Bass of the Week: Adal Guitars Black Beauty
When we last checked in with Adal Guitars, they shared their Lobella Series 5-string bass featuring some highly figured top wood. This time they shared the Black Beauty, a bass with a simpler yet timeless look.
The bass is crafted with a Paraíso body finished in matte black. Adal contrasts the dark body with a roasted flamed maple fingerboard and neck, which ties back to the dark aesthetic with black dot inlays and DR Black Beauty strings.
The pickups are a pair of Adal’s FSD humbuckers, which they manufacture themselves. Those are then fed into a Nordstrand 3B-4b preamp. Finally, Adal utilized Hipshot hardware to bring it all together.
Adal Guitars Black Beauty Bass Specs:
| Scale: | 34.25″ |
| Body: | Paraíso |
| Neck: | Roasted Flame Maple |
| Fingerboard: | Roasted Flame Maple |
| Frets: | 24 |
| Inlays: | Black Dot with Inlay at 12th Fret |
| Pickups: | Adal FSD |
| Electronics: | Nordstrand 3B-4b |
| Bridge: | Hipshot A Style |
| String Spacing at Bridge: | 19mm |
| Tuners: | Hipshot Ultralite |
| Finish: | Matte Black |
| Weight: | 9 lbs |
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Really nice looking IMO, but too many toggles/switches for me. Also a bit heavy for a 4-stringer at 9lbs…