A lot of care and consideration goes into selecting woods for a guitar. They have to complement each other, both aesthetically and tonally, to bring the best out of each individual species and make for a coherent sum of parts. Sometimes, however, a piece of wood sitting on the supplier’s shelf simply insists upon itself. This stunning zebrano bass has a wenge, purpleheart and padouk 7-ply neck/core and birdeye maple fretboard. Scale lengths range from 34 to 36, ensuring a clear and bell-like tone from B to G. A pair of Fishman Fluence 5-string soapbars, Hipshot ultralite tuners and Hipshot individual bridge saddles continue the pervasive theme of only the highest quality hardware on Polin Guitars.