 |  | What is the difference between an active and passive bass?| | | | | | Basically, an active bass has a battery to power the pick ups or eq circuit to give a higher output, the passive does not. Simple! | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Elites Stadium Series 35-95 GAK Price: £ Inc. VAT CHEAP DELIVERY ! (From £ )
Elite Stadium Series 35-95 Description: Since their launch over a decade ago, Elites have firmly established themselves as one of the world's premier bass string brands with a roster of professional endorsees that reads like a virtual "who's who" of the international playing community and a reputation for their uncompromising commitment to delivering the durability, consistency and killer tone demanded by modern players. Read more
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| | | | | | Elites Stadium Series 45-105 GAK Price: £ Inc. VAT CHEAP DELIVERY ! (From £ )
Elite Stadium Series 45-105 Description: Since their launch over a decade ago, Elites have firmly established themselves as one of the world's premier bass string brands with a roster of professional endorsees that reads like a virtual "who's who" of the international playing community and a reputation for their uncompromising commitment to delivering the durability, consistency and killer tone demanded by modern players. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender 59 Bassman LTD GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT
Fender 59 Bassman® LTD The ’50s Fender Bassman was the pro bassist’s answer to amplifying a great new invention: the Fender Precision Bass® guitar. This powerful 50-watt rig could easily compete with the common instrumentation of the day: horns, piano, four-piece drum kit with calfskin heads, and maybe even an electric guitar through a nice, new 10-watt amp! By the ’60s and ’70s, the original all-tube “Tweed” 4x10 Bassman was popular with rock, country and blues guitarists as a reliably great-sounding and easy-to-use guitar amp. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender 60s Jazz Bass GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT
Fender 60s Jazz Bass® Our ’60s Jazz Bass captures the essence of the decade; an instrument as tuneful and groundbreaking as the decade it debuted in. Many of the period-correct details that made the original Jazz basses so cool are spot-on replicated in this classic vintage-vibe beauty—especially the original offset waist, ultra-slim neck and pair of vintage-style alnico magnet Jazz Bass single-coil pickups. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender 64 Jazz Bass NOS GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT
Fender ‘64 Jazz Bass® NOS When it was introduced in 1961, the sleekly cool Jazz Bass guitar set the music world on its ear and became another beloved Fender design classic. This stunning ’64 Jazz Bass replica features an alder body with a maple neck and a round laminate rosewood fingerboard. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender 64 Jazz Bass Relic GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT FREE DELIVERY !!!
Fender ‘64 Jazz Bass® Relic® When it was introduced in 1961, the sleekly cool Jazz Bass guitar set the music world on its ear and became another beloved Fender design classic. This stunning ’64 Jazz Bass replica features an alder body with a maple neck and a round laminate rosewood fingerboard. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender American Vintage 62 Jazz Bass GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT
Fender American Vintage ‘62 Jazz Bass® First introduced in 1960 as the Deluxe Model, the Fender Jazz Bass guitar has become one of the most popular instruments in modern musical history. All the model’s original Fender “firsts”—such as the offset waist, ultra-slim fast-action neck, stacked concentric controls and full-range bi-pole pickups—are recreated in the period-correct American Vintage ’62 Jazz Bass. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender American Vintage 75 Jazz Bass GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT FREE DELIVERY !!!
