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From an entry in the G&L OnLine Store: Made In Fullerton Product Category: Pancho Tomaselli Signature JB
The 2025 Pancho Tomaselli Signature JB merges classic design with innovative Magnetic Field Design (MFD) pickups, resulting in a distinctive bass that delivers rich, powerful tones with remarkable versatility. Designed in close collaboration with the veteran bassist himself, this limited-edition JB offers players a fresh sonic experience wrapped in timeless style.
Available in:
Jet Black over Alder, 3-ply Black Pickguard, Ebony fingerboard
If you appreciate classic tone but crave modern flexibility, the Pancho Tomaselli Signature JB is designed specifically with you in mind. Building on the beloved JB platform, this bass integrates Leo Fender’s revolutionary MFD pickup technology, elevating clarity, output, and dynamic response. The alder body finished in striking Jet Black provides warmth and resonance, while the matching painted headstock and sleek ebony fingerboard deliver a premium aesthetic that’s stage-ready.
The Pancho Tomaselli Signature JB features a slim, hard-rock maple neck with an effortless-playing vintage gloss finish, a comfortable 9 ½” radius, and Jescar 57110 medium-jumbo nickel-silver frets, ensuring exceptional playability. Further enhancing its performance is Leo Fender’s acclaimed Saddle-Lock bridge, maximizing sustain by efficiently transferring string energy directly into the body.
Only 20 instruments of this limited run will be crafted, each built at the historic G&L facility on Fender Avenue in Fullerton, California—the Birthplace of Bolt-on.
Specs:
PICKUPS: Two G&L MFD jazz pickups
BODY WOOD: Alder
NECK WOOD: Natural Satin Hard Rock Maple with Ebony Fingerboard
NECK PROFILE: G&L 1 1/2" Medium C with 9 1/2" radius
FRETS: Medium Jumbo, Jescar 57110 18% nickel silver
TUNING KEYS: Custom G&L "Ultra-Lite" with aluminum tapered string posts
BRIDGE: G&L Saddle Lock with chrome-plated brass saddles
ELECTRONICS: Dual volume controls, one tone control
INCLUDES: G&L Deluxe Gig Bag
G&L introduces the new Pancho Tomaselli Signature JB, created in collaboration with the veteran bassist. With a music career spanning over 25 years, Pancho has toured with bands like Tower of Power and WAR, and has produced music for META’s library, making his tracks available royalty-free to millions of Facebook and Instagram users.
Pancho has long been a fan of G&L’s JB model, appreciating its classic alnico tone and Leo Fender’s innovative Saddle Lock bridge for improved sustain and clarity. With a vision for a fresh and dynamic experience, he teamed up with G&L to bring Magnetic Field Design (MFD) pickups to the familiar jazz platform. The result is the Pancho Tomaselli Signature JB—a bass that blends Leo Fender’s groundbreaking pickup technology with the beloved JB design, providing musicians with a wide palette of tones suitable for any musical situation or style.
This limited-edition bass has an alder body with a sleek Jet Black finish, an ebony fingerboard, and a matching painted headstock. Crafted at G&L’s historic facility on Fender Avenue in Fullerton, California, only twenty of these signature instruments will be made. Each is available exclusively from the GL_Webstore for $x,xxx*, including a premium soft case.
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