Ashdown The Saint Left-Handed Bass Guitar - Ice Blue

Some basses just have that instant "pick me up" quality. The Ashdown The Saint Left-Handed Bass Guitar – Ice Blue combines vintage-inspired looks, a beautifully straightforward playing experience and the kind of versatile P/J pickup arrangement that can comfortably cover an entire night's set. Better still, this one is built specifically for left-handed bassists, with no compromise or awkward conversion required.

That Ice Blue finish is an absolute belter. Paired with the offset body shape, contrasting scratchplate, matching painted headstock and vintage-style chrome hardware, The Saint has plenty of old-school character without looking like it's trying to recreate any particular bass from the past. It's recognisably classic, but still very much its own thing.

Underneath the colour is a poplar body, chosen to provide a comfortable, well-balanced instrument with a lively and responsive foundation. The offset shape sits naturally against the player whether you're standing or seated, while the traditional 34-inch scale length provides the familiar tension, punch and low-end authority you'd expect from a full-scale bass.

Ashdown has given The Saint a roasted maple neck and roasted maple fingerboard, bringing both a gorgeous darker appearance and excellent stability to the instrument. The smooth playing surface, 20 medium silver-nickel frets and black dot position markers keep everything familiar beneath your fingers, whether you're holding down simple pocket grooves or roaming further up the neck.

Where The Saint really earns its all-rounder credentials is the pickup department. A hand-wound P-style Alnico split-coil pickup handles the middle position, delivering the thick lows, muscular mids and familiar punch that has powered countless records. At the bridge, a hand-wound J-style Alnico single-coil introduces extra definition, bite and articulation. Blend the two together and you've got a remarkably broad tonal palette covering everything from warm soul and Motown-inspired sounds to indie, rock, funk and modern pop.

Control is kept wonderfully intuitive with individual volume controls for each pickup and a master tone control, using quality CTS-style potentiometers. You can favour the P pickup for bigger, rounder bass tones, bring in the bridge pickup for extra growl and definition, or find your own sweet spot somewhere between the two.

The Ashdown The Saint Left-Handed Bass Guitar in Ice Blue is the sort of instrument we love at Musicmaker: bags of personality, sensible specifications and no unnecessary fuss. For left-handed players looking for a full-scale bass that can move comfortably between genres while looking seriously cool doing it, this Saint is ready to misbehave.

Features

• Ashdown The Saint Left-Handed Bass Guitar

• Dedicated left-handed configuration

• Striking Ice Blue finish

• Classic offset body design

• Poplar body

• Roasted maple neck

• Roasted maple fingerboard

• 34" full-scale design

• 13.8" fingerboard radius

• 20 medium silver-nickel frets

• 6mm black dot position markers

• Matching painted headstock

• P/J pickup configuration

• Hand-wound P-style Alnico split-coil pickup

• Hand-wound J-style Alnico single-coil bridge pickup

• Passive electronics

• Two independent pickup volume controls

• Master tone control

• CTS-style control pots

• Vintage-style top-loader bridge

• Vintage open-gear machine heads

• Chrome-plated hardware

• Broad tonal range from deep P-style thump to articulate J-style growl