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 |