(View also Defender JB Deluxe)
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| Strings | 4 or 5 |
| Fingerboard | 34 inches (20 ou 24 fret positions) |
| Construction type | Bolt-on neck |
| Body | 2- or 3-piece laminated body on Marupá or Freijó |
| Pickguard | 3-ply, tortoise or black; or optionally 5-ply wooden pickguard. |
| Neck construction | 1-piece or laminated. Quarter sawn wood available. |
| Finish | Several options of colours available, or natural wood colour. PU finish, high gloss or satin. |
| Neck wood | Tauari, with an optional choice for Ipê or other woods, depending on availability. |
| Fingerboard wood | Ipê or Garapa |
| Frets | 20 or 24, jumbo style, highly polished, or fretless. |
| Truss rod | One 2-piece expansion-type truss rod |
| Fingerboard markers | Sidedots always included. Fingerboard markers are optional: mother-of-Pearl dots, abalone dots, diamond inlays (MOP), block inlays (MOP) |
| Electronics | Passive: 2 volume controls and 1 tone control. Active/passive: ToneChaser TC-3B Preamp, 9V supply, High headroom/low impedance output can feed line level inputs. Bass and Treble controls with pickups blender and volume (with a "push/pull" switch for selection between passive and active modes). Quick-release battery box. Option of mini-switches for coil tapping: selection between humbucking (dual coil) and single coil modes for each pickup. |
| Pickups | 2 EMG-HZ or ToneChaser TC-HBP (humbucker pickups) or 2 ToneChaser TC-SBP (single J-type pickups) |
| Nut | Real bone |
| Tuners | Grover or Gotoh sealed tuners (optional: Hipshot Ultralites) |
| Bridge | Gotoh, Monorail or Hipshot Style B (all quick-release) |
| Pitch | On the bridge: 19mm for 4 strings; option between 18mm or 19mm for 5 strings |
| Hardware | Chrome or black knobs, bridges and machine heads |
| Features | Same as on the Defender JB, although adding on the basic configuration the mid control, the mini-switches for coil tapping; bookmatched veneer top on figured woods plus sunburst and matching headstock; fingerboard markers; no pickguard (back circuit cover). |
You can see how D'Alegria basses are carefully produced visiting our Factory Tour. You will understand how each step in manufacturing a pro bass is important to the final product.