Jackson’s X Series Spectra bass guitar is a seriously capable instrument designed explicitly for high-gain genres. This neck-through bass centers around a maple neck and laurel fingerboard. A neck-through design boosts instrument stability, vibration transfer, and sustain. Your fingers will delight at the 12- to 16-inch compound radius fingerboard, too. Meanwhile, two poplar body wings supply a lightweight and balanced tonal profile. Plug in, and the active Jackson Medium-Output humbuckers and 3-band EQ deliver hard-hitting tones fit for any genre of heavy music. What’s more, there’s an active/passive switch, so you can keep playing if the batteries die.