STRANDBERG BODEN BASS PROG 4 BROWN
SKU: BB4CT-19P-E-F-BR
The Boden Bass Prog model was developed for bass players who seek a more modern and aggressive sound that can be fine-tuned with the utmost precision. Featuring a lightweight chambered Swamp Ash body with solid Flame Maple top and Roasted Maple neck with Ebony fretboard, the natural acoustic sound is balanced with plenty of girth but with a bright cutting edge when needed with the bass’s onboard preamp equalization well as the controls on the amplifier. The Ebony fretboard is slick and fast to play, while also providing a lot of highs that help you cut through the mix.
The Boden Bass Original was designed to provide exceptional comfort, ergonomics and playability with its lightweight headless construction, multi-scale neck, and the patented EndurNeck neck profile. For the bass player, this is especially important knowing how much a solidbody bass can weigh. The proprietary hardware is constructed of aircraft grade aluminum that plays a major part in the instrument’s unique woody and organic acoustic character besides reducing the overall weight. Premium materials such as Swamp Ash for the body with solid ¼” Flame Maple top and roasted Maple for the neck and Birdseye Maple for the fretboard and proprietary components along with world class manufacturing processes and techniques are used to produce these instruments of exceptional build quality, workmanship, and reliability.
The natural acoustic character of the Boden Bass Prog is perfectly matched with Nordstrand Big Rig dual coil pickups with offset pole pieces that result in a big multidimensional sound and the onboard Darkglass Tone Capsule preamplifier that exponentially expands the instrument’s tonal possibilities. Although superbly versatile and well-rounded, the Prog 4 and 5 excels the most in a dense mix of aggressive and expansive sounds, whether you are filling up a certain frequency range as part of a bigger whole or when you want to cut through to make your individual musical statement.
GENERAL
- Bolt-On Construction
- Chambered Body with Arm, Torso and Heel Carves
- Book-matched Solid Premium Flame Maple Top
- Swamp Ash Body
- Available Finishes: Brown stain Semi-gloss Polyurethane
- Approximate Weight 2.7 kg / 6 lbs (4-string) – 3 kg / 6.6 lbs (5-string)
- Manufactured in Indonesia
NECK & FRETS
- Roasted Maple Neck, 12-ply Carbon Fiber reinforced
- EndurNeck™ Profile
- Ebony Fretboard
- 20″ Fretboard Radius
- 24 Frets
- Jescar 51100 Stainless Steel Fretwire (57110 for zero-fret)
- D’Addario NYXL 45-100 (4-string) / 45-130 (5-string) strings
- Standard tuning EADG (4-string) / BEADG (5-string)
SONIC PROFILE
- Custom Nordstrand Big Rig humbucker pickups
- Darkglass Electronics ToneCapsule preamp/EQ
- Controls:
- Master Volume w/ push-pull for passive/active
- Bass ± 12 dB @ 70 Hz
- Lo Mid ± 12 dB @ 500 Hz
- Hi Mid ± 12 dB @ 2.8 kHz
- Blend Neck-Bridge
HARDWARE
- .strandberg* EGS Rev 2 bass tuners & string locks
- Black Hardware
- Original Luminlay™ Green Side Dots
- Original Luminlay™ Green Inlays
ACCESSORIES
- Standard Lightweight Gig Bag included
- Allen Key Kit included
- Collapsible guitar stand optional
- Strap optional
- Deluxe Toolkit optional