Schecter’s Banshee Bass Now Shipping
Schecter is now shipping the Banshee Bass, a short-scale instrument they unveiled at the 2020 Winter NAMM Show. The vintage-styled instrument features a split-coil style bass with a 30-inch scale.
The Banshee is crafted with an alder body, bolt-on maple neck with carbon fiber reinforcements, and a rosewood fretboard with pearloid offset and reverse dot inlays. Its pickup is the company’s Diamond QPA pickup with passive electronics. Other features include lightweight vintage tuners, a Graph Tech XL Black Tusq nut, and a Schecter high mass string-thru/top-load bridge.
The Schecter Guitars Banshee Bass is available now with a street price of $699.
Schecter Banshee Bass Guitar Specs:
| Scale: | 30″ |
| Construction: | Bolt-On |
| Body: | Alder |
| Neck: | Maple with Carbon Fiber Reinforcement Rods |
| Neck Shape: | Thin ‘C’ |
| Nut: | Graph Teck Black Tusq XL |
| Fretboard: | Rosewood |
| Fretboard Radius: | 16” |
| Frets: | 20 Narrow Jumbo |
| Inlays: | Offset/Reverse Pearloid Dot |
| Pickguard: | Black Pickguard |
| Pickup: | Schecter Diamond QPA |
| Controls: | Volume/Tone |
| Tuners: | WSC KG700 Light Weight Vintage |
| Bridge: | Schecter High Mass Bass Bridge (String Thru or Top Load) |
I really like the look of this bass. Pity they don’t make them in long scail. The headstock is really nice looking too, so many new basses get really ugly looking headstock’s