Epiphone Unveils Masterbilt Century Acoustic/Electric Bass Guitar
Epiphone has added a four-string to their Masterbilt Century series called the Masterbilt De Luxe Classic Acoustic/Electric Bass Guitar. It carries all the features of the Century line including a solid spruce top with traditional longitudinal bracing, an ebony fretboard, and five-piece maple/mahogany neck.
Available in Vintage Sunburst and Vintage Natural finishes, the bass is fitted with a Shadow NanoFlex HD pickup matched with an eSonic preamp. It has volume and tone controls mounted in the body just inside the lower f-hole. Epiphone finishes it off with vintage-style hardware including marboloid “Crown” tuners, a floating bridge, and a traditional Epiphone Trapeze tailpiece.
The Epiphone Masterbilt De Luxe Classic Acoustic/Electric Bass will be available in October with a street price of $999.
Epiphone Masterbilt De Luxe Classic 4-String Acoustic/Electric Bass Guitar Specs:
| Finish Aged Gloss |
| Top: Solid Spruce; Longitudinal Bracing |
| Body Material: Laminated Flame Maple |
| Neck Material: 5-pc Laminated; Hard Maple/Mahogany |
| Neck Shape: Rounded “C” shape |
| Neck Joint: Dovetail; Glued-In |
| Scale Length: 30.5″ |
| Headstock: Historic Epiphone Dovewing with Pearloid “Banner” logos |
| Headstock Inlay: “Epiphone” logo in pearloid |
| Truss Rod: Dual-Action |
| Fingerboard Material: Ebony |
| Frets: 20 Medium |
| Fingerboard Inlay: Pearloid “Notched Diamond” |
| Binding Body Top: 3 layer |
| Body Back: 3 layer |
| Fingerboard: 1-layer |
| Nut: Bone |
| Nut Width: 1.65″ (42mm) |
| Pickguard: Imitation Tortoise (Installed) |
| Hardware: Aged Nickel |
| Machine Heads: Epiphone Historic Reissue Tuners with Marboloid “Crown” buttons; Improved to 18:1 ratio from vintage models |
| Preamp: eSonic HD (High Definition) |
| Pickup: Shadow NanoFlex HD; Under-saddle |
| Power: 9 Volt Battery |
| Controls: Master Volume, Master EQ |
| Bridge: Floating Adjustable; Ebonoid |
| Tailpiece: Epiphone Inspired By Bass Trapeze |
| Saddle: Compensated; Artificial Bone |
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