Europa Bass

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Europa Bass

With its elegant and understated form, the Europa bass is the type of instrument you return to again and again, and each time you're reminded of why you fell in love with this bass in the first place. From the moment you wear it on strap, comfort and balance greet you. Plugging into the side mounted jack gives a satifying "kerchunk" thanks to the long frame jack (much higher quality compared to a standard barrel type connector). Once your amp warms up, the tone that piqued your interest in the first place comes flowing back. This bass is home.

Quick tone change swithces give instant access to useful on-the-fly sounds. When you're ready to take that solo, you can simply flick the bass and treble switches to the boost position, knowing full well that when you're finished, that original sound is just a click away.

The Europa comes standard with Alembic's classic Maple and Purpleheart neck lamination pattern. This engineered beam supports even response across the Ebony fingerboard, and assures that snappy Alembic brilliance will be delivered at every note.

EXAMPLES

Flame Maple Burl Maple Light Buckeye Flame Walnut California Walnut Burl Walnut Coco Bolo Rosewood Emerald Green Black
STANDARD SPECS 4-string 5-string 6-string
Scale length 34 in 34 in 34 in
Through body neck 5-piece Maple and Purpleheart 7-piece Maple and Purpleheart 11-piece Maple and Purpleheart
Fingerboard Ebony, mother of pearl inlays Ebony, mother of pearl inlays Ebony, mother of pearl inlays
Nut width 1.625 in 1.875 in 2.200 in
24th fret width 2.360 in 2.930 in 3.560 in
Peghead Europa 4 Europa 5 Alembic Cone 6
Truss rods dual, body adjust dual, body adjust dual, body adjust
Top Any standard wood Any standard wood Any standard wood
Body material Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany
Sandwich Top, two Pinstripes, Mahogany Top, two Pinstripes, Mahogany Top, two Pinstripes, Mahogany
Body depth 1.55 in 1.55 in 1.55 in
Finish Polyester gloss with satin neck Polyester gloss with satin neck Polyester gloss with satin neck
Pickups Alembic MXY 4 Alembic MXY 56 Alembic MXY 56
Controls volume, pan, filter, 2-position Q-switch, bass cut/flat/boost switch, treble cut/flat/boost switch volume, pan, filter, 2-position Q-switch, bass cut/flat/boost switch, treble cut/flat/boost switch volume, pan, filter, 2-position Q-switch, bass cut/flat/boost switch, treble cut/flat/boost switch
Tailpiece Solid brass, bird shape Solid brass, bird shape Solid brass, bird shape
Nut height adjustable solid brass height adjustable solid brass height adjustable solid brass
Machine heads Gold Alembic-Gotoh Gold Alembic-Gotoh Gold Alembic-Gotoh
Average weight 10 pounds 11 pounds 12 pounds
Average overall dimensions 45.75 in x 13.25 in 45.50 in x 13.85 in 47.25 in x 14.40 in
Origin 100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA 100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA 100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA