Guitar, Bass Steinberger
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The Steinberger Bass has a radically different design front that of any other guitar. Its body is made of a strong, dense plastic, rather than wood like a typical bass. This gives the guitar clear, hard-edged tones. The small, hollow body contains "active electronics" that both amplify the pickups and allow you to produce a wide variety of different sounds.
| Family |
| Strings |
| Pitch range |
| About three octaves. |
| Material |
| Molded epoxy resin reinforced with carbon and glass fibers - a type of graphite. |
| Size |
| 38 in (97 cm) long. |
| Origins |
| Utilizing the latest materials, an American, Ned Steinberger, made this bass guitar in the early 1980s. |
| Classification |
| Chordophone: an instrument that produces its sound by the vibration of strings. |
| And also... |
| Graphite - the substance out of which the Steinberger bass is made - is twice as dense and ten times more stiff than wood, yet stronger and lighter than steel. |
