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Its stunning Solid Candy Apple Red Metallic High Polish finish delivers a bold, eye-catching appearance, beautifully complemented by a classic parchment pickguard and chrome hardware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe instrument features a Roasted Maple neck with a comfortable C-shaped profile, offering a stable and responsive playing foundation. The roasting process helps reduce moisture content in the wood, contributing to improved dimensional stability compared with untreated maple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaired with a Morado fingerboard, the bass offers a smooth playing surface with a distinctive natural wood appearance. The fingerboard features 21 nickel-silver frets, a comfortable 12-inch radius and classic white dot position markers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 34-inch (864mm) long-scale design provides familiar full-scale bass string tension, while the five-string configuration extends the instrument's lower playing range for contemporary bass arrangements and demanding musical performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the MetroExpress Vintage J\/J Bass is a pair of Sadowsky Passive Hum-Cancelling J-Style Pickups, designed to deliver classic Jazz-style bass character with improved noise reduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe neck pickup produces warm and rounded bass tones, while the bridge pickup, positioned in the traditional 1960s J-style location, contributes focused midrange, clear articulation and a defined attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these pickups offer a versatile tonal foundation suitable for smooth fingerstyle grooves, expressive slap 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