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Warwick RockBass Artist Line Bootsy Collins Space Bass Custom Purple

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Warwick RockBass Artist Line Bootsy Collins Space Bass Custom Purple
Product no: 9000-0041-8154 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Warwick's Star Bass has made a comeback! Based on the original 1976 bass guitar played by funk pioneer, Bootsy Collins, the Space Bass has landed! Bootsy's style has influenced scores of pop musicians including Prince and Snoop Dogg. This is the fourth Star Bass model ever made and has a mahogany body with a 2-part Warwick bridge and active MEC J/TJ pickups, all dressed in a sparkling Purple Starburst Bootsy finish! The maple neck is reinforced with ekanga strips, and the rosewood fretboard with star inlays has a star-shaped headstock with Bootsy's logo to match the body.

Bootsy

After five world-wide hits with James Brown, William 'Bootsy' Collins made a name for himself in George Clinton's Parliament en Funkadelic and then formed Bootsy's Rubber Band, making his own contribution to funk mythology. Bootsy's super smooth and heavy bass tones are immediately recognisable and his famous words are ones no musician should ever forget: 'Everything on the one!'

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Please note: since 1976, very few Star Basses have been made. This exclusive model is the fourth ever made.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	24
Number of strings	4
Active tone control	yes
Sustainable product	not specified
Pickup configuration	HS
Pickup type	humbucker (active), single-coil (active)
Neck connection	bolt on
Fretboard wood	rosewood
Includes cover	yes
Includes case	no
Sound (amplified)	modern and full, modern and tight
Colour	purple
Country of origin	China
Left-handed	no
Body material	mahogany
Model	Other
Bass guitar scale length	long scale (34 inches)
String-thru-body	no
Body type	solid

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	5,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	135,7 x 63,8 x 13,0 cm

Product specifications

Warwick electric bass guitar
- Model: Star Bass
- Series: Bootsy Collins signature
- Colour: Purple Starburst
Body
- Material: mahogany
- Finish: high-gloss Bootsy finish
- Shape: Star
Neck
- Joint: bolt-on
- Material: 5-piece maple
- Finish: satin
- Profile: flat
- Scale length: 34 in
- Fretboard: rosewood
- Fretboard radius: 20 in
- Binding: none
- Number of frets: 24
- Fret material: nickel/silver
- Fret dimensions; 2.9mm wide, 1.3mm high
- String nut: Just-A-Nut III
- Position markers: star-shaped
- Truss rod: yes
- Headstock: star-shaped, matching body
Hardware
- Bridge: 2-piece Warwick
- Hardware finish: chrome
- Machine heads: Warwick
- Pickguard: purple
- Warwick security locks
Electronics
- Bridge pickup: MEC J
- Neck pickup: MEC TJ
- Controls: 1x volume, 1x balance, MEC 2-band electronics

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