Barcelona Carles Benavent Signaure

 

 

Carles Benavent Barcelona V with flamed eucalyptus top, ebony fretboard, one pickup layout and piezo bridge

The Barcelona Bass guitar, beyond our OBSESSION series basses, was specifically designed for bass player Carles Benavent. In the beginning this instrument was not intended to be available widely to the public.
It is a semiacoustic bass with a sitka spruce top and two magnetic pickups. A beautiful mellow sound and mandolin size frets is what Carles asked for when I decided to make this bass for him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It took lot of meetings with Carles in our shop in Barcelona in order to get that design.

With the help of Carles, I tried to design the instrument according to his previous basses and his very personal playing style, but it also had be different from what he played before now, so I blended it with my own philosophy and that bit of Neo style look.

The name Barcelona is a tribute to the town where both of us live.

Barcelona Carles Benavent Signature specifications
String version	5 string
Scale	32" (812,8mm)
Standard Frets nº	24 mandolin frets; 1,35mm wide and 0,94mm high
Is 28 fret version available?	no
Is 36 fret version available?	no
Body	swamp ash or khaya (afican mahogany)
Construction	set-in neck construction
Neck	3 piece, maple and ash with thin wenge runners
Headstock	Angled 8º grade; headstock top may match body top upon request
Fretboard	Ebony
Fingerboard Radius	flat ( no radius)
Inlays	2mm diameter side dots, Frontal 6mm diameter markers are optional     upon request at no charge
Nut	Ebony
width at nut	39mm
width at 24th fret	62mm
Thickness 1st fret	19mm
Thickness 12th fret	21mm
Tuners	Hipshot Ultralite
Bridge	Jerzy Drozd propietary wooden bridge, fully adjustable. strings thru body
strings spacing @ bridge	14,3mm
Standard Hardware color	Chrome plated
Pickups	JeDXD bass picup - Jerzy Drozd double coil pickup or double and single coil type pickups
Electronics	Passive    (Aguilar OBP-3 active bass preamp - 3 band available as custom option)
Controls	Volume, Balance, Treble, Middle, Bass, Passive tone, Active/pasive switch and Mid     frequency selector
Knobs	Wooden dome knobs, 18mm diameter
Body finish	Poliurethane/ Acrilic satin finish
Neck finish	Poliurethane/ Acrilic satin finish
Strings	SIT 30-40-60-80-100   (in bold standard 5 string tuning)
Case	high quality gig bag
weight (*)	3,0kg (7lbs)
(*) these numbers are average for standard Barcelona bass guitar and may vary depending on chosen woods   All features and specifications subject to change without notice. last updated 1 December 2012 Prices may vary depending on version, chosen finish and hardware.

Chick Corea The Ultimate Adventure, Live in Barcelona 2007

Carles Benavent playing his Barcelona V Signature with Jorge Pardo and Tino Di Geraldo

Carles Benavent Masterclass playing his Barcelona V Signature