Bassworks' J6-24 "Nagamaki" 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 option with bolt-on neck is supremely light but strong and resonant. Alternatively the J6-24 is available in a neck-through-body option with a multi-laminate neck made from tapered "stringers" and a slimline 38mm thick body.
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If you choose the bolt-on neck, our proprietary heel joint is very special and unique to us. It enhances sonic coupling and neck-to-body alignment.
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The J6-24 sports Bartolini Quad coil pickups. From "Jaco to Jamerson" in an instant. Other pickup combinations are available.
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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 JPJ5 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.
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I am currently working with the great British bass player, Musical Director and Producer Roger Inniss on his custom J6-24 bass!
6 String
35" scale length (889mm)
24 frets
Hipshot 0.750" (19.05mm) bridge on bolt-on neck, 0.789" on neck-through-body version
Choice of constant or compound radii for fretboard
Swamp Ash or American Red Alder body (Chambered on bolt-on neck version)
Birdseye Maple headstock plate or painted headstock
Neck profile: Custom slim "J" influenced, other neck profiles are available including asymmetric and asymmetric with "thumb groove"
2 carbon fibre re-inforcement rods
1 piece Canadian Rock Maple neck on bolt-on neck version, multi-laminate tapered stringer on neck-through-body version
Fingerboard: May be specified from Ebony, Rosewood or Bordseye Maple (side markers, block inlays, bound), other woods are available
Bartolini PUs
Bartolini 3 band Pre-amp
Telecaster style side jack
Hipshot (USA) Bridge and Ultralite tuners
Graphtec TUSQ XL nut (Black)
2-way truss rod, heel access for bolt-on neck, headstock access for neck-though-body version
Choice of fret wire with "Invisible Fret Ends"
Hiscox custom hard case included