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Jackson JS Spectra Bass

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The Jackson  Spectra Bass JS Series, are available in 4-string and 5-string designs. These bass guitars look stunning, with a quilted maple top, and poplar body. The style of the bass has a reduced neck dive, which balances out the off-set design.

This allows for hours of comfortable playing. The Spectra bass has a ­graphite-reinforced, bolt-on, maple neck, with a scarf joint design. This well-built instrument is solid and reliable, as well as eye-catching. It has a speed neck contour and a laurel fretboard, with a 12″-16″ compound radius. The playability will allow you to move around the fretboard quickly and comfortably. 

The Spectra Bass JS Series delivers a huge, unique sound, that has a deep, heavy, growl. Whether it be funk, hard rock or gospel,It comes equipped with Jackson’s dual-passive, medium-output, humbucker pickups, and a durable, HiMass bridge. It’s not as heavy as other bass guitars. The heaviness is in it’s tone. It sounds great for any genre of music, from funk to metal. 

The JS Series bass comes with a two-way toggle switch, a 3-band active EQ, with a bypass selector, for the active circuit. The selector has a push/pull feature, allowing you quick and easy access, if you need to bypass the circuit. You can play with the confidence of knowing, that you don’t need to rely on battery power, to maintain the sound of your bass. The tone, blend and volume knobs will let you fine-tune and create your tone.

There are three models in The Spectra Bass JS Series features three models: the JS2 4-string bass, the JS3 4-string bass and the JS3V 5-string bass.. Each model has the off-set body design, with a large upper horn, to evenly distribute the weight of the bass.

JS3Q Dark Sunburst
JS2 Gloss Black
JS2P Black Burst

JS Series Spectra JS2

JS2

Versatile style and enormous sound collide in the all-new Jackson JS Series Spectra Bass JS2 4-String Electric Guitar. The brand-new offset body style was designed with the artist in mind.

The four-string JS2 features a Jackson J-style bridge pickup and P-style neck pickup to deliver a range of punchy growls and lucid tones that can be tweaked and refined with blend, bass boost and volume controls (including a push/pull selector to bypass or engage the active circuit for the bass boost).  

JS2P

The poplar body with a large upper horn evenly distributes weight throughout the instrument, providing perfect balance by reducing neck dive for hours of comfortable playing. A bolt-on maple neck with scarf joint design provides rock-solid reliability, while the speed neck contour and 12-inch radius laurel fingerboard with 24 frets make for lightning-fast playability.

JS2
JS2

The Spectra Bass JS2 provides a sound that is as unique as the bassist playing it. Whether it be funk, hard rock, or gospel, a colossal Jackson J-style bridge pickup and P-style neck pickup deliver a range of punchy growls or lucid tones, while the hardtail bridge provides enhanced stability, improved sustain, and bolder timbre. This classic P/J combo delivers a sonically full voice with both boom and bark. The P-style neck pickup packs an authoritative punchy thump with more rounded high-mids and treble range, while the J-style bridge pickup delivers sharp and articulate tones.

JS2P

Tone can be refined and tweaked with the blend, bass boost, and volume controls (with a push/pull selector to bypass or engage the active circuit for the bass boost).

The bass boost control strengthens the low-end frequencies and fortifies the overall tonal characteristics of the instrument.

JS2P Blue Burst
JS3QV Purple Phaze
JS3V Silverburst
JS3

The Spectra Bass JS3 provides a sound that is as unique as the bassist playing it. Whether it be funk, hard rock, or gospel, dual passive Jackson medium-output humbucking pickups create a monstrous low-end growl, while a HiMass bridge provides enhanced stability, improved sustain, and a bolder tone. Tone can be further refined and tweaked with a two-way toggle switch for pickup coil splitting, 3-band EQ (active only), blend control, and volume control. 

JS3Q

 With the push/pull selector, you will never have to fear a battery running out and losing sound. A quick pull on the volume knob will bypass the active circuit, making it easy to regain sound from the bass without the use of battery power.

The Jackson JS Series Spectra Bass JS3 4-String Electric Bass Guitar with Laurel Fingerboard has a versatile style and enormous sound collide. The brand-new offset body style was designed with the artist in mind. The poplar body with a large upper horn evenly distributes weight throughout the instrument, providing perfect balance by reducing neck dive for hours of comfortable playing. A bolt-on maple neck with scarf joint design provides rock-solid reliability, while the speed neck contour, 12–16-inch compound radius laurel fingerboard, and 24 frets make for lightning-fast playability.

JS3

Offering more boom for your buck, the 4-string, 34-inch scale Spectra Bass JS3Q comes in a vibrant Amber Blue Burst finish with black nickel hardware and a unique Jackson 2×2 headstock with an understated J logo.

JS3Q

Guitars are available in Gloss Black, Metallic Blue, Snow White or Tobacco Burst. The JS2 also features a bolt-on maple neck with scarf joint, 12” radius laurel fingerboard, Jackson hardtail bridge and a 2×2 Gumby headstock.

JS3
JS3Q Amber Blue Burst
JS3QV Alien Burst
JS2 Snow White
JS3QV

The Jackson JS Series Spectra Bass JS3V Guitar is an all-new 5-string leviathan instrument where versatile style and enormous sound collide. The brand-new offset body style was designed with the artist in mind. The poplar body with a large upper horn evenly distributes weight throughout the instrument, providing perfect balance by reducing neck dive for hours of comfortable playing.

The Jackson Spectra Bass JS3V provides a sound that is as unique as the bassist playing it. Whether it be funk, hard rock, or gospel, dual passive Jackson medium-output humbucking pickups create a monstrous low-end growl, while a HiMass bridge provides enhanced stability, improved sustain, and a bolder tone. Tone can be further refined and tweaked with a two-way toggle switch for pickup coil splitting, 3-band EQ, blend control, and volume control.

JS3QV

Tone can be further refined and tweaked with a two-way toggle switch for pickup coil splitting, 3-band EQ (active only), blend control, and volume control (with push/pull selector to bypass or engage the active circuit for the 3-band EQ). The active three-band EQ is a tone control circuit that equalizes low, mid, and high frequencies or bass, middle, and treble. With the push/pull selector, you will never have to fear a battery running out and losing sound.

JS3V
JS3V

A graphite-reinforced bolt-on maple neck with scarf joint design provides rock-solid reliability, while the speed neck contour and 12-16 inch compound radius laurel fingerboard (with 24 frets) make for lightning-fast playability.

JS3V

Offering more boom for your buck, the 35-inch scale Spectra Bass JS3QV comes in a vivid Alien Burst with black nickel hardware and a unique Jackson 3 x 2 headstock with an understated J logo.