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2016 ES-Les Paul Semi-Hollow Electric Bass Guitar

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Overview

An easy-to-play short scale with enormous, warm tone.

This bass takes full advantage of the ES formula, allowing sound waves to resonate freely within its hollow chambers adding warmth to your grooves. The 3-ply maple/poplar/maple body has a set 30.2"-scale neck with rounded C profile for effortless play. It also features rolled neck binding, low profile frets, historic truss rod with Teflon coating, real bone nut, new design bass humbucker pickups, die cast alloy hipshot Ultralite tuners, and bass tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece. Includes hardshell case.

Features

Neck
  • Shape: Rounded C
  • Wood: Mahogany
  • Neck joint: Set
  • Scale length: 30.2"
  • Truss rod: Standard
  • Finish: Nitrocellulose
Pickups
  • Active or passive pickups: Passive
  • Pickup configuration: HH
  • Neck: Memphis Historic Bass humbucker
  • Middle: Not applicable
  • Bridge: Memphis Historic Bass humbucker
  • Brand: Gibson
  • Series or parallel: Series
  • Active preamp: No
  • Special electronics: None
Fretboard
  • Material: Rosewood
  • Radius: 12"
  • Fret size: Jumbo
  • Number of frets: 20
  • Inlays: Trapezoid
  • Nut material: Bone 
  • Nut width: 1.765"
Body
  • Cutaway: Single cutaway
  • Construction: Semi-hollowbody
  • Body wood: Maple/Poplar/Maple
  • Top wood: Maple/Poplar/Maple
  • Body finish: Nitrocellulose
  • Orientation: Right handed
Controls
  • Control layout: Master volume, tone
  • Pickup switch: 3-Way
  • Coil tap or split: No
  • Tone switching: No
  • Special switching: No
Hardware
  • Bridge type: Fixed
  • Bridge design: Tune-o-matic
  • Tailpiece: Stopbar
  • Tuning machines: Hipshot Ultralite
  • Color: Nickel
Other
  • Number of strings: 4
  • Pickguard: No
  • Special features: Flash coat lacquer finish
  • Case: Hardshell case
  • Accessories: Certificate of authenticity
  • Country of origin: USA

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