Bass of the Week: GV Guitars NeoFang Steambass
BasstheWorld.com just released a new demo of the GV Guitars NeoFang Steambass, and it’s too cool not to share. Made in Slovakia, the bass’s design revolves around the steampunk aesthetic of blending old-time and modern looks. They achieve this with an alder body wrapped in carbon fiber against a full rosewood neck as well as cool gear inlays on fretboard and pickups.
The fingerboard is ebony to continue the instrument’s dark color palette. The tricked-out pickups are a custom set made by Sublime and are matched to a 2-band Zolkow preamp.
Check out Gregor Fris’s overview of the bass with demo playing by Lars Lehmann:
GV Guitars NeoFang Steambass Specs:
| Construction: | Bolt-on |
| Scale: | 34″ |
| Body: | EU Alder |
| Body Finish: | Carbon Fiber Coating |
| Headstock: | Matching |
| Neck: | Santos Rosewood |
| Fretboard: | Ebony |
| Frets: | 22 |
| Pickups: | Sublime Custom Set |
| Electronics: | Zolkow Preamp |
| Tuners: | Schaller BM Light Patina |
| Bridge: | Schaller 3D-4 Patina |
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