When Morgan Monroe set out to design the Creekside Acoustic Bass, they had a simple philosophy in mind "Build it from the ground up as a superior bass guitar first and foremost". More than just a bass version of the standard Creekside model, the MVAB-500 was created and voiced strictly in the natural bass register. Unplugged the MVAB-500 booms with deep resonate lows that are always focused and never muddy. Plug in to the on board Fishman electronics and the tone factor only goes up from there. Bass players rejoice!