humble guy🙏😎

[@mattiusruck8274]

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.

[@tabonejohann]

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

[@scrypt0]

Great bass for an awesome human being !

[@craigzinga]

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 👍🏻

[@Belman5]

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

[@adamcoe]

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.

[@Bummel176]

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

[@changablogs]

Mi amor keanu reves ❤

[@rubens715]

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.

[@waverider174]

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

[@fender]

He's living his best life

[@Fender664string]

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

[@crocholiday]

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.

[@LuckyJack99]

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

[@Nathan_Wolf7779]

Shadow The Hedgehog laying down the grooves!

[@reverb508]

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.

[@Peterr___]

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

[@onlypardo3902]

This is beyond cool

[@richymoore]

Excellent ! 🎸🎸

[@SourSnatch]

Rock On!!!

[@Mexxx65]

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!!

[@rockandrollstevesteve]

HE IS SO COOL!!

[@georgegandara6054]

Cool band!!!👍🇨🇱

[@vanzantm]

Is this a released Dogstar song? Can't seem to get Shazam to recognize it --- like it and would like to buy it

[@payelizabethh]

It's not a released song no!!

[@IKIDIF]

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

[@ojeffnoyoutube]

Cool bass, loved the electronics and the shell pink paint under the sunburst. What bridge is installed?

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

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.

[@rowellalcon1344]

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

[@joeschlicht]

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

[@fender]

Keanu 🤝 Bass

[@donvape336]

I think I would buy that bass.

[@BdetteM1969]

It’s Beautiful! How Cool !!! I bet it sounds amazing

[@mylogify]

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

[@Tattoed_soul]

Yes please. You deserve it Keanu!!!!

[@Apemopo]

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?

[@ryanronki8255]

PJ set up with balance and concentric tone knobs wow😮

[@CsásziMária]

Wow ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MynameisTrinity]

What a beautiful bass. Keanu looks so delighted. Sick bass line in the song too!

[@fender]

A man of many talents

[@skyviewdesign]

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.

[@mpalin11]

Please add this to the line-up, Fender!

[@billyjay1]

Wow awesome!!

[@groovybasslines]

GroOoovy ! ❤

[@alancoull1832]

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.

[@_lytchi]

The bass played by Keanu is the best!

[@Ghost-nt2dt]

What's the song? Can't find it anywhere!

[@dlwy4934]

Keanu Riffs

[@fender]

Good one 😎🤘

[@StamatisStabos]

imagine if tell no one about and the finish under have the green matrix code 🤯

[@adamscenna]

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

[@OliverBird-d3i]

Awesome 🎸👍

[@x7stringinJSCx]

That looks great. He loves playing. Maybe more than a few famous bass players out there. Great guy. I like that shell pink undercoat idea.

[@juniorguitarheedjunior8491]

Too much This Precision Bass Very good 🎸🤘🎸

[@perryaragon]

How can we buy this bass? Is if for sale yet?