Models
8 models
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F Bass BN Series
Flagship handcrafted electric bass model
Canada
The BN is F Bass's flagship handcrafted bass, built in Canada with a three-piece quarter-sawn maple neck and a body of Northern ash or alder. It carries two F Bass stacked single-coil pickups with a noise-cancelling mode and the company's own active 9V three-band preamp, feeding an aluminum Hipshot bridge. The BN is offered in four-, five-, and six-string versions.
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F Bass VF Series
Vintage-voiced handcrafted electric bass model
Canada
The VF is F Bass's vintage-inspired model, pairing 1960s-70s styling with the Canadian shop's modern construction. It uses a Northern ash or alder body, a maple neck, and Aguilar pickups (P-60 and/or J-HC) with F Bass's own 9V three-band preamp and a Hipshot bent-plate bridge. It is built on a 34-inch scale and offered in four-, five-, and six-string versions.
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F Bass AC Signature
Alain Caron signature semi-chambered fretless bass model
Canada
The AC Signature is a semi-chambered fretless bass developed with Canadian jazz bassist Alain Caron since the mid-1980s. It has a chambered figured-maple body with a Canadian spruce top and sound hole, a three-piece maple neck, and a Gabon ebony fingerboard, voiced by an F Bass stacked single-coil bridge pickup combined with an RMC piezo bridge system and the F Bass 9V three-band preamp. It is offered fretless as standard, with a fretted option, in four-, five-, and six-string versions.
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F Bass AC Classic
Alain Caron 'upright reinvented' fretless bass model
Canada
The AC Classic is a fretless bass developed with Alain Caron and billed as 'the upright reinvented,' built in Canada to deliver an acoustic, upright-style voice. It pairs a chambered figured-maple body with a redwood top and extra chambering under the bridge, a three-piece maple neck, a Gabon ebony fingerboard, and LaBella black-nylon tapewound strings, voiced by an F Bass stacked single-coil bridge pickup and a Fishman piezo system in a handmade ebony bridge. It is offered fretless in four-, five-, and six-string versions.
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F Bass VI
Bass VI tuned an octave below guitar, 30-inch scale
Canada
The F Bass VI is a bass VI: tuned E-A-D-G-B-E like a guitar but an octave lower, built on a 30-inch scale. Made in Canada, it has a black walnut body, an East Indian rosewood fingerboard, Lollar pickups, a Mastery M1 bridge with vibrato, and simple master volume and tone controls. It is offered in two pickup configurations, HSS and HSH.
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Dingwall Super J
J-style multiscale electric bass model
Canada
The Super J is Dingwall's multiscale (fanned-fret) reinvention of the classic J-style bass, made in the company's Canadian shop. It comes standard with an alder body, a one-piece maple neck, a wenge fingerboard, and two handmade Dingwall neodymium pickups in traditional J spacing, with an optional third pickup and a choice of passive or active electronics (Darkglass, Glockenklang, or Rupert Neve Designs). Offered in four- and five-string versions, it uses Dingwall's shorter fan, with the five-string running from a 35-inch low B down to a 32-inch G.
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Dingwall Prima Artist
Flagship multiscale electric bass model
Canada
The Prima Artist is Dingwall's Canadian-made flagship multiscale (fanned-fret) bass, conceived as the company's no-compromise instrument. It uses a dual-density body with figured walnut on the bass side and figured maple on the treble side, a neck laminated from five to seven pieces of exotic wood, and handmade Prima Artist pickups available in J-style (PA1), mid-focused (PA2), or three-pickup (PA3) layouts. Offered in five- and six-string versions with passive or active electronics (Glockenklang, Darkglass, or Rupert Neve Designs), it rides on the Dingwall Z bridge and uses the long fan, running from a 37-inch low B down to a 33.25-inch top string.
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Dingwall Super P
P-style multiscale electric bass model
Canada
The Super P is Dingwall's multiscale (fanned-fret) reinvention of the classic P-style bass, built in the company's Canadian shop. It comes standard with an alder body, a one-piece maple neck, a wenge fingerboard, and a handmade Dingwall Dual-P split pickup, with an optional bridge pickup and passive or active electronics. Offered in four- and five-string versions, it uses a shorter fan than Dingwall's long-scale models; the five-string runs from a 35-inch low B down to a 32-inch G.