Vintage Icon Series VJ75 5-String Bass - Sunburst

The Vintage VJ75 ReIssued Series is the ideal choice for bass players looking for tight, solid, extended low frequencies within high-quality 5-string bass guitars.

With a reputation as a workhorse 5-string bass guitar among professionals, semi-professionals, and bass players around the world, the exceptionally well-built Vintage VJ75 ReIssued Series models are also perfect for bassists making the 4 – 5 string transition and to enjoy the sonic versatilities and the physical benefits of an extra low B string.

Available in a choice of Sunburst or Black, the solid alder body supports this classic bass guitar’s timeless design and natural resonance, effortlessly transmitting a fine balance of high, mid, and low frequencies, delivered uncolored to a pair of Wilkinson WOJB5 single coil pickups which enhance the tight, piano-like tone, with extended clarity and articulation.

Pair alder with the VJ75’s bolt-on, hard maple neck and maple fingerboard featuring black, block fretboard position markers and you know you just can’t go wrong for rocky-blues bass, or, just wind the tone control back a tad and enter a whole new world of jazzy, mellow soothing bass lines. The neck is sleek, fast and palm-friendly as notes seem to leap off the fingerboard with all the sonic benefits of that added low B string.

Smooth open-geared Wilkinson machine heads and a friction-free white graphite precision cut nut, ensure tuning stability, while the fully adjustable Wilkinson bridge, increases sustain and ensures accurate string intonation.

The sonic versatility of this classic 5-string bass design has proven itself over the years as the perfect bass guitar for practically any style of music and, with its characteristic narrow neck design and medium-weight tonewood construction, playing a 2-hour gig is just not a problem.

Plucked, picked, slapped, strapped, or lapped, the Vintage VJ75 ReIssued Maple fingerboard bass is a real winner. Play on.