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Guild Chris Hillman Bass Vintage Sunburst electric bass guitar
Product no: 9000-0019-5185
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This product comes with a 3-year warranty.
General
Guild and Chris Hillman have developed a signature Chris Hillman bass guitar to celebrate The Byrds' fiftieth anniversary. It's a gorgeous Vintage Sunburst hollow-body bass guitar that you can play all of the legendary band's famous songs with. Fans of this classic band and Starfire bass guitars will find plenty to like about this model. It offers a classic sound and timeless appeal with all the benefits of a modern semi-acoustic bass guitar with a centre block.
Guild Chris Hillman Bass: sound, feel and vibe
The Starfire body is made entirely of maple, and has a set-in 3-piece mahogany and maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. The latter offers a flat 12-inch radius and 21 narrow-jumbo 6105 frets. The Guild Adjustable Bass bridge and Grover Vintage 142 tuners allow for a highly consistent tuning. Its bright acoustic sound is amplified by a solid Bi-Sonic pickup and can be adjusted to suit your preferences with the two volume and tone potentiometers. While it still provides that vintage '60s vibe, this Chris Hillman signature bass guitar offers modern-day playing comfort.
Specifications
Product features
| Number of frets |
21 |
| Number of strings |
4 |
| Active tone control |
no |
| Pickup configuration |
H (humbucker in bridge position) |
| Pickup type |
humbucker (passive) |
| Neck connection |
set neck |
| Fretboard wood |
rosewood |
| Includes cover |
no |
| Includes case |
yes |
| Colour |
burst |
| Country of origin |
South Korea |
| Left-handed |
no |
| Body material |
maple |
| Model |
Hollow-body bass guitar |
| Bass guitar scale length |
medium scale (31 - 33 inches) |
| String-thru-body |
no |
| Body type |
hollow body |
Weight and dimensions including packaging
| Weight (incl. packaging) |
9,4 kg |
| Dimensions (incl. packaging) |
129,0 x 51,0 x 18,0 cm
|
Product specifications
- Guild semi-acoustic bass guitar
- model: Chris Hillman
- series: Signature
- colour: Vintage Sunburst
- body
- material: maple
- finish: high-gloss polyurethane
- shape: Starfire
- top: maple
- neck
- neck joint: set-in
- material: 3-piece mahogany maple
- finish: high-gloss polyurethane
- profile: Vintage Soft U
- scale length: 30.75 inches (781 mm)
- fretboard: Indian rosewood
- radius: 12 inches (305 mm)
- number of frets: 21
- fret type: narrow jumbo
- string nut material: bone
- string nut width: 1.5 inches (38.1 mm)
- position markers: pearloid dots
- truss rod: Dual-Action
- hardware
- bridge: Guild Adjustable Bass Bridge
- hardware finish: nickel-plated
- tuners: Grover Vintage 142 Series
- strings: D’Addario ECB81
- electronics
- bridge pickup: Guild BS-1 BiSonic Bass
- controls: 1x volume, 1x tone
- included: TKL Deluxe Hardshell case
- details: Bracing Centreblock, rosewood bridge saddles, Byrds inlay at the 12th fret
Wednesday 8 July 2015
On Summer NAMM in Nashville, Guild presents two new semi-acoustic bass guitars. The legendary Starfire Bass II is back, and it's brought a friend: the brand new Chris Hillman signature bass guitar in Vintage Sunburst! For bass players who are looking for a new hollow-body bass guitar, these two excellent instruments are certainly worth a look.
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