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Chapman Guitars MLB1 Pro Bass in Walnut

The return of the hugely popular Chapman bass design featuring Walnut construction!

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SKU: MLB1P-WAL

Product Description

The Chapman MLB1 is the return of an incredibly popular bass guitar. The new MLB1 Pro has some incredible new features that make it one of the best pro basses you can get your hands on at this price point.

Body & Neck

American Black Walnut is used for the body; this may surprise some, as Walnut is known for its density and subsequent tonal brightness. This actually makes for a unique bass tone that sets the MLB1 apart from the crowd. Expect plenty of midrange and a crystal-clear attack, perfect for modern styles.

The neck is roasted Maple, adding the clarity and full-bodied attack. Combined with an Wenge fretboard, and you've got an extremely pronounced bass - the MLB1 doesn't do subtlety. To top it off, the neck has an oil finish, the body features a satin finish and ergonomic curves, ensuring a totally comfy playing experience.

Electronics & Hardware

Chapman have loaded the MLB1 with 2 x Chapman Equinox Jazz humbuckers, featuring warm and hot Alnico 5 magnets. These pickups add an element of contrast to the otherwise bright tonewood combination, taming it and delivering a brilliantly resonant tone all-round. 

The new MLB1 also features a coil split for a drop of tonal versatility, a dual-action truss rod for stability, and a Chapman Pro hard case. This is a working musician's bass through and through! 

Specifications:

  • Body: American Black Walnut
  • Body Finish: Satin
  • Neck: Roasted Maple with American Black Walnut Stripe with oil finish
  • Neck Joint: Neck-through with volute
  • Neck Finish: Satin
  • Fretboard: Wenge fretboard with rolled edges
  • Truss Rod: Dual action
  • Tuners: Wilkinson
  • Headstock: Angled Serekh headstock
  • String Nut: 35mm Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL Bass Nut
  • Nut Width: 38 mm
  • Scale: 34" / 864 mm 
  • 24 Jumbo frets
  • Neck Pickup: Chapman Equinox JBuckers Jazz Humbucker (Alnico 5, 12.66k ohms)
  • Bridge Pickup: Chapman Equinox JBuckers Jazz Humbucker (Alnico 5, 13.23k ohms)
  • Switching: Coil split option
  • Colour: Walnut
  • Incl. Chapman Pro case
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Customer Reviews

4.8

4 reviews

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Trusted Customer24th Aug 2019

Very nice versatile sound (split coil very clear, and quite dynamic humbuckers). Small concern on the tone pot, not linear enough and a bit too sensitive. Wood finish is very high-end. Ergonomic "spoon" shape of the body makes it very conformable to play seated or standing. Overall build quality is very high. Electric part is sensitive to electromagnetic field/interference in single coil mode, which is not the case of the DH signature model that I also own (500k pot instead of 250k ?).

Mr Daniel Houseman22nd Jul 2019

Having been debating whether to buy one for a while, it’s been a great decision to get one as it’s an awesome bass!!

Mr Szabolcs Osvath1st Feb 2019

Amazing bass. Comfortable, light weight, well built and plays like butter. With the twinjazz humbucker pickups the tone is on the aggressive / darker side, very mid heavy, just how I wanted it to be. It has a lot of variety due to the coil-tap feature and the versatile tone pot. Full of high spec hardware (mono-rail bridge, strap-locks, stainless steel frets, hipshot tuners), neck-through body with various boutique woods and an included special hardcase... it's quite a bargain.

Mr allan john beynon21st Oct 2018

fantastic sounding bass plays well and looks superb

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