Tim Commerford Passive
Your Custom Options:
- Model:
- Tim Commerford Passive Full-Scale
- Color:
- Fight Night White
- Neck:
- Roasted Maple w/Ebony Fretboard, Matching Headstock
- Pickguard:
- Parchment
- Hardware:
- Black
Build Code
217-TC4-51-06-MB-B2
Tim Commerford Passive Highlights
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CUSTOM NECK PLATE
The Tim Commerford artist series bass has a custom neck plate and all black hardware for a sleek, road-ready look.
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STRINGS THROUGH THE BODY BRIDGE
Featuring the classic strings-through-bridge with vintage plated saddles and adjustable, red mute pads.
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HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE CUSTOM FINGER RAMP
Height adjustable thumb rest enables a more comfortable hand position when playing fingerstyle.
See & hear it
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Engineered To Perform
Passive Electronics
The Tim Commerford Passive bass comes with a 3 position parallel / single-coil / series pickup rotary switch and push volume control with passive gain boost.
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Powerful Neodymium Pickups
The StingRay humbucking pickup features powerful neodymium magnets, bringing you more output and a wider range of sounds. A beveled pickup cover thumb rest and adjustable finger ramp allow a more comfortable fingerstyle hand position playing above or adjacent to the pickup.
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Adjustable Red Mute Pads
The classic string thru bridge is fitted with individual red mute pads allowing you to customize the degree of string dampening to suit your tastes.
5-bolt Sculpted Neck Joint
All Tim Commerford edition models include popular vintage appointments with updated modern refinements. Oil and wax maple and roasted maple necks are standard, along with a compensated nut and sculpted 5-bolt neck join for full access to all 22 stainless steel frets.
Specifications, Schematics & More
Specifications
| Size | 13-1/2" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 44-7/8" long (34.3 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 114.0 cm long) |
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| Body Wood | Ash |
| Body Finish | Gloss polyester |
| Body Colors | Fight Night White, Natural Gloss |
| Bridge | Music Man® black chrome plated, strings-thru-the-body & hardened steel bridge plate with vintage black chrome plated steel saddles and adjustable mute pads |
| Pickguard | Parchment |
| Scale Length | 34" (86.4 cm) |
| Neck Radius | 11" (27.9 cm) |
| Headstock Size | Only 8-3/4" (22.2 cm) long |
| Frets | 22 - High profile, wide - stainless steel |
| Neck Width | 1-11/16" (42.9mm) at the nut, 2-1/2" (63.5 mm) at the last fret |
| Neck Wood | Select roasted maple neck |
| Fingerboard | Ebony |
| Fret Markers | 5/16" Dot Inlay |
| Neck Finish | Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend |
| Neck Colors | Matching headstock |
| Tuning Machines | Custom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic clover design |
| Truss Rod | Adjustable - no component or string removal |
| Neck Attachment | 5 bolt, sculpted neck joint |
| Electronic Shielding | Black plated aluminum control cover |
| Controls | Passive 500kohm push/push volume POT for gain boost, 100kohm tone POT - 0.1uf tone cap |
| Switching | 3-way rotary pickup selector |
| Pickups | Single Music Man humbucking pickup- neodymium magnets |
| Strings | 50w-70w-85w-105w (Regular Slinky Bass #2832) |
Compare Specs
| Specifications | Tim Commerford Passive | — |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 13-1/2" wide, 1-5/8" thick, 44-7/8" long (34.3 cm wide, 4.1 cm thick, 114.0 cm long) | |
| Body Wood | Ash | |
| Body Finish | Gloss polyester | |
| Body Colors | Fight Night White, Natural Gloss | |
| Body Bindings | ||
| Bridge | Music Man® black chrome plated, strings-thru-the-body & hardened steel bridge plate with vintage black chrome plated steel saddles and adjustable mute pads | |
| Pickguard | Parchment | |
| Scale Length | 34" (86.4 cm) | |
| Neck Radius | 11" (27.9 cm) | |
| Headstock Size | Only 8-3/4" (22.2 cm) long | |
| Frets | 22 - High profile, wide - stainless steel | |
| Neck Width | 1-11/16" (42.9mm) at the nut, 2-1/2" (63.5 mm) at the last fret | |
| Neck Wood | Select roasted maple neck | |
| Fingerboard | Ebony | |
| Fret Markers | 5/16" Dot Inlay | |
| Neck Finish | Gunstock oil and hand-rubbed special wax blend | |
| Neck Colors | Matching headstock | |
| Neck Binding | ||
| Tuning Machines | Custom Music Man, lightweight with tapered string posts and ergonomic clover design | |
| Truss Rod | Adjustable - no component or string removal | |
| Neck Attachment | 5 bolt, sculpted neck joint | |
| Electronic Shielding | Black plated aluminum control cover | |
| Controls | Passive 500kohm push/push volume POT for gain boost, 100kohm tone POT - 0.1uf tone cap | |
| Switching | 3-way rotary pickup selector | |
| Pickups | Single Music Man humbucking pickup- neodymium magnets | |
| Left Handed | ||
| Strings | 50w-70w-85w-105w (Regular Slinky Bass #2832) |
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