【new】Meta Guitars / Veil-B5 S "Halley" 3.320kg【GIB Yokohama】

Meta Guitars is a high-end brand that manufactures modern guitars based in France.

Builder Fred became interested in guitars and basses from an early age, and by the age of 15 he had already begun devoting his life to building stringed instruments.

The word meta has meanings such as after, beyond, and change.
With this concept in mind, he has worked to create beautiful, passionate, unique, modern, and revolutionary guitars and basses.

Most of Meta Guitars' pieces are designed headless.
This makes it lightweight, compact, and provides excellent ergonomic balance.
And we don't use gears to tune our headless hardware.
This means more tuning stability.

He is particular about achieving an excellent balance in both sound and playability.
To achieve this, the bodies of almost all models have a single cutaway and ergonomic curves.

The beautiful body curve not only looks good, but also provides the player with ideal balance whether standing or sitting.

A single cut makes the bass side of the neck stronger and less elastic, giving it a tighter tone and longer sustain.
The result is a clearer, straighter tone, especially on the bass strings.

He also uses fundo frets to improve the balance of the sound.
This allows for a more balanced tone while also providing the user with a wider range of gauge options.

Some people may worry that it will be difficult to play, but this design is actually very natural to the way the human arm and wrist move.
It won't take much time before you feel comfortable playing it.

This model is the flagship model Veil.
Since it is a short scale model, the scale is 34-32"".

I tried several different scales, and this time I specified this scale.
Many fan frets are designed to increase the tension on the bass strings, but this time it's the opposite.

The G string is 32 inches, with the purpose of reducing the tension on the high string, which is too strong.
This effect is tremendous, especially the strong fundamental tones of the D and G strings, which reduce the strong nuances and provide richer overtones.

It combines the high-pitched strings of an SG bass or Mustang bass with the low-pitched strings of a JB or PB.

I think it's an unusual scale design, but if you try it, you'll understand how wonderful it is.
Another great point is that the entire instrument is smaller.

I specified Chestnut for the body and Purple heart for the neck and fingerboard.
The Chestnut body is a standard for them, and I could feel its high quality from their previous works.

Although Purple Heart is hard, it has a moderately warm nuance, and I think it adds suppleness to the sound, especially when used on the neck and fingerboard.
A similar method is used by Roscoe and others.

Although it weighs less than 3kg, the tone doesn't feel lacking, loose, or light.

The pickup uses Lace's Alua Bassbar.
It is a very lightweight pickup, and its sound is characterized by clarity and speed.
It has a natural nuance without any strong taste, which leaves a good impression.
The low noise level is also attractive.

There is no back panel as the wiring is done from below the knob.

Overall, it is a sophisticated and beautiful product.
I think it's because of European culture that products like this appear in modern times.
Please try it.

●SPECS

Shortscale
Chestnut body
Purple heart neck
Purple heart Fingerboard
Top mount elec
Wooden knobs purple heat
Black hardware
Lace Alumitone
Open pore satin finish

Accessories: gig bag, wrench

Text: Shunsuke Saga

Inspection person: Oshima

Manufacturer's warranty included

Ships in a sturdy cardboard box.
We also support overseas shipping.
item will be packed with a hard cardboard box.
we do ship internationally.

Contact information
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email: info@bassick.jp
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