Fender American Vintage ‘75 Jazz Bass® Bound fingerboards, three-knob controls and block inlays are standout features of this classic model, the American Vintage ’75 Jazz Bass guitar. This solid ash-body instrument comes with your choice of a maple fingerboard with black binding, black block inlays and three-ply black pickguard; or a rosewood fingerboard with white binding, Pearloid block inlays and a three-ply white pickguard. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender BG 32 GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT
Fender BG 32 Model Name - BG32 (Mini-Jumbo Acoustic/Electric Bass) Model Number - 095-3200-021 Series - Bass Guitar Series Body Style - Deep Bodied Jumbo, Acoustic / Electric Bass Colors - (021) Natural Finish - Satin, (Polyurethane) Top - Laminated Spruce Back and Sides - Laminated Mahogany Neck - Nato Fingerboard - Rosewood No. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender Deluxe Active Jazz Bass GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT
Fender Active Jazz Bass® The Deluxe Active Jazz Bass guitar was designed with the gigging bass player in mind. This alder-body bass offers classic styling and modern features such as a comfortable C-shaped maple neck, four-ply brown shell pickguard on a variety of finishes (see specifications), two dual-coil ceramic Noiseless™ Jazz Bass pickups with nickel-plated pole pieces, and a three-band active EQ with treble, mid and bass boost/cut. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender Highway 1™ Precision Bass GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT
Fender Highway 1™ Precision Bass® The Fender Highway 1 Precision Bass guitar is a U.S.-made instrument in the same family as the successful Highway 1 Series guitars. This Precision produces the same classic American styling and tone, boasting a light satin lacquer finish on an alder body, with a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard and a traditional split single-coil Precision Bass pickup. Read more
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| | | | | | Fender Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass Fretless GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT
Fender Jaco Pastorius Jazz Bass® Fretless Jaco Pastorius was a beacon for generations of aspiring bass players, bridging the gaps between R&B, rock, jazz, classical and Caribbean music. He changed the musical world with his uncanny gift and visionary approach to the instrument, and he did it with one fundamental tool—a Fender Jazz Bass guitar. Read more
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| | | | | | Gibson SG Bass Reissue GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT FREE DELIVERY !!!
Gibson SG Bass Reissue The rock bass that started it all is back with new updated features! Gibson’s classic dual-pickup SG-style bass from the 1960 has returned as the SG Reissue. With its short scale Rosewood fingerboard and slim Mahogany neck – just like the original – the SG Reissue is the fastest bass in the Gibson family. Read more
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| | | | | | Ibanez GSR200 GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT FREE DELIVERY !!!
Ibanez GSR200 Buying a beginner bass? Don’t. Get a GSR for the same price. GSR Soundgears have the tones and playability that will please the pro–at prices that go easy on the purse. And they’ve got the same rigorous set-up and inspection of our most expensive models. Read more
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| | | | | | Ibanez K5 GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT FREE DELIVERY !!!
To pay homage to Fieldy's contributions to heavy rock in general and heavy bass playing specifically, Ibanez is very proud to present the new K5 Fieldy Signature 5-String Bass. The K5 features the very fast Soundgear neck (emblazoned with a special K5 12th fret inlay) on a body of sandwiched padauk and mahogany. Read more
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| | | | | | Ibanez SR-505 GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT FREE DELIVERY !!!
Ibanez SR-505 Spec 5pc SR5 Wenge/Bubinga neck Mahogany body Medium frets Accu-Cast B25 bridge (16.5mm string spacing) Bartolini® MK1 neck pu Bartolini® MK1 bridge pu Bartolini® MK1 3-band EQ Elixir® Read more
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| | | | | | Music Man StingRay 5 (includes case) GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT
Images shown are for illustrative purposes only Music Man StingRay 5 Size 13-3/8" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 45-3/4" long Weight 10 pounds - varies slightly Body: Wood Selected Hardwoods Finish High gloss polyester Colour: Black-White-Fire Engine Red-Pearl Blue-Pearl Platinum-Pearl Lavender-Pearl Purple-Candy Red-Metalflake green-Metaflake Brown-Black Sparkle-Translucent Red-Translucent Teal-Translucent Orange-Translucent Gold-Translucent Purple-Translucent Green-Honey Sunburst Bridge MusicMan® chrome plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles Optional - Piezo bridge *right handed models only. Read more
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| | | | | | Music Man StingRay 5 Left Hand (includes case) GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT
