Mayones Now Shipping the Jabba Rev 5 Bass
Mayones has expanded its Jabba line of basses with a new reverse headstock model. The Jabba Rev 5 is a five-string bass, built with a profiled swamp ash body, wenge core, and an eye poplar top that comes in three transparent finishes: Antique Emerald Green Raw, Antique Red Velvet Raw, and Black Raw.
Its bolt-on neck, which is made of hard rock maple, is mounted with six bolts mounted on ferrules. The Pau Ferro fingerboard has twenty-four frets adorned with acrylic block inlays. For electronics, Mayones fits it with Norstrand MM and J pickups with their own Musashi 2 preamp. The active/passive system has a 3-band EQ, giving the instrument bass, middle, and treble controls in addition to volume, balance, and a passive tone knob. Other features include Hipshot Ultralite tuners and a Mayones Big Foot bridge.
The Mayones Jabba REV 5 is available now for $3,652.
Mayones Jabba Rev 5 Bass Specs:
| Construction: | Bolt-on |
| Scale: | 34.25″ |
| Body: | Profiled Swamp Ash, Wenge |
| Top: | Eye Poplar |
| Neck: | 1-piece Hard Rock Maple |
| Fretboard: | Pau Ferro |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 20″ |
| Frets: | 24 |
| Pickups: | Nordstrand MM 5.2 Bridge Pickup, Nordstrand Custom Single Coil Neck Pickup |
| Electronics: | Mayones Musashi 2 |
| Controls: | Volume, Balance, Middle, Treble/Bass, Passive Tone, Active/Passive MiniSwitch |
| Tuners: | Hipshot HB6C Ultralite Tuners |
| Bridge: | Mayones Big Foot Bridge |
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