Acoustic Basses


The acoustic bass guitar (also called ABG or acoustic bass) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually somewhat larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar and the double bass, the acoustic bass guitar commonly has four strings, which are normally tuned E-A-D-G, an octave below the lowest four strings of the 6-string guitar, which is the same tuning pitch as an electric bass guitar. It could also be considered a mandobass, seeing as how both instruments are tuned exactly the same way, and produce exactly the same sound.

Because it can be difficult to hear an acoustic bass guitar without an amplifier, even in settings with other acoustic instruments, most acoustic basses have pickups, either magnetic or piezoelectric or both, so that they can be amplified with a bass amp.

Epiphone Viola Bass

Viola bass guitar Short-scale basses may have become a bit outdated, but if you love the sounds of the 60s, you'll have a hard job getting around avoiding them. For the Epiphone Viola Bass, the...
322 £ 343 £ - item no. 152095

ESP LTD TL-4 Natural

Acoustic Bass with Pickup Body: Mahogany, Top: Spruce, Neck: Mahogany, Fretboard: Roasted jatoba, Neck profile: Thin U, Fretboard radius: 400 mm, Scale: 864 mm, Nut width: 40 mm, Nut: Graph Tech...
611 £ 711 £ - item no. 484410

Ibanez PCBE12MH-OPN

Acoustic Bass Top: Sapele, Back and sides: Sapele, Neck: Maple, Scale: 810 mm (Medium scale), Fretboard and binding on the top: Nandu, 20 Frets, Pickup: Ibanez Under Saddle, Ibanez AEQ-2T preamp...
184 £ 214 £ - item no. 332656

Warwick Alien 5

Acoustic Bass 5-String, Cover: Spruce, Back and sides: Ovangkol, Neck: mahogany, Fretboard: Wenge, Length: 34" Long scale, Just a Nut III nut, Nut width: 45 mm, Fishman Prefix Plus T...
899 £ 979 £ - item no. 405604