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Artist Vintage-Hybrid Natural 5 String Active/Passive Bass Guitar

The Artist Vintage Hybrid V 5 string Bass is an innovation model that blends the traditional P-style Bass and J-style Bass features.

It comes with a gloss finished Ash body, black 3-ply scratchplate, matte finish natural Canadian Maple neck and headstock, 20 frets, Eco-Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays and a Bone nut. It also has open-geared chrome tuners.

With a newly designed active preamp circuit that delivers deeply exhilarating active and passive tones, our Artist Vintage Hybrid V 5 string Bass can deliver both a classic vintage sound with modernity that modern bassist's demand. Passive P style and J style pickups with the added EQ control from the active preamp plus cut/boost bass and treble controls. There is also a separate battery chamber for easy battery replacement.

The Tech Features:

Brand: Artist

Model: VHYB5

Neck Construction: Bolt-on

Body: Ash, gloss finish

Neck: Canadian Maple, natural matte finish

Fingerboard: Eco-Rosewood, 20 Fret, Bone Nut

Pickups: P-Bass Neck Alnico V Magnet, J-Bass Bridge Alnico V Magnet

Controls: 2x Volume, 2x Active Tones (bass & treble cut/boost) 

Hardware: Chrome

Machine heads: Vintage P-style Bass open-geared.

Neck Profile:

  • Scale: 34
  • Nut Width: 45mm
  • 1st fret Thickness: 20mm
  • Neck Shape: Modern D
  • Radius: 1334” (350mm)

Optional Hardcases: REBC300RC, REBC350FTB

Optional Bags: HGBAGEBASS, BAGEB


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By: on 19 September 2024
artist 5string preamp and pickups are crap to say the least on the up side the bass is very playable so beware

Artist Guitars Response
We are sorry to hear that you are not happy with the pre amp. We have reached out to you via email to resolve this with a resolution that would work best for you. We have tried checking for an order of the Bass Guitar using your email and name but we were not able to find any order on our system. Our customers are covered with our 100 days free returns and 3 year warranty.

Love this five strings bass!!

By: on 15 September 2024
After almost two years with this five-strings bass, I simply love it more every time I play with it! Although not truly needed, I tweaked just a few things to serve my own preferences in playing (like action height). But that was truly unnecessary since the change was minimal. I simply love playing with lower action. The bass came out of the box absolutely playable. It’s on the heavy side, so I have a cushioned bass strap to accommodate the weight better. The space between the strings is very adequate, and I have sausage fingers, so if this is adequate for me, then it’s adequate for everyone else. All in all, I would buy this bass again and again without hesitation. I love the natural wooden finish looks. If you’re in the fence and thinking “oh, what the hell is Artist guitars?!”, then simply don’t! It’s literally such a gorgeous bass, sturdy as hell, with great accessories coming just out of the box. This easily competes in quality and sound with other so-called high-end guitars that sell for thousands of dollars on the market. Enjoy!!

Artist Guitars Response
We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. Thank you for the positive rating!

Vintage-Hybrid Natural 5 String

By: on 16 March 2023
so I had tried out a spector 5 string performer and an ibanez 5 string but didn't really like the feel or look of them. I took a bit of a gamble on getting this one as i've bought a number of basses and guitars off Artist previously and they've all been great. When the vintage arrived I tuned it up and it was ready to go, i've done 2 open mics with it and it's been great. The neck width isn't too wide but it still allows for adequate string spacing, the weight is perfect and the bare wood body is delicious. I got it in order to play multiple tunings and while my guitarist colleague carries his 4 differently tuned guitars around i am able to rock up with my five string and not change anything out of standard! the B string is HEARTY and just about vapourises my band mates. Love it. My 4 strings will be gathering dust now

Artist Guitars Response
We are glad to hear that you are happy with our product. Thank you for sharing this feedback with us and for the support!

Worth the price

By: on 24 September 2020
Wicked bass! If youre still on the fence about it, just buy it!

My favourite bass!

By: on 11 August 2020
I got this bass a few years ago as a Christmas present, and I can say after all that time this has become my favourite bass. I've played thunderbirds, jazz basses, fretlesses, you name it, but this bass, the AVHYB5 is by far my favourite! It really does earn the 5 stars I'm giving it!

Unbelievable..

By: on 1 April 2020
This beauty arrived on the first day of lockdown, what perfect timing! It's even better than I had hoped, beautifully built, amazingly playable, fantastic vsrsatile tones. It's honestly the best bass I have ever played.. The Warwick is going into mothballs.

P-J style 5 string bass

By: on 6 July 2019
A high quality bass that is a joy to play. Out of the box minimal set up was needed. The nut height and action was perfect for me, just a tweak of the intonation and it was ready to play. Didn't find a flaw anywhere, extremely well finished. It has a great variety of tones and easily handles several genres I play. I really like the round wound strings it shipped with, which are also made by Artist, I'll be ordering these. Fantastic bass, highly recommend it.

5 String Bass

By: on 8 March 2019
I thought I’d try a 5 string bass. What I didn’t expect was this beautiful instrument. Beautiful understated gloss finish over a natural wood colour. Amazing.

5 string base

By: on 4 July 2018
Hi there I recently acquired a artist 5 string base. have only ever played a 4 string for the last 30 odd years. anyway I love the sound of it plays like a dream after a few tweaks and setting up. The price was great as well It is really good to see an Australian company produce good stuff like this. the electronics are excellent with the base. treble. balance and volume. I will be telling a lot of people about this produce. very happy

VHYB5

By: on 25 April 2018
Extremely well put together bass.. after a few setup tweaks for personal preference it plays and sounds fantastic.. the active electronics respond very well to minor adjustments. Fret work is very good and the bass is very sturdy. Definitely worth the money and will go on to be very loved. Great instrument

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