Bookmatched Irish walnut is the wood chosen for the top of this
4B. The colour changes from the golden brown of the central heartwood
to the soft yellow-grey sapwood at the edges. The body core is alder
and the fingerboard is rosewood both of which compliment these tones
as does the gold Schaller hardware. The neck is made from laminates
of maples with veneer details amd contains some carbon fibre. Finish
is silk AC lacquer that allows the wood to 'glow'
This instrument was made for David who has previously owned the
same bass for 30 years so he wanted something with a different sound
and feel. The pickups are Larkin/Armstrong custom made.There is
a humbucker with alnico magnet at the bridge and a single coil (with
jazz bass voicing) at the neck. These are more widly spaced than
normal to widen the frequency range and are wound specially to enhance
this sound spectrum. The signal is passed through a Glockenklang
3 band active EQ with an added passive tone that is always in the
circuit. Pulling the volume knob out creates a purely passive sound.
The result is simple instrument that has it's own clear voice but
also can produce a wide range of sounds using the available circuitry.
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