BITE Guitars Announces the Pussycat Bass
Austrian custom bass company BITE Guitars has unveiled a new showpiece called the Pussycat Bass, which features a leopard pattern spray-painted by hand. The new finish style is a new offering in the already highly customizable lineup.
“Spray-painting is the latest artwork technique BITE has added to their eye-catching arsenal, which also includes digital print, lasering, inlays, decals, and textile wrapping,” they write. “Technically speaking, the Pussycat Bass is one of BITE’s Punch bass models which features a symmetric waist and their proprietary passive 1000mV high-output split-coil pickup.”
Other features include an alder body, vintaged tinted hard maple neck, and black block inlays. The BITE Guitars Pussycat Punch Bass is available now for $1,537.
BITE Guitars Pussycat Punch Bass Specs:
| Scale: | 34″ |
| Body: | US Alder |
| Neck: | Vintage Tinted Hard Maple |
| Neck Profile: | D Shape |
| Fretboard: | Hard Maple with binding |
| Markers: | Black Block |
| Nut: | Black Graph Tech |
| Pickups: | Passive BITE Guitars 1000mV split coil |
| Control knobs: | Diamond domes in black |
| Tuners: | BITE Guitars® Y tuners in black |
| Bridge: | Gotoh brass in black |
| Neck plate: | Black |
| Strap buttons: | Vintage black |
| Screw color: | Gold |
| Weight: | 3.8 kg / 8.4 lb |
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