Europa

Europa

With its elegant and understated form, the Europa bass is the type of instrument you return to again and again, and each time you're reminded of why you love this bass so much. From the moment you wear it on strap, comfort and balance greet you. Plugging into the side mounted jack gives a satifying "kerchunk" in response. Once your amp warms up, the tone that piqued your interest in the first place comes flowing back. This bass is home.

Quick tone change switches give instant access to useful on-the-fly sounds. When you're ready to take that solo, you can simply flick the bass and treble switches to the boost position, knowing full well that when you're finished, that original sound is just a click away.

The Europa comes standard with Alembic's classic Maple and Purpleheart neck lamination pattern. This engineered beam supports even response across the Ebony fingerboard, and assures that snappy Alembic brilliance will be delivered at every note.

Like most Alembic basses, Europas are quite happy in a variety of musical settings. Turn the low-pass filters down to 300Hz for deep tones suitable for blues. Turned up to 6KHz, there's plenty of zing for slap or driving rock technique with a pick. Versatility puts the tone control in your heart and your hands.

Since each Europa bass is handcrafted right in our one-and-only shop in Santa Rosa, California, you are able to custom order any aspect of the bass. Custom fingerboard dimensions, wood choices, decorative details, or even things not yet invented are possible.

FEATURE4‑STRING5‑STRING6‑STRING
Scale length30.75, 32, 34 in30.75, 32, 34 in30.75, 32, 34 in
Neck woods5‑piece Maple and Purpleheart7‑piece Maple and Purpleheart11‑piece Maple and Purpleheart
FingerboardEbony, mother of pearl ovals inlaysEbony, mother of pearl ovals inlaysEbony, mother of pearl ovals inlays
Nut width1.625 in1.875 in2.200 in
24th fret width2.360 in2.930 in3.560 in
PegheadEuropa 4Europa 5 (3+2)Alembic Cone 6
Truss rodsdual, body adjustdual, body adjustdual, body adjust
Top woodAny standard or premium woodAny standard or premium woodAny standard or premium wood
Body woodMahoganyMahoganyMahogany
SandwichTop, 2 accent veneers, body woodTop, 2 accent veneers, body woodTop, 2 accent veneers, body wood
Body depth1.65 in1.65 in1.65 in
FinishPolyester gloss with satin neckPolyester gloss with satin neckPolyester gloss with satin neck
PickupsAlembic MXY4Alembic MXY56Alembic MXY56
Controlsvolume, pan, filter, 2‑position Q, bass cut/flat/boost, treble cut/flat boostvolume, pan, filter, 2‑position Q, bass cut/flat/boost, treble cut/flat boostvolume, pan, filter, 2‑position Q, bass cut/flat/boost, treble cut/flat boost
BackplatesBrassBrassBrass
BridgeSolid polished brassSolid polished brassSolid polished brass
TailpieceSolid brass, bird shapeSolid brass, bird shapeSolid brass, bird shape
NutSolid brass, height adjustableSolid brass, height adjustableSolid brass, height adjustable
Machine headsGold Alembic‑GotohGold Alembic‑GotohGold Alembic‑Gotoh
Average weightabout 10 poundsabout 10.5 poundsabout 11 pounds
Overall dimensions13.25″ x 45.75″13.85″ x 45.50″14.40″ x 47.25″
Origin100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA