The "RB" in this bass series stands for "Rocco's Bass", referring to none other than
the man who co-designed this instrument and inspired thousands of players with his
innovations in fingerstyle funk: Rocco Prestia of the immortal Bay Area funk/R&B
masters Tower of Power. The LTD RB-1004SM has been updated for 2017, and is about
as serious of a professional-quality bass as you can imagine. It starts with some
traditional design cues, like its bolt-on construction at 34" scale. But from there,
the RB-1004SM goes straight uptown with a dense swamp ash body, a figured spalted
maple top in Natural Satin finish, a C-shaped five-piece maple and walnut neck,
and an ebony fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets. If you want great-sounding, flexible
tone, the RB-1004SM gives it to you in droves with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound P4
and J4 pickups, with simple volume, balance, and tone controls. The RB-1004SM also
includes high-quality Grover tuners, and a Gotoh bridge with string-thru-body design
for fantastic sustain. Also available in a 5-string version with the RB-1005SM.
Construction Bolt-On
Scale 34"
Body Swamp Ash
Top Solid Spalted Maple
Neck 5Pc Maple/Walnut
Fingerboard Macassar Ebony
Fingerboard Radius 450mm
Finish Natural Satin
Nut Width 40mm
Nut Type Molded
Neck Contour CFrets/Type22 J
Hardware Color Black
Strap Button Standard
Tuners Grover
Bridge Gotoh 404BO-4 w/ String Thru
Neck PU Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound P4
Bridge PU Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound J4
Electronics Passive
Electronics Layout Vol/Bal/Tone
Case B BASS FORM FIT CASE
Case Included N