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Marleaux Diva

Diva: three octaves acoustic fretless tone

This new avant-garde shape of our Diva fretless features a three octave fretboard. Individual choice of wood make this bass to a personal tool for fretless player. Acoustic resonance, with reminiscent of upright basses.

Finest playability and sensitive attack, never ending sustain allows you to give your basslines new live. Our Diva won the award for the ‘Best Bass At Namm 2014’ at Nammshow in Anaheim, USA.

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Specifications

Construction / wood

2-piece body with top and veneer layer (choice of wood)
ergonomic shaping
3-piece maple neck, laminated with smoked oak veneer, dual action truss rod
5- and 6-string neck carbon reinforced
„glued through“ neck construction
3-octave ebony fingerboard with small fretlines on both sides, side dots
matching cover for electronics compartment body wood
jack in side

Electronics

passive with volume and tone control
1 Xtender pickup made by Delano
1 pickup select coil switch: serial, parallel, single coil switchable

Hardware

Marleaux Diva bridge, custom made by ETS, gold
tuner made by Schaller, gold with ebony buttons

Finish

matte lacquered

Sound

growling, warm, powerful
intensive response, fabulous sustain

Options

different tone woods, combinations of your own choice
chrome or black hardware
available as left-handed
position marker between the lines or on the lines

Fretboard radius

1st / 24th fret: 305 mm (12,0″) / 406 mm (16,0″)

Neck dimension 4-string

scale: 864 mm (34,0″)
nut: 41 mm (1,61″)
12th fret: 57 mm (2,24″)
24th fret: 65 mm (2,56″)
bridge: 60 mm (2,36″) / 20 mm (0,79″) each string

Neck dimension 5-string

scale: 864 mm (34,0″)
nut: 46 mm (1,81″)
12th fret: 67 mm (2,64″)
24th fret: 78 mm (3,07″)
bridge: 76 mm (2,99″) / 19 mm (0,75″) each string

Neck dimension 6-string

scale: 864 mm (34,0″)
nut: 55 mm (2,17″)
12th fret: 74 mm (2,91″)
24th fret: 90 mm (3,54″)
bridge: 90 mm (3,54″) / 18 mm (0,71″) each string

Scope of supply

tools
Marleaux custom gigbag
Marleaux folder with certificate, information and electronic instructions
S-Locks made by Schaller, gold

Options & Extras

All detailed photos are exemplary and can also show other models. All prices and configuration options can be found in our PDF!

Neck / Fretboard

Fretboard, ebony
Fretboard, binding
Neck, flamed maple
Luminlay side dots
Scale, shorter (33“, 32“, 31“, 30“)

Body

Back
Signature top Diva
Dual veneer layer
Color, stain satin
Color, tint satin
Lefthand
Regio Tone Wood
Filling silver
Filling copper
Filling gold

Electronic / Hardware

Hardware, chrome
Hardware, black
Hardware, gold
Pickup, top wood
Pickup, ebony

Electronic

Tests

Marleaux Diva

Diva 4-Saiter (Bonedo, 09/2015)

Regio-Tone-Wood - Sustainability with local wood!

REGIO TONE WOOD (RTW) is obtained from regional, certified wood in a practically climate-neutral manner and combines distinctive top quality with a good conscience! Our instruments are also available in RTW versions at no extra charge! More information …
DIVA note: RTW is only possible for the body.

Avant-garde design and perfect craftsmanship!

Marleaux BassGuitars
Sägemüllerstraße 37
38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld / Germany

Telefon: +49 (0)5323 – 81747
Telefax: +49 (0)5323 – 987137
E-Mail: marleaux(at)marleaux-bass.com