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Bassworks' J5-28 "Nodachi"series of basses owe some of their inspiration to Leo Fender's bold asymmetric design in the 1960s.
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Despite their design influences, our instruments strive to improve on what has gone before. Our chambered body being supremely light but strong and resonant.
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The J5-28 sports a pair of Bartolini quad coil pickups. From "Jaco to Jamerson"in an instant.
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30+ years of playing and our skilled manufacture deliver the tone, playability and reliability that all bass players deserve to enjoy in the J5-28 "Nodachi"series.
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Crafted in small batches and entirely in our own shop, every instrument is built with the same painstaking attention to detail, using stable tonewoods and world-class electronics and hardware.
5 String
35" scale length (889mm)
28 frets
Hipshot 0.750" (19.05mm) bridge
Choice of compound radii for fretboard
Various body tonewood choices
Birdseye Maple headstock plate
Neck profile: Custom slim "J" influenced with thumb groove
2 carbon fibre re-inforcement rods
Canadian Rock Maple neck
Fingerboard: Ebony (side markers, block inlays, bound)
Bartolini Jazz PUs
John East UNI Pre pre-amp
Neutrik side jack
Hipshot (USA) Ultralite tuners
Graphtec TUSQ XL nut (Black)
2-way truss rod, heel access
"Narrow/Medium" frets with "Invisible Fret Ends" (other sizes of fret-wire are available)
Hiscox custom hard case included