Warwick Introduces RockBass Alien Deluxe Thinline Hybrid Acoustic Bass Guitar
Warwick has expanded their Alien Bass series of acoustic bass guitars with a new thinner model aimed at the touring musician. The Warwick RockBass Alien Deluxe Thinline Hybrid will be available as a 4-string or 5-string in both fretted and fretless versions.
“[The bass was] designed to be thinner for more ergonomic comfort,” Warwick’s Marcus Spangler writes. “When listening to the new Thinline Hybrid you will hear the best of both worlds: the warm, mellow, natural sounds of wood that soothe your soul to the powerful cutting magnetic pickup sound that gets your heart racing.”
The electronics include a Shadow Nanomagnetic that is planted in the fingerboard as well as a piezo system under the bridge, plus a Shadow preamp with a built-in tuner. Its body is constructed with a solid spruce top and laminated back and sides. Other features include a mahogany neck, a wenge fingerboard, and Warwick hardware.
The Warwick RockBass Alien Deluxe Thinline Hybrid bass will be available this year with retail prices of $1,199 for the four-string and $1,299 for the five-string.
Warwick RockBass Alien Deluxe Thinline Hybrid Bass Specs:
| Strings: | 4 or 5 |
| Construction: | Set Neck |
| Scale: | 34″ 4-string, 35″ for 5-string |
| Body: | Solid Spruce Top, Laminated Back and Sides |
| Neck: | Mahogany |
| Fingerboard: | Wenge (fretted), Tigerstripe Ebony (fretless) |
| Frets: | 24 Jumbo Nickel Silver |
| Pickups: | Shadow Nanomagnetic, Bridge Piezo |
| Electronics: | Shadow Preamp with Tuner, Phase Switch |
| Tuners: | Warwick Machine Heads |
| Nut: | Warwick Just A Nut III Tedur |
| Case: | Student Plus Bag by RockBag |
| Finish: | Natural Transparent HP |
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