Overview
Nathan East Signature Model
Nathan East has appeared on countless albums and has toured with some of the biggest names in modern music. Whether he's playing blues with Eric Clapton, pop with Phil Collins, or contemporary jazz with Fourplay, Nathan relies on his BBNE2 signature 5-string bass to deliver the tone he needs.
Finance
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Features
BBNE2 Pickups
The stack type pickups are designed in collaboration with Nathan East. The Alnico V Humbucker pickups include a hum-canceling coil
Individual Bridge Pieces
The bridge consists of individual bridge pieces that reduce interference from other string vibration delivering a purer tone.
Controls
1 : Pickup Balancer 2 : Master Volume 3 : Bass 4 : Middle 5 : Treble 6 : Mid Cut Frequency 7 : Mid Cut On-Off Switch
Active Electronics
Active electronics include a special equalizer circuit based on Nathan East's “Magic Box". The circuit lets you cut off the selected mid frequency at the touch of a switch for precision sound tailoring.
5-Piece Neck Through design
The neck through design uses a 5-piece maple and mahogany neck sandwiched between the maple on alder body.
Contoured Body
Both the front and back of the bass body are contoured to provide players with a compact, well fitting instrument that offers greater playing comfort
Specs
| Construction | Neck Through |
| Scale Length | 34" (863.6mm) |
| Radius | 19 11/16" (500mm) |
| Frets | 24 |
| Pickups | Alnico V Stack Type x 2 |
| Pickup Switch | N/A |
| Controls | Master Volume, Pickup Balancer, 3-Band EQ, Mid Cut Frequency, Mid Cut On-Off Switch |
| Fingerboard | Ebony |
| Body | Maple/Alder |
| Neck | Maple/Premium Grade Mahogany 5 Piece |
| Bridge | Yamaha BPZ-7 (No Piezo) |
