Barcelona Classic
... Where traditional meets contemporary music,
where classic meets neo style there is Barcelona ...


Barcelona V with Myrtle top, bird´s eye fretboard and "Ray of Light" Inlay
General Information
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 bass guitarspecifications | ||||||||
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String version | 4 string | 5 string | 6 string | 7 string | 8 string | 9 string | 10 string | 11 string |
Scale | 33" (838,2mm) | |||||||
Standard Frets nº | 24 medium frets; 2,13mm wide and 0,99mm high | |||||||
Is 28 fret version available? | no | |||||||
Is 36 fret version available? | no | |||||||
Body | swamp ash or khaya | |||||||
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 | 40mm | 45mm | 52mm | 56mm | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
width at 24th fret | 62mm | 76mm | 92mm | 100mm | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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 | 19mm | 17mm | 17mm | 17mm | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Hardware color | Gold | |||||||
Pickups | JeDXS bass picups - Jerzy Drozd split 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 | Jerzy Drozd "Classics" | |||||||
Case | high quality gig bag | |||||||
4 string | 5 string | 6 string | 7 string | 8 string | 9 string | 10 string | 11 string | |
weight (*) | 3,0kg (7lbs) | 3,3kg (8.16lbs) | 3,6kg | 3,8kg | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
(*) these numbers are average for standard Barcelona bass guitar and may vary depending on chosen woods
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