Anthony James Franklin is an English rock musician, best known for his work on the fretless P bass with Roy Harper, The Firm, Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, John Sykes’ Blue Murder, David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Whitesnake, and most recently with Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
January 2006 Fender introduced the Tony Franklin Fretless Precision Bass a distinctive instrument, with an alder body and modern C-shaped maple neck with an unfinished and unfretted ebony fingerboard with side dot position markers. Other features include vintage tuners, Hipshot Bass Xtender drop-D tuner on the E string, and three-way pickup selector switch that controls an American Series Precision Bass mid pickup and a Tony Franklin signature Jazz Bass bridge pickup with hex-screw pole pieces and ceramic bar magnets.
just...BASS! 