Images shown are for illustrative purposes only Music Man StingRay 5 Left hand Size 13-3/8" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 45-3/4" long Weight 10 pounds - varies slightly Body: Wood Selected Hardwoods Finish High gloss polyester Colour: Black-White-Fire Engine Red-Pearl Blue-Pearl Platinum-Pearl Lavender-Pearl Purple-Candy Red-Metalflake green-Metaflake Brown-Black Sparkle-Translucent Red-Translucent Teal-Translucent Orange-Translucent Gold-Translucent Purple-Translucent Green-Honey Sunburst Bridge MusicMan® chrome plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles Optional - Piezo bridge *right handed models only. Read more
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| | | | | | Music Man StingRay 5 Piezo (includes case) GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT
Images shown are for illustrative purposes only Music Man StingRay 5 Piezo Size 13-3/8" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 45-3/4" long Weight 10 pounds - varies slightly Body: Wood Selected Hardwoods Finish High gloss polyester Colour: Black-White-Fire Engine Red-Pearl Blue-Pearl Platinum-Pearl Lavender-Pearl Purple-Candy Red-Metalflake green-Metaflake Brown-Black Sparkle-Translucent Red-Translucent Teal-Translucent Orange-Translucent Gold-Translucent Purple-Translucent Green-Honey Sunburst Bridge MusicMan® chrome plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles Optional - Piezo bridge *right handed models only. Read more
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| | | | | | Parker Fly Bass 4 GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT
Parker Fly Bass 4 Body Wood Sitka Spruce with Quilted Maple face and back Construction 12 layers of acoustic guitar top grade Sitke Spruce, PAF Finish Polyurethane Bridge Custom Ibanez® Mono-Rail II bridge Vibrato System n/a Neck Wood Mahogany with figured Maple headstock Neck Design 12 layers of continuous wood fibe with woven carbon reinforcement Neck-Body Joint Custom PAF deep - pocket, long - tongue design Scale 34" Frets 24 Fret Material Hardened stainless steel Fret Size . Read more
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| | | | | | Squier Affinity P-Bass GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT
Squier Affinity P-Bass As one of Fender's® most illustrious achievements, the Precision Bass® guitar allowed bassists to be heard more clearly than ever before. For the first time, traditional upright bass players could finger notes easily and precisely, thanks to the P Bass® guitarís maple neck and fretted fingerboard. Read more
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| | | | | | Stagg ABS2-B GAK Price: £ Inc. VAT
Stagg ABS2-B Basic abs case for electric bass guitar - strong, light-weight, plastic abs semi-shaped moulded case w/ aluminium reinforcement edging - chrome hardware - high density padding - black plush interior for extra protection - internal spare case for little accessories - large moulded handle. Read more
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| | | | | | Stagg ABS2-RB GAK Price: £ Inc. VAT
Stagg ABS2-RB Basic abs case for electric bass guitar - strong, light-weight, plastic abs, square-shaped, moulded case w/ aluminium reinforcement edging - chrome hardware - high density padding - black plush interior for extra protection - internal spare case for little accessories - large moulded handle. Read more
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| | | | | | Warwick Buzzard JE LTD GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT
Warwick Buzzard JE LTD The Buzzard LTD 2003 is a bass worthy of limited edition distinction and is the brainchild of the late bass legend John Entwistle and Warwick founder Hans Peter Wilfer. The two originally collaborated on this bass in 1985 when John asked for help to create a bass based on his unique ideas of how it should look and play. Read more
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| | | | | | Warwick Corvette $$ 4 Active GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT
Warwick Corvette $$ 4 Active If the entire line of Warwick basses is like a family at a party, then the new Corvette $$ is the newest in-law who ate all the food, drank all the booze and is now in the coat closet with not one, but two of the wait staff! Even though it cosmetically resembles other Corvette models, the Double $$ gets its outrageous attitude and powerful identity from its unique pickup and electronics package. Read more
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| | | | | | Yamaha BB414 GAK Price: £  Inc. VAT
Yamaha BB414 The Bass that started it All For more than 20 years, the Yamaha BB Series basses have been the workhorse for great bass players like Nathan East, Tony Kanal, and Michael Anthony. Now Yamaha has reinvented the bass that started it all. Read more
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| | | | | | Yamaha TRB6PII GAK Price: £   Inc. VAT FREE DELIVERY !!!
Yamaha TRB6PII A stupendous hybrid six-string bass with the added musical expression of piezo-loaded bridges and the visual beauty of optional front and back timbers. TRB Series Electric Bass, 6-String Neck-thru Bass with Active Electronics The new TRB6PII offers the professional and collector an incredible playing experience. Read more
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