The Ashdown Capri Gloss Black is a 4-string short-scale bass with a 762 mm (30") scale length, offering a particularly comfortable grip and excellent playability along the entire neck. Its lightweight poplar body is paired with a bolt-on roasted maple neck and a roasted maple fingerboard with a 350 mm radius. It features 19 frets, a 38 mm nut, and vintage-style chrome-finished tuners. Its Gloss Black finish gives the body a deep, uniform black color, enhanced by the off-white pickguard, matching headstock, and chrome hardware. The overall design elegantly captures the retro spirit of the 1970s Ford Capri.
The Capri features deliberately simple electronics with a single passive soapbar pickup featuring Alnico magnets, hand-wound and equipped with a chrome cover. This pickup delivers a direct, warm, and consistent tone, with prominent mids and solid low-end presence. The volume and tone controls allow you to easily adjust the character of the sound without any unnecessary frills. The fixed bridge and vintage tuners round out a responsive and enjoyable-to-play bass, particularly well-suited for soul, blues, rock, or indie styles, whether played fingerstyle or with a pick.
