Music Man Caprice Bass, Maple Neck, Ivory White

Full Description

A Bold New Statement in Passive Design

The Caprice can be seen as a workhorse bass due to its superb capability of being able to blend two distinct pickup voicings offering a variety of tones suitable for any musical environment. Featuring two Alnico V dual pickups including a Music Man® inline humbucker and a Music Man® offset humbucker. Both pickups feature an independent volume control to fully explore the wide choice of tones the Caprice has to offer.

A Fine Choice of Materials

Every Music man guitar has been meticulously designed and crafted with the utmost attention to every detail, to offer you a high quality instrument that you can rely on for many years. Each new model is designed by their world class team of designers and engineers, to give you the best playing experience possible. Crafted from solid alder, the Caprice offers a lightweight body with an offset design. This compact body provides a shape that is comfortable, and therefore a pleasure to play.

Along with the select maple neck, the Caprice delivers a smooth action across the frets, and allows for easy movement across the maple fingerboard. All frets are hand-applied to exact specifications, ensuring that the Caprice has the highest quality of playability you would expect from this prestigious company.

High Quality Finish

As well as sporting a superb tonal range and ergonomic body, the Caprice is finished with the highest quality finishes. Three layers of high gloss polyester are applied to the Caprice, producing a luxurious state-of-the-art finish.

Features

• Alnico V Dual Pickups for the ultimate tone
• Select maple neck with natural aged finish
• Oversized headstock for a unique appearance
• Capable of blending two distinct pickup voicings for a variety of tones suitable for any application
• Maple fingerboard with 21 high profile, narrow width frets
• Schaller BM tuners with tapered string posts for easy tuning
• Vintage Music Man top loaded chrome plated, steel bridge plate with vintage nickel plated hollow steel saddles

Specifications

Body

• Body Material: Alder
• Body Finish: High Gloss Polyester
• Body Colour:Ivory White

Neck

• Neck Material:Select Maple
• Neck Construction: Bolt-On, 5 bolts
• Neck Finish:Ultra-light satin polyurethane finish
• Scale Length: 34" (86.4 cm)
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size:High profile, narrow width
• Position Inlays: 5/16" Black dots

Hardware & Electronics

• Pickups:Music Man® inline humbucking; Music Man® offset humbucking
• Controls: 2 x Volume, Tone
• Bridge:Vintage Music Man® top loaded chrome plated, steel bridge plate with vintage nickel plated hollow steel saddles
• Tuning Machines: Schaller BM, with tapered string posts
• Strings:45w-65w-80w-100w (Super Slinky Bass #2834)
• Pickguard: Mint