Bass of the Week: Alusonic’s The Doom 4 Offers Sleek Looks and a Modern Headless Build
Alusonic Instruments shared one of their latest builds on Facebook that stopped me in my tracks. This Doom 4 model was given a white finish and a gold pickguard to add a classy touch to its rockin’ style.
The headless four-string is built with a select alder body complete with an aluminum top. Its hard maple neck is reinforced with graphite rods and fitted with Graphitex fretboard. A multi-scale neck stretches the string lengths from 34 inches at the G string to 36 inches for the E. The 24 frets are marked only with Luminlay side dots. Alusonic fitted the bass with a pair of its ceramic and steel dual coil pickups with a three-band EQ.
Other features include a Riviera Gear Headless System, Optima 24k gold strings, and gold hardware. All in, the Doom 4 weighs just 6.8 pounds.
Alusonic The Doom 4 Bass Specs:
| Construction: | Bolt - on |
| Scale Length: | 36” / 34″ (914mm / 864mm) |
| Body: | Selected Alder |
| Body Finish: | High Gloss Pure White |
| Top: | Aluminium |
| Top Finish: | High Gloss Pure White |
| Neck: | Hard Maple with Graphite Reinforcing Rods |
| Neck Thickness: | 20mm at 1st fret, 23mm at 12th fret |
| Neck Shape: | Custom “C/V” |
| Neck Finish: | High Gloss Pure White |
| Fretboard: | Graphitex |
| Fretboard Finish: | High Gloss Pure White |
| Radius: | 16″ |
| Number of Frets: | 24 |
| Frets Size: | Medium Jumbo |
| String Nut: | PPS “Tedur” |
| Nut Width: | 38 mm |
| Position Marks: | Luminlay Side Dots |
| Truss Rod: | 2-way Set in Normal Position |
| Neck Plate: | 5-Bolt |
| Bridge/Tuners: | Riviera Gear Headless System |
| String Spacing: | 19 mm |
| Pickups: | Alusonic Ceramic/Steel Dual Coil |
| Controls: | Volume, Balance, Treble, Middle, Bass |
| Pickguard: | Vinyl Gold |
| Hardware: | Gold |
| Knobs: | Gold |
| String: | Optima 24k Gold Strings 45/105 |
| Weight: | 3,1 kg |
| Accessories: | Hardcase, Luminlay light charger, Dunlop security straplock, wrench keys, lifetime warranty |
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Awesome Bass, one small thing missing, $ The price, how much in U S A. Price please?$
I’ve gotten to play an Alusonic Doom 5 and a Django 4 and they were both amazing basses. They just play so well. This one is super sexy!