DISC Luna Bari Electro Acoustic Fretless Ukulele Bass, Koa

Full Description

Koa Body Construction

This Bari-Bass features koa body construction, which offers a focused mid-range and excellent definition. The koa top delivers a beautifully bright tone, yet throughout the playing of the wood, it will warm up and produce a richer, sweeter, more resonant tone. This Luna Bass ukulele features a baritone body which is ideal for those bass players and guitarists looking to transition to the ukulele. Being much bigger than the soprano, tenor, and concert ukes, the baritone offers great projection and volume, yet still provides a comfortable playing experience.

Mahogany Neck Topped With Walnut Fingerboard

The neck features a set-neck construction in a C shape to provide a comfortable playing experience. The mahogany neck is topped with a walnut fingerboard that offers a unique, warm and earthy tone that really shines through when playing picking styles. The Bari-Bass neck is made from mahogany which responds well to picking, strumming, and various finger techniques with ease.

Fishman Clasica II Preamp

The Bari-Bass comes equipped with an on-board Fishman preamp and tuning system, offering a stage ready baritone uke ideal for the gigging musician. The Clasica was optimised specifically for nylon string instruments, offering a range of features in a compact design. The Fishman Clasica system comes with a pre-wired piezo pickup for a solder-free installation. This sophisticated system offers quick and easy tuning via its LED easy-read screen. Tonal shaping options include bass, treble, phase, and volume controls.

Luna History

Yvonne Villiers is an accomplished stained-glass artist who envisioned Luna guitars. Her inspiration for a line of guitars designed to maximise playing comfort came from her mother, Hilda Villiers, a bassist for over 40 years. Whilst watching her mum on stage, Yvonne couldn't help but notice the massive struggle her mum had whilst playing. With her mum being petite and using such a heavy instrument, she used to complain of how hard it was to be a woman and try to play these big bass guitars. Yvonne then questioned if there were others like her mum that struggled with the same problems and pains. She came up with the idea of a woman specific guitar, uniquely tailored to fit their bodies, their hands, and their musical styles.

Yvonne moved on to created Luna guitars, a line of guitars made for female musicians of all ages and crafted with luminous visual beauty to engage women's minds and spirits along with their talent. Yvonne already had brilliant artistic skills and use of colour, she then applied the same techniques as she did with her award winning stained glass work to her new line of guitars. She is known for using rich colours that shimmer and shine with every movement providing an eye-catching design along with the great musical tones Luna guitars deliver. Yvonne's design expertise has led so many men to respond to Luna's well-crafted, spirit-engaging instruments that the company now creates guitars for both female and male musicians of all ages.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Series: Bari-Bass
• Body Material: Koa
• Bridge: Walnut
• Finish: Satin Natural

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material: Walnut
• Frets: Fretless
• Nut Width: 44 mm
• Fingerboard Inlays: Abalone Dot
• Scale Length: 20.2"
• Neck Shape: C
• Neck Construction: Set Neck

Hardware & Electronics

• Hardware Colour: Black
• Machine Heads: Open Gear
• Preamp: Fishman Clasica II
• Bridge Pickup: Piezo
• Strings: Aquila Thundergut Bass Uke
• Preamp Controls: Bass, Treble, Phase, Volume, Tuner