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Sandberg California MarloweDK 5-string Black Special Hardcore

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Sandberg California MarloweDK 5-string Black Special Hardcore
Product no: 9000-0010-4226 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Sandberg have developed the California MarloweDK 5-string from the ground up in collaboration with Youtube bassist, Thomas Risell (MarloweDK). If you've ever gone hunting for good bass technique tutorials, you'll know the name well. This ever popular online-teacher has opted for a 5-string J-model bass with an incredibly tight and heavy, black finish with specially placed pickups and very particular neck measurements. The MarloweDK 5-string comes complete with its very own solid Sandberg gig bag.

The Finish of the MarloweDK 5-String

The California MarloweDK has been given a 'hardcore aged' finish to make it look a few decades beyond its actual years. The Sandberg technicians developed their own ageing methods to give their guitars and basses the look of long-long-tour-worn, yet well-loved instruments. The hardware as well as the paint-job have been carefully hand-battered to get the highly unique look as well as a convincingly vintage sound character, helped out by specially designed vibration transference across the body.

Pickups and Wood

The incredibly strong, unbelievably hard Canadian maple forms the neck of this 5-string and is bolted on with 5 screws for the highest possible level of stability. So stable, that it's virtually impossible for the neck of the MarloweDK to ever give in to temperature changes or humidity. The rosewood fretboard is finished with classic mother-of-pearl-style block inlays while the alder body guarantees strength, balanced tone and a manageable weight. The amplified sound is of course delivered by two very meticulously placed single coil pickups.

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Please note: Since the 'ageing' process is manually applied, the resulting finish of this model shall differ from instrument to instrument.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	22
Number of strings	5
Active tone control	no
Pickup configuration	SS
Pickup type	single-coil (passive)
Neck connection	bolt on
Fretboard wood	rosewood
Includes cover	yes
Includes case	no
Colour	black
Country of origin	Germany
Left-handed	no
Body material	alder
Model	J-model bass guitar
Bass guitar scale length	long scale (34 inches)
String-thru-body	no
Body type	solid

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	4,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	132,0 x 46,0 x 16,0 cm

Product specifications

5-string electric bass guitar
series: California
model: Marlowe DK signature (J-style bass)
colour: black
finish: hardcore aged
body: alder
neck: maple, 6-bolt connection
fretboard: rosewood, with pearloid block inlays
number of frets: 22
scale length: 35-inches
machine heads: Sandberg open vintage-style with adjustable resistance
bridge: Sandberg with 4 adjustable saddles
hardware: nickelled, aged
pickup: 2x Sandberg alnico 5 single-coil
electronics: volume, balance, tone with treble cut
including Sandberg gig bag

details:

the wood has undergone a special vibration treatment for an authentic vintage sound
6-bolt neck connection for extra stability and solid tones
0 fret so that open strings sound the same as fretted strings
machine head resistance can be adjusted with a hex key
special string tree for the A, D and G strings for optimal pressure on the string nut

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