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SECTOR SPOTLIGHT Bass Guitars Stagg


The BC300 (£158) – Stagg’s most popular model – is equipped with a solid alder body, hard maple bolt-on neck, rosewood fingerboard, JB Classic bridge, single JB and single PB pickup, two Volume controls and one for Tone. Available in Natural, Blue, Pink, Red, Sunburst and Violet finishes. The J Style B300 (£152) features two JB pickups, white or tortoiseshell pickguard and standard P nickel machine heads, the P style P300 (£152) has a single PB pickup, PB Classic bridge and one control for Volume and Tone.


Eko


Available in Black, Metallic Red and Metallic Blue and retailing at £187.95, the K Series PJ07 bass from Eko consists of a solid basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, single P and single J-style pickup, two Volume controls alongside one for Tone, four individual chrome saddles and die-cast machine heads. Also from Eko is the £329.95 Violin Bass Vintage Walnut model (pictured), which features a semi acoustic body with arched top and back, rosewood pick guard and fingerboard, a pair of humbuckers, single controls for Volume and Tone along with a three-way switch and chrome hardware.


Sutherland


The Czech-made Stonebridge BS-61CM acoustic bass features a solid cedar top and mahogany back and sides, finished with tortoiseshell edge binding and an ultra-slim-profile headstock atop a mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard. Retailing at £1,279, the it can create an array of rich tones, thanks to an open pore satin finish and B-Band piezo pickup. From the Revelation brand, the RBG Semi Bass with Vintage Sunburst gloss finish (£319.99) includes a set mahogany neck, back and sides, as well as cream binding throughout.


Boulder Creek Höfner


The £2,260 H5001/62 Violin Bass (pictured, left) is handmade in Germany and stays true to the original design from the 1960s, however the £650 Contemporary series HCT5001 (pictured, centre) is as close to the original model – famously favoured by Sir Paul McCartney, who can regularly be seen playing his 1962 reissue – as you can get, while adding a few modern luxuries. The £329 HIBBSB Ignition model (pictured, right) is described as “the only way to get the official Höfner look and feel at a superb-value price.”


42 February 2012 CONTACTS


Barnes & Mullins (Höfner & Spector) .....................................01691 668310 Fender ..........................................................................................01342 331700 Freestyle (Eko) ...........................................................................01924 455414 JHS ..............................................................................................0113 2865 381 Rosetti (Traben) .........................................................................01376 550033 Sutherland ..................................................................................02920 887333 Tanglewood ................................................................................01937 841122 Summerfield (Boulder Creek) ................................................0191 414 9000 Ernie Ball (Strings & Things) ...................................................01273 440442 Yamaha .......................................................................................01908 366700 Peavey ........................................................................................01536 461234 EMD (Stagg) ................................................................................01293 862612


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The EBR1-TB4 acoustic bass (£750) includes the brand’s exclusive Suspended Bracing System (SBS), with a full pre- amp and tuner built in, along with active ¼-inch and balanced XLR ports. Customers can choose from solid cedar, solid spruce and koa wood types, four and five-string versions, as well as whether to ‘go fretless.’


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