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

• Original Series
• Dual coil humbucker, for neck position
• Deep tone/Standard tone
• Ceramic magnets
• Dimensions pickup: circa 1.50" x 4.50" (38 x 114 mm)
• Colour: black
• For 72 mm string width

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.