Bass of the Week: Meta Guitars Veil Long Scale
France’s Meta Guitars has a bass model called the Veil, which comes in long, medium, and short-scale versions. The unique body shape has an ethereal vibe, which the company gives a great description:
“Balanced between two worlds, where the tangible and the intangible, the concrete and the impalpable meet, the Veil bass is as aerial as a veil bending to the rhythm of the wind, its silhouette taking shape through the play of light and shade on its ever-changing curves,” they write.
The Veil Long Scale offers a straighter and tighter tone, perfect for down-tuning. The headless multiscale design has a 36-inch B-string and a 34-inch G-string. It’s built with quartersawn lumber for its chestnut body and flame maple neck. The ebony fingerboard has 24 frets that are marked with tubular brass inlays. Other features include Lace Aluma Bassbar pickups, a volume/volume/tone control configuration, and a Mera bridge.
Meta Guitars Veil Long Scale Bass Specs:
| Scale: | 36″/34″ |
| Body: | Quartesawn Chestnut |
| Neck: | Quartersawn Flame maple |
| Fretboard: | Ebony |
| Frets: | Stainless steel |
| Inlays: | Tubular brass |
| Pickups: | Lace Aluma Bassbar |
| Electronic: | Vol/Vol/Tone |
| Nut: | Individual Brass |
| Bridge: | Mera |
| Knobs: | Wood |
| Finish: | Open pores matte |
Great looks, very light and balanced in the hands, but the most important it that it really sounds incredible and plays like a dream.
(I have played it at the Mannheim Guitar Summit)