The Flamed Maple top offers a beautiful wood grain. The African Mahogany body delivers a rich mid-low end. The Atlas 5pc Panga Panga/Purpleheart neck provides a well-balanced note attack and tone with rich sustain. The neck is constructed with KTS TITANIUM reinforcement rods, increasing its stability and adding sustain. The beautiful Flamed Maple fretboard imbues this model with an exotic appearance. Premium Fret Edge Treatment offer super smooth, comfortable performance. Gotoh machine heads provide superior precision, a smooth feel, and excellent tuning accuracy. The MR5S bridge has adjustable saddles for variable string spacing by +/- 1.5mm, answering every bassist’s specific string spacing needs. Nordstrand "Big Break" pickups cram a meaty split coil into a soapbar-style pickup, producing a full-bodied, powerful, aggressive tonal texture, while still retaining the clarity that's characteristic of single coil tone with noiseless performance. Precision tonal control, including a switch to choose passive-only operation. When the EQ bypasses activated, the treble tone control knob becomes the global tone control for the passive circuit.