Steinberger Spirit XZ-25 Black Left-Handed

The Steinberger Spirit XZ-25 Headless 5-string bass has become a very desirable and hard to find instrument over the last few years. This is the only left-handed one I’ve ever seen in the wild.

The Spirit XZ-25 features the same great look and ergonomic design of the Steinberger XQ Series, including the trademark headless neck and patented Double-Ball ™ tuning system. Other features include the patented double-ball Steinberger bass bridge with direct-pull, 40:1 ratio machine heads, a Rosewood fingerboard and Swamp Ash body, and two passive EMG bass pickups that have a clean and crisp tone with plenty of bottom end.

The contoured body shape provides for better strap button placement than the “broom” style XT-2. The cutaways provide plenty of access to the upper frets and I find this instrument to be quite easy to play. This is one of the most “ergonomically friendly” basses I’ve played. It’s also travel friendly: its small size allows it to fit into most guitar-sized gig bags. It’s easy to tune and keeps tune very well, a great fit for the studio and stage alike.

I love playing this bass but I’ve found my opportunities to play it to be fewer and further between, as such the size of my instrument collection must shrink.

Was given a full setup by a professional luthier in May 2021. Currently setup to standard tuning with Rotosound Swing Bass Double Ball End strings (RDB665LD).

Features:

Number of Strings: 5
Body Material: Swamp Ash
Neck Material: Hard Maple Neck Joint: Bolt
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Pickups (passive): Bridge - EMG Select Humbucker
Neck - EMG Select Humbucker
Controls: 1 - Neck Pickup Volume 1 - Bridge Pickup Volume 1 - Master Tone
Bridge: Patented Steinberger Bass Bridge with direct-pull 40:1 fine tuners
Tuning System: Patented, Steinberger Double-Ball System