M5 Soapbar (EMG-45 size) 5-string bass pickup

• Classic Bass CB Series
• Dual coil humbucker, for neck position
• Bright treble, powerful lows and low-mids
• Ceramic magnets
• Dimensions pickup: circa 1.50" x 4.50" (38 x 114 mm)
• Colour: black
• String width covered is 66 mm to 78 mm on medium curvature fingerboards.

In 1973 Bartolini started with the manufacturing of the first magnetic pickups for electric guitars and basses. In 1977 the company introduced the first electrically preamplified pickup with parametric sound control (EVQ) onto the market. Thanks to their high-quality pickups and electronics for electric as well as acoustic instruments Bartolini is a very popular company on the world market today.