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Olive Imperial 5 Elite

  • Birth Month:
January
  • Birth Year:
2013
  • Model:
Richard Bona Signature Imperial 5
  • Top Wood:
Olive
  • Body Wood:
Ash (Swamp Ash Tone Block)
  • Fingerboard Wood:
Birdseye Maple
  • Neck Wood:
3-pc. Hard Rock Maple
  • Neck Joint:
Neck-Through
  • Scale Length:
34"
  • Strings:
5 (19.0mm spacing)
  • Frets
24 (Large)
  • FB Inlay:
Ebony Dots
  • Pickups:
Fodera / Duncan Dual Coils
  • Preamp:
Fodera / Pope Custom Shop, 3- Band
  • Control Layout:
Emperor / Imperial Layout


Unique Features

This Imperial 5 was built for one of our European dealers.

At first glance, you may think this bass to be a Richard Bona Signature Imperial, and you would be right, save for one detail:  The RB Signature has EMG pickups, but this Imperial was built with a set of Fodera/Duncan dual-coils.

With an Ash body, Ash tone block, and Birdseye Maple fingerboard, this bass has a bright tone with a deep, percussive low end, precise mids, and clear, punchy highs.  The dual-coil pickups can be played active or passive, and in both dual and single-coil modes, giving lots of different tonal options to the player.