With the Mayones Viking 5 VF Dirty Ash Black Horizon, the boutique manufacturer from Gdansk, Poland, presents an electric bass with a contemporary multiscale design, agile playing characteristics and multi-faceted premium sounds. For the neck-through of the five-string bass guitar, Mayones uses the finest woods, while pickups and electronics from Aguilar take care of the electrical sound conversion. High-quality hardware, whose functionality is optimally matched to the Viking 5 VF, completes the five-string.
The contemporary Multiscale construction of the Viking VF provides each string with its optimal vibration length, so that the bass offers a particularly balanced and even sound from the highest to the lowest note. While the full-length wenge maple neck features a flat D-profile for agile playing characteristics on the ebony fingerboard, the ash top set off with a wenge veneer on the swamp ash body provides the dignified look.
For the pickups on the Viking V-Fret, Mayones chooses two Aguilar DCB humbuckers. Equipped with double ceramic blade magnets, the humbuckers deliver a full and balanced sound that captures every nuance of the bass playing in detail and also integrates the low B-string into the sound with precision. For precise adjustment of the sound in lows, mids and highs, an active Aguilar 3-band tone control is also on board. The mini-switch also switches the five-string into passive mode, where a separate treble cutoff is available.
Of course, the Mayones Viking 5 VF Dirty Ash Black Horizon comes with a high-quality hardware equipment that meets the highest demands on functionality and reliability. On the body there are five Mayones single-string bridges, which not only support the extremely balanced sound of the bass guitar, but also guarantee an optimal adjustment of string position and intonation. Behind the ebony nut, Schaller BM tuners ensure precise tuning with unshakable stability. In addition, Schaller S-Locks hold the Viking VF securely to the strap.