Bass of the Week: AC Guitars Finn R Type 5/33
Alan Cringean’s basses always grab my attention, which is why one of his latest builds stopped my scrolling on Facebook. His newest Finn R Type 5/33 is built with a Spanish cedar body with a killer flamed redwood top. Black accents and its ziracote fingerboard with matching pickup ramp really drive home the beautiful mix of dark and warm aesthetics.
That huge ramp houses a PB split coil in the neck position and an ACG RFB in the bridge position. “This wide aperture humbucking pickup provides a more aggressive, darker tone, with a lot of punch and a smoother high end when compared to the more modern hifi tone of our FB pickup,” Cringean writes of the RFB. “A great choice for a powerful rock or extremely punchy funk tone, anything where you really want to be noticed.”
Other features include an East Uni-Pre 4K preamp, a Hipshot bridge, Gotoh Resolite tuners, and Dunlop Straplocks.
AC Guitars Finn R Type 5/33 Bass Specs:
| Scale: | 33″ |
| Strings: | 5 |
| Body: | Spanish Cedar |
| Top: | Flame Redwood |
| Neck: | 5-piece Wenge/Padauk |
| Fingerboard: | Ziracote |
| Frets: | 24 |
| Pickups: | ACG RFB bridge. PB Split coil neck |
| Pickup Ramp: | Ziracote |
| Electronics: | East Uni-Pre 4K |
| Tuners: | Gotoh Resolite |
| Bridge: | ACG/Hipshot |
| Other: | Dunlop Straplocks |
