Designed with every last detail respecting traditional construction principles, BASSO is a hollow body upright bass with a truly acoustic voice. BASSO recreates an exact double bass feel with a well scooped fingerboard, smooth neck, and refined setup of bridge and fingerboard arc. It has a variable string length (40-42½ in.) and adjustable string action/neck angle. Upper bout removable parts adjust to provide personalized ergonomics and preserve the correct body contact points. Each instrument is individually fine-tuned for a variety of playing styles and performers.
Portability
Weight: approx. 6.5 kg (14.5 lbs.)
Measures of waterproof cordura bag: 145 x 25 x 13 cms (57 x 9¾ x 5 in.)
All instruments come with a standard removable neck for extra portability.
The travel bag is 104 cms long (41 in.) and easily fits in an aircraft overhead compartment.
Electronics
Built-in shielded ALTER EGO double polymeric active pickup under bridge feet.
With either
Built-in BUFFER PREAMP with Master Volume, Blender control, Master line OUT
or
Built-in AUX-ready DUAL PREAMP and headphone amplifier with Mix, Blender, Tone shaping controls, Master Volume, Master line OUT, Headphone line OUT.
9V-operated electronics
Third parties
Despiau Mirecourt bridge in treated maple made on AlterEgo’s specs.
Gotoh tuning pegs with single adjustable torques and easy fine-tuning made on AlterEgo’s specs.
Pinnacle strings by SuperSensitive.