Fender has announced the Dee Dee Ramone Precision Bass guitar, based on the instrument Ramone played with seminal punk rock band. The bass guitar, making its debut at the “Dee Dee Ramone Exhibition,” located at New York City’s famed Hotel Chelsea from yesterday to January 1, will be available for sale at authorized Fender dealers and on www.fender.com on January 22.
The Dee Dee Ramone Precision Bass guitar features an Olympic White gloss finish, maple neck with “C”-shaped profile and vintage-style heel truss-rod adjustment, 9.5-inch-radius maple fingerboard with 20 vintage-style frets, split single-coil pickup, three-ply black pickguard and vintage-style bridge with four single-groove saddles.
Additional features include Dee Dee Ramone’s signature on the back of the headstock, special “Dee Dee Ramone One Two Three Four” inscribed neck plate, vintage-style heel truss-rod adjustment, ’70s Fender logo decal and a single-disk string tree.
Finally, the Dee Dee Ramone Precision Bass guitar includes an exclusive 40-page, full-color scrapbook featuring never-before-seen photos of Ramone, as well as his personal illustrations, artwork and doodles, and a biography and quotes from musicians and personal friends. It also includes a sticker and 18″x24″ color poster of Ramone playing his P Bass live with the Ramones.
“Dee Dee is the very definition of a punk rock icon,” said Justin Norvell, Vice President, Marketing for Fender. “He exemplified the fact that all you need is the desire and will to pick up an instrument, and you can change the world. We are incredibly honored to recreate his bass guitar and to help edify his place in musical history in a way that fans can share.”