Italia Introduces the Imola Bass Guitar
Italia’s new bass, the Imola, is described as “part 60s and part 21st century.”
The bass features a korina body with acoustic chambering, and an f-hole. Finish options include Black and Tobacco Sunburst.
The Imola’s hard rock maple neck is topped with a rosewood fingerboard. Pickups on the bass are a pair of Wilkinson WBJs, which are controlled with respective volume knobs and a master tone knob. The chrome hardware includes Italia tuners and a Wilkinson WBBC bridge.
The Italia Imola is available now in 4- and 5-string models now for $659 and $699, respectively.
Italia Imola Bass Specs:
- Body: Korina
- Neck: Hard Maple
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Construction: Bolt-on
- Scale: 34?
- Frets: 22
- Nut: Graphite
- Nut Width: 43mm (1.6875?)
- Bridge: Wilkinson WBBC
- Pickups:Wilkinson WBJ
- Controls: Volume/Volume/Tone
- Pickguard: 3ply Black Pickguard
- Hardware: Chrome
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Just in case anybody was thinking about getting me anything.
Cool! the body reminds me of the old Ampeg basses!
Are they built in Italy? That price would suggest Made in China.
Hey Jack, they’re built in South Korea.
Lose the full pickguard and well talk business. No point in having a full one on a holobody.
…uuuaaaaaaaaaaaa, que bellesa!
reminds me of an ugly hofner beatle bass.
New? I’ve owed the fiver in tobacco sunburst for more than a year, bought from a local store in Durham, NC. Nice neck, great looks — I always get asked about it. But “new”?
These have been out for awhile, I almost bought one…. anyone know if that pickup set can get a good Fender Jazz type sound? Love the retro styling (Ampeg Scroll bass minus the scroll).