Franz Bassguitars Merak 5 Spalted Alder LTD 2024

Technical Data

• Manufactured by Franz Bassguitars
• 2024 Limited Run
• Body: European alder
• Top: Bush-hammered alder
• 3-Piece bolt-on neck: Maple with smoked oak stripes
• Fingerboard: European smoked eucalyptus
• Laterally offset 3 mm Mother of Pear Dot fingerboard inlays
• Neck finish: oiled and waxed
• Matching headstock (both sides)
• Scale: 864 mm (34")
• Nut width: 47 mm
• Pickup: 2 Häussel Jazzbucker humbuckers in ebony housing
• Bell sound active/passive 2-band electronics with passive tone diaphragm
• 2 Humbucker/single coil switches
• 1 Volume control with push/pull function for active/passive switching
• 1 Balance, 1 bass and 1 treble control (dual pot)
• ETS 3D bridge with strings through body
• 19 mm string spacing
• Tone Schaller Light machine heads
• Black hardware
• Colour: Natural matt
• Includes case
• Made in Germany