For bass players looking for top-notch professional sounds and exceptional manufacturing quality thanks to a single cutaway body design that improves the balance between the body and the mast for greater comfort, while still offering unobstructed access to the sharpest frets. Due to the high demand, the Artisan Single-Cut bass is already available in a non-stop version, for a conventional aesthetic and style of interpretation. The new poplar wood lid not only beautifies this bass, which already has a magnificent appearance, but, in combination with the ash body, provides well-balanced sound characteristics to achieve a modern, bright and clawed sound.
The body shape with a single cutaway improves the balance between the body and the neck for comfort, while still offering unobstructed access to the acute frets.
The poplar wood lid with striking streaks and ash body complement each other perfectly to produce a warm but forceful sound in the high-middle that will be imposed with authority in the mix.
The characteristic Bartolini sound is preserved in the MK-1 model, while offering excellent sound quality and value for money. The MK-1 offers powerful, warm media, along with bright, transparent trebles, for a superbly balanced sound.
Bartolini's renowned MK-1 preamp provides a powerful yet transparent reinforcement, along with its distinctive sharp trebles. The MK-1 conveys the natural vivacity of the bass through a three-band flexible equalizer, allowing a wide variety of applications, from studio recording to large concert halls. In addition, it has a switchable active/passive mode to obtain a powerful modern active sound or a traditional and organic passive sound.
