Europa Bass

Europa bass in Bird's-eye Maple with matching fingerboard

EUROPA

With its elegant and understated form, the Europa bass is the type of instrument you return to again and again, and each time you're reminded of why you love this bass so much. From the moment you wear it on strap, comfort and balance greet you. Plugging into the side mounted jack gives a satifying "kerchunk" in response. Once your amp warms up, the tone that piqued your interest in the first place comes flowing back. This bass is home.

Quick tone change switches give instant access to useful on-the-fly sounds. When you're ready to take that solo, you can simply flick the bass and treble switches to the boost position, knowing full well that when you're finished, that original sound is just a click away.

The Europa comes standard with Alembic's classic Maple and Purpleheart neck lamination pattern. This engineered beam supports even response across the Ebony fingerboard, and assures that snappy Alembic brilliance will be delivered at every note.

Like most Alembic basses, Europas are quite happy in a variety of musical settings. Turn the low-pass filters down to 300Hz for deep tones suitable for blues. Turned up to 6KHz, there's plenty of zing for slap or driving rock technique with a pick. Versatility puts the tone control in your heart and your hands.

Since each Europa bass is handcrafted right in our one-and-only shop in Santa Rosa, California, you are able to custom order any aspect of the bass. Custom fingerboard dimensions, wood choices, decorative details, or even things not yet invented are possible.

EXAMPLES: EUROPA

Bird's-eye Maple
Bird's-eye Maple
Flame Maple
Flame Maple
Burl Maple
Burl Maple
Zebrawood
Zebrawood
Buckeye Burl
Light & Dark Buckeye Burl
Vermilion
Vermilion
Flame Walnut
Flame Walnut
California Walnut
California Walnut
Crotch Walnut
Crotch Walnut
Burl Walnut
Burl Walnut
Coco Bolo
Coco Bolo
Indian Rosewood
Indian Rosewood
Macassar Ebony
Macassar Ebony
Black
Black Finish

EXAMPLES: FEATURED CUSTOMS

Featured Custom: Soul Bass
Coco Bolo Fantasy
Featured Custom: Smooth Operator
Smooth Operator

Note: Some examples include custom options. Start exploring your own custom Europa bass.

FEATURE 4‑STRING 5‑STRING 6‑STRING
Scale length 30.75, 32, 34 in 30.75, 32, 34 in 30.75, 32, 34 in
Neck woods 5‑piece Maple and Purpleheart 7‑piece Maple and Purpleheart 11‑piece Maple and Purpleheart
Fingerboard Ebony, mother of pearl ovals inlays Ebony, mother of pearl ovals inlays Ebony, mother of pearl ovals inlays
Nut width 1.625 in 1.875 in 2.200 in
24th fret width 2.360 in 2.930 in 3.560 in
Peghead Europa 4 Europa 5 (3+2) Alembic Cone 6
Truss rods dual, body adjust dual, body adjust dual, body adjust
Top wood Any standard or premium wood Any standard or premium wood Any standard or premium wood
Body wood Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany
Sandwich Top, 2 accent veneers, body wood Top, 2 accent veneers, body wood Top, 2 accent veneers, body wood
Body depth 1.65 in 1.65 in 1.65 in
Finish Polyester gloss with satin neck Polyester gloss with satin neck Polyester gloss with satin neck
Pickups Alembic MXY4 Alembic MXY56 Alembic MXY56
Controls volume, pan, filter, 2‑position Q, bass cut/flat/boost, treble cut/flat boost volume, pan, filter, 2‑position Q, bass cut/flat/boost, treble cut/flat boost volume, pan, filter, 2‑position Q, bass cut/flat/boost, treble cut/flat boost
Backplates Brass Brass Brass
Bridge Solid polished brass Solid polished brass Solid polished brass
Tailpiece Solid brass, bird shape Solid brass, bird shape Solid brass, bird shape
Nut Solid brass, height adjustable Solid brass, height adjustable Solid brass, height adjustable
Machine heads Gold Alembic‑Gotoh Gold Alembic‑Gotoh Gold Alembic‑Gotoh
Average weight about 10 pounds about 10.5 pounds about 11 pounds
Overall dimensions 13.25″ x 45.75″ 13.85″ x 45.50″ 14.40″ x 47.25″
Origin 100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA 100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA 100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA