Bass of the Week: Swan Guitars Swan Special
This Swan Special by Swan Guitars is a real treat for the eyes as well as the ears. The five-string model has a two-piece ash body topped with a beautifully complex flame maple top, which is also utilized on the pickup covers. Its three-piece maple neck is fitted with a dark Pau Ferro fingerboard, adding a darker contrast to accentuate the top’s figuring.
Swan fits the model with a pair of Lake Triple Agent pickup matched up with an Audere Pro Z preamp. That includes four knobs (volume, balance, stacked treble/bass, and stacked hi-mid/hi-bass) and three switches: one to select the mid frequencies and two for selecting the coils.
Hardware for the bass includes Hipshot Ultralite tuners and a gold-finished Hipshot A Style bridge.
Swan Guitars Swan Special Bass Specs:
| Construction: | Bolt-on |
| Scale: | 34″ |
| Body: | Ash |
| Top: | Flame Maple |
| Neck: | 3-piece Maple |
| Fretboard: | Pau Ferro |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 16″ |
| Frets: | 24 |
| Inlays: | Abalone Dot |
| Headstock: | Black |
| Pickups: | Lake Triple Agent |
| Electronics: | Audere Pro Z |
| Tuners: | Hipshot Ultralite |
| Bridge: | Hipshot A Style |
| String Spacing: | 19mm |
| Hardware Color: | Gold |
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