This acoustic bass guitar by Polish luthier Rafał Turkowiak represents a bold step forward in modern instrument design, combining cutting-edge innovation with meticulous hand craftsmanship. The Bass-Large body features a responsive double-top of Western Red Cedar and Alpine Spruce, paired with striking Special-Black Bolivian Rosewood, while the multi-scale layout ensures excellent tension and playability across the range. Elegant details such as the amber-inlaid ebony bridge, elevated fingerboard, and asymmetric neck profile complete a bass that is both visually distinctive and acoustically powerful—an inspiring instrument for the modern bassist seeking depth, balance, and innovation.
Turkowiak double-top acoustic bass guitar Opus Prime 2026 specification:
- body size – Bass-Large
- double-top – Western Red Cedar (top) / Alpine Spruce (bottom)
- back & sides made of Special-Black Bolivian Rosewood with sapwood
- elevated fingerboard made of African Ebony, dual-action trussrod, compound radius 16″
- Turkowiak asymmetric neck profile made of Mod.Aspen
- Turkowiak single offset soundhole, with Special-Black Bolivian Rosewood ‘rosette’
- ebony arm bevel integrated with the guitar body
- double headplates made of Special-Black Bolivian Rosewood with bone crown logo
- nut made of hand shaped bone, semi-scalloped, width 41 mm
- saddle made of hand shaped bone, semi-scalloped
- single Mini Bass Black Tuning Machines
- African Ebony bindings
- bone fingerboard side markers diameter 2 mm at 3, 5, 9, 15, 17, 19, 21 frets and diameter 3 mm at 7, 12 (double) frets
- highly-resonant, antistatic varnish (own recipe), hand polished, high-gloss
- 18% nickel-silver fretwire
- multi-scale length 32-34″
- Venetian (round) cutaway
- tuning: Standard (E-A-D-G)
- origin: Poland
- hard case included
Innovations:
- first in the world top with ‘WAVE RESONATOR’
- first in the world A.R.S. (Acoustic Resonance System) back&sides
- first in the world ‘SIGMOIDAL’ joint of the sides (European patent no. 008177463-0001)
- innovative, hand-shaped African Ebony bridge encrusted with natural Baltic amber (European patent no. 008177463-002)
