Engineered for High Performance
Designed and developed from the ground up by LightWave, the Saber VL is a high performance, professional bass featuring our exclusive, patented LightWave Optical Pickup System.
Revolutionary Technology
The LightWave Pickup's transparent response delivers harmonically rich, deep, and powerful sound, spanning a wide range of tones from pure, natural string sound (our trademark Voice of the String™), to super-aggressive and cutting edge with the use of EQ or signal processing. Extremely low noise characteristics eliminate the annoying background hum and buzz typical of conventional pickups, and with no magnetic field pulling on the strings, sustain is natural, like a Grand Piano. Highly sensitive to even the most subtle nuances, the LightWave Pickup delivers the true sound of the strings, the instrument, and your playing.
Chambered Body
The VL model feature Swamp Ash bodies with resonant chambers inside the body to enhance the tone, as vibration is key to coaxing the most sound from the wood. VLs include beautiful flamed Maple tops, and a variety of stunning, transparent finishes. If you're considering fretless, the fretless VL is renowned for having a vary realistic upright bass sound.
The Bass for All Styles
The Saber VL is designed for outstanding perfomance in all styles of music, from hard rock and heavy metal, to pop and jazz. Top professional bassist have already added Lightwave instruments to their arsenals. Now you, too, can own a high perfomance bass featuring a sonic palettte unlike anything you already have. Unless, of course, you have a Saber.
