sharc basses are headless straight-thru neck instruments. Their design - which results from the cooperation with the Bremen based designer C.-J. Alves da Silveira - and tonal characteristic makes them the first choice for stage and studio. Play it headless on tour: the small dimensions make it comfortable to play in the bus. Attach the headplate on stage, even lit heads are available. Versions with traditional headplates on demand.
The laminated necks of the sharc are made of mahogany and maple, the ebony fretboard has 24 frets.
Although sharc instruments are headless all standard strings can be used. The strings are attached to a fixture at the top of the neck and the ball-ends fit into the tuning pegs located next to the bridge.
Jonas "Bibi" Hammond
performs sharc basses
All soundtracks of sharc basses written, performed and recorded by J. Hammond- DATA sharc 4 string bass:
scale 864 mm / 34 inch
neck staight-thru maple / mahogany
fretboard ebony 24 frets, pearl dots
option LED dots on the side of the fretboard
neck width
I: 40.5 mm; V: 47.5 mm; XII: 54.5 mm
neck depth
I: 21.0 mm; V: 22.8 mm; XII: 24.5 mm
body acrylic, routed, sanded and polished
pickups 2 H. Häussel custom shop 4-coils or 2 Bartolini High Definition
option ABM piezo bridge
electronics active elektronics (completely shielded) with:
volume, bass, mid level, mid frequency, treble and pickup mix controls, 3 mid frequency presets, selectable with 3-way switch, piezo option with additional piezo-mix control, 2 rechargable sets of batteries, each with 2x9V (for LEDs: 4 hours, for electronics: 50 hours)
bridge & tuners ABM black
nut brass
weight
acc. to selected options 3,5 - 4.3 kg
5 & 6 string data: >> further details
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