Custom Willcox Guitars Saber VL5 5 String Lightwave Electric Bass Guitar - Black

Willcox Guitars feature an entirely new way of picking up sound from the vibration of the strings. The LightWave Pickup’s transparent response delivers harmonically rich, deep, and powerful sound, spanning a wide range of tones from pure, natural string sound, to super-aggressive and cutting edge with the use of EQ or signal processing. Extremely low noise characteristics eliminate the annoying background hum and buzz typical of conventional pickups, and with no magnetic field pulling on the strings, sustain is natural, like a Grand Piano. Highly sensitive to even the most subtle nuances, the LightWave Pickup delivers the true sound of the strings, the instrument, and your playing.

SUPERIOR VERSATILITY

The Saber is designed for outstanding performance in all styles of music, from hard rock and heavy metal, to pop and jazz. Top professional bassists have already added LightWave instruments to their arsenals. Now you, too, can own a high performance bass featuring a sonic palette unlike anything you already have.

PREMIUM BUILD QUALITY

The Willcox Lightwave Saber VL model features a Swamp Ash body with resonant chambers to enhance the tone, as vibration is key to coaxing the most sound from the wood. VLs include beautiful Flamed Maple tops, black basswood composite fingerboards and come in a variety of stunning, transparent finishes. If you’re considering a fretless bass, the VL (available with Lined or Unlined fingerboards) is renowned for its highly convincing upright bass tone. The Fretless Saber VL comes with a sound hole while the Fretted Saber does not.

CUSTOM GRAPHTECH MONOLITHIC BRIDGE

Graph Tech Guitar Labs specializes in the production of man-made materials that are engineered to possess specific tonal qualities for custom guitar parts. LightWave pickups are produced of a special material that renders a natural tone from the guitar strings without coloring it with extra resonances. iceTone™ is LightWave Systems’ exclusive circuit, which allows users to blend the LightWave Optical Pickup with tailored piezo transducers built into each string saddle. The result is a smooth, natural high-frequency enhancement ranging from crisp high-end to percussive presence.