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Black means business! Get that 50's vibe with this incredible re-issue from Kay Guitars. Flatwound strings and a lipstick-style pickup for old school tone and modern playability. The quality of this bass is surprisingly good! Call or email SoundPure to talk more about it

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CharterOak s700 Recording Electric Guitars and Bass

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The Charter Oak s700 Microphone is a well-known broadcast microphone, which is why it's suprising and impressive to hear it perform very wonderfully as a microphone that records electric guitar cabinets and bass. The big... Read more

The Charter Oak s700 Microphone is a well-known broadcast microphone, which is why it's suprising and impressive to hear it perform very wonderfully as a microphone that records electric guitar cabinets and bass. The big and rich bottom end of this microphone translates to warm guitar tones, but at the same time it has a smooth and crisp top end that doesn't sacrifice a great deal of detail. At its low price, this is a great microphone to have in the studio for a wide variety of applications. For Bass SVT rigs, it's quickly becoming one of our favorite microphone choices, but is also does a nice job of reproducing well-balanced guitar tones, in particular, it's impressive at capture a lot of great low-end resonance, and top-end edge, but doesn't give you the typical muddy midrange and washed-out sounds you'd expect from a voice-over microphone. Definitely a nice microphone to have in the mic locker. If you want to discuss any of the Charter Oak Microphone line, or recording electric guitars or Bass, we are here and eager to help, and can be reached anytime worldwide at +1 919.682.5552.

From Kay Vintage Guitars

The Kay Pro Bass, a reissue of the classic K162, has the volume and bite of an electric guitar, but when plucked softly, sounds like an upright bass. Solo and rhythm effects are unlimited, allowing color and tone open to your imagination. Get that unique Chicago-style jazzy blues sound from the semi-hollow unique Kay body chamber design and single-coiled Blade pickup. The special dual-capacitor switch is used for putting the bass guitar into overdrive. When you flip the switch, it cuts the high range and adds additional punch and deep tone of a standup bass. Includes hardshell case.

Body
Single-cutaway, tone-chambered, hollow-body acoustic with unique Kay feedback-resistant bracing.
Back
Parabolic arched maple
Sides
Maple
Top
3-ply flamed maple
Purfling
Multi-ply black-and-white celluloid binding
Neck
Set one-piece Canadian maple straight-grained
Frets
30 jumbo nickel-silver
Inlays
Small abalone dots
Fingerboard
31" scale rosewood with 12" radius
Tuning Machines
Vintage-style medium cloverleaf buttons, 2 per side
Bridge and Tailpiece
Stud-mounted rosewood bridge with adjustment thumbwheels, chrome trapeze tailpiece
Top Nut
Bone
Headstock
Original gold chevron displaying 3-D raised "Kel-von-a-tor" style emblem
Finish Coat
High-gloss polyester protective polymer
Case
Includes hardshell custom-fit case

Electronics

Pickup
1 schrome single-coil Blade
Controls
1 volume, 1 tone, 1 tandem capacitor switch for cutting high-frequency response
Output jack
1 side-mounted

Free 3-Year Warranty

Sound Pure stands behind our products. Free three-year warranty on this item. Coverage exclusions live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

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