M5 Soapbar (EMG-45 shape) 6-string bass pickup

• Original Series
• Split coil, for bridge position
• Deep tone
• Ceramic magnets
• Dimensions pickup: circa 1.50" x 4.50" (38 x 114 mm)
• Extended width XX: For string widths 74 to 95 mm, on low curvature fingerboards (if fingerboard radius 16"/40.6 cm and more).
• Colour: black

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.