A fully customizable 4-string with a wealth of wood and pickup options.
Rome, Italy (November 21, 2016) -- Italian custom shop guitar and bass manufacturer Overload Guitars & Basses have announced the Taurus. The 4-string bass sports a swamp ash body with flamed bubinga top in natural matt finish, 7-ply maple/bubinga/wenge neck with resin fingerboard, and a set of Northstrand pickups: MM4 (bridge) and NJ4-70 (neck).
Taurus comes with a flat-D neck for a fast and comfortable feel and the carbon reinforcement and seasoned wood make it stable on a very high level. The bass is currently available in a 4-string version, but it will also be made available in 5-string and 6-string versions as well. The base 4-string model starting price is 1,600 Euros / 1,720 USD.
Overload Guitars & Basses Taurus 4-string specs:
- Construction: bolt-on
- Body wood: Swamp Ash
- Body top: Flamed Bubinga
- Body finish: Matte finish
- Top finish: Natural matte finish
- Neck wood: 7-ply Maple/Bubinga/Wenge
- Neck finish: matte finish
- Fingerboard: Resin
- Fingerboard radius: 16”/20” compound
- Scale-length: 35”
- Frets: 24 jumbo
- Inlay & markers: Luminlay side dot & “Demolition” Abalone custom inlay
- Pickup: Northstrand MM4 (Bridge) + Northstrand NJ4-70 (Neck)
- Control: 1 volume — blend — Hi-Mid- Low
- Electronics: Meridian bass preamp
- Knobs: metal knobs
- Bridge: Hipshot ultralight
- Nuts: Graphtech
- Output jack: Neutrik
- Hardware color: Black
For more information:
Overload Guitars