Bass / No. 509
Luthier’s 5-string acoustic bass guitar no. 509
The story
First in the world luthier acoustic bass guitar with the following innovations:
- VII generation ‘ACOUSTIC TUBES’ inside the guitar neck with African Ebony (Master Grade) outlets
- Top with X generation ‘WAVE’ resonator
- B&S made in IV generation ‘HIGH-TECH PRESS’
- SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
- African Ebony (Master Grade) BRIDGE with DRILLED HOLES encrusted with natural Baltic amber and bone
Specifications
- Body
- Small
- Frets amount
- 15 to the body; 24 total
- Double-Top
- Alpine Spruce from Tirol (Master Grade)(top) / Western Red Cedar (Master Grade)(bottom)
- Back&Sides
- Royal Ebony with sapwood (Master Grade)
- Neck
- Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of flamed sycamore maple (Master Grade), dual-action double truss rod
- Fingerboard
- Elevated, Exotic Ebony (Master Grade), binded, compound radius: 16″
- Plates
- African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Shape
- Open (Modern / Hollow)
- Logo
- Natural Baltic amber
- Soundhole
- Single offset, bonded with Ebony (Master Grade)
- Heel
- Cup / Ebony
- Logo
- Natural Baltic amber
- Shape
- Custom
- Armrest
- Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
- Nut
- Natural bone, hand-shaped and polished, width 47 mm
- Saddle
- Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
- Tuners
- Highest-quality, with ebony buttons
- Binding
- Ebony (Master Grade)
- Fingerboard markers
- Side: Natural bone ø 1.5 mm at 3, 5, 9, 12 (double), 15, 17, 19, 21, 24 frets Front: Natural Baltic amber ø 5 mm at 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (double), 15, 17, 19, 21, 24 frets
- Frets
- EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
- Cutaway
- Venetian (round)
- Scale length
- 32” (812,8 mm)
- Varnish
- Highly-resonant, anti-static (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss
- Warranty
- Life-time
- Sound system
- Carlos VIP Double M
- Hardcase
- High-quality