Megabass LIVE-X MODEL 1 RED DOT AWARD 74mm 10.6g Floating

MOMENTARY ACTION

A magnetically deposited and fixed low center of gravity weight unit functions as a shaft balancer. Synchronize force and action points with the role axes of the action. Achieve exceptional responsiveness. Creates a high-pitch roll drive with intense flashing.

MOMENTARY ACTION
The weight unit with built-in bearing is instantly guided by the neodymium magnetic field in front of it and fixed. As soon as the retrieval starts, the action is instantaneously started.

The legendary plug “Live X (Megabass)” will be revived in 2022! A masterpiece of hydrodynamics that realizes unimaginable roll action! !!

Megabass, which will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2022, is full of new products this year! Yuki Ito passionately talked about the many items that are futuristic but do not lose the goodness of the past. With the theme of “paradigm shift”, Mega Bass once again challenges the common sense of bass fishing!

【Profile】
Yuki Ito
A genius designer who founded Megabass and created many classic lures in masterpieces. The items that fuse the deep knowledge of “catching fish” that he learned by growing up in a fisherman’s town are all cutting-edge and traditional of the times. Of course, his skills as an angler are also top-notch.

LIVE-X

【Spec】
Overall length: 74mm
Weight: 3/8oz
Type: Slow Floating
Release date: Scheduled to be released in April
The third installment of Project Living Legend will be revived in 2022 by Live X, a pioneer of the Japanese Longville minnow that appeared in 1991.

Of particular note as a state-of-the-art technology is the installation of LBO II. By using only LBOII with the internal weight placed at the axis position of the roll action, high response and large roll action are realized.

Unlike Cranking Minnows, “Live X” has the magic power of it.

A historical masterpiece is reborn over time!
The Live X, which can be called the forerunner of domestic longville minnows, was one of the first plastic injection plugs of Megabass. It was born as a baitfish silhouette lure that captures the deep ~ midrange.

New Live X (top) and original Live X (bottom). Although the volume is slightly suppressed in the latest version, the silhouette is the original shape inherited from the original. The lip is also shorter, but the incubation range remains the same
Ito: “The new Live X has a slight downshaping compared to the first generation, but it has a diving range of over 2m, and on the other hand, it has a high cover avoidance ability, so it can pull even shallow. It’s Longueville, but it’s not a diving minnow whose main purpose is to dive deep.”

At first glance, the lip looks like a ronville minnow, but its action is a roll type like vibration. The intense flashing that the original Live X had continuously floundering is also beautifully reproduced.
Speaking of the diving minnow that bears the name of Live X, the existence of “Leviathan” immediately comes to mind, but it is different from that.

Ito: “The Leviathan is a cranking minnow, but the Live X is a high-response drive action, and the biggest secret is in the LBOII, the only weight it has. By positioning it so that it is integrated with the axis of the roll action, it is so good that it can continue to swim even if it is pulled sloppy.”

Inside Live X. LBOII is the only weight installed. This weight is the central axis of the roll action, realizing unimaginably high response roll action.
In addition, it has a slightly tall body reminiscent of Oikawa and Wataka, and the flickering effect of rolling vigorously is strong.

Ito: “The action pitch that the original Live X had, and the roll action that kept Hirauchi were very attractive, and I had enough confidence to use it for private fishing trips in recent years. Even if we tried to make it as it is in modern times, it was not something that could be easily reproduced.”

But that’s already in the past.

Megabass, which has taken more than 30 years, has consolidated the knowledge of lure making and realized highly efficient hydrodynamics. He succeeded in bringing the legend back to the present day.

Ito: “In addition to being able to perform intense roll actions like the first generation, it flies insanely well thanks to the LBOII.

In 1990, Live X, which was the origin of the current Megabass injection molded lure,
After an overwhelming phishing performance, they finally return.
It’s not even a shad. Not even a minnow. Of course it’s not a crank.

It’s The LiveX.

selling point
Ito’s state-of-the-art hydrodynamic body with built-in LBO II is equipped with LBO in a position that synchronizes the point of action and the point of force with the roll axis of action generation. From the moment you put your finger on the knob of the reel handle, the action starts instantly.
It emits ultra-fast flashing and always generates a lively “Rolling Drive” from ultra-dead throws to ultra-fast high speeds.
The performance that prioritizes forcing neutral fish to turn on the predatory switch at any time and under any circumstances is exactly the feeding impact that live bait “live bait” emits.
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selling point
The aeroform derived by Ito from approximately 800 hours of aerodynamic verification realizes long-distance castability that increases the distance by about 30% or more in the event of headwinds and headwinds compared to the flight distance of a lure of the same volume.

We succeeded in improving carpet bombing performance over a wider and more diverse range than before.

selling point
In shallow water depths of 2 m or less, which conventional diving cranks are not good at, it continues to attract tough fish while demonstrating extremely dexterous stack avoidance ability. Not only in the spring of spawning, but also in the staging areas such as the current (backwaters and rivers) of the summer season, the rip lap area and the shoulder of Gorota that suffered turnovers in the late fall, the feeding performance of “invitation and eating” is overwhelmingly displayed regardless of the season.

selling point
LIVE-X’s feeding awakening ability, which can devour even cruising fish deeper than 3.5 meters, is a further update of the special abilities of the original LIVE-X.
Tough fish, which could not be caught by the Shad, are the target of LIVE-X.
to neutral fish that did not even respond to one-ten jerks
Switch on the overwhelming feeding.
To ensure that the slowfish that hate the vibration of the crank are killed,
The second LIVING LEGEND has started.
This time, you will experience that you missed the experience of explosive fishing with the first LIVE-X 30 years ago.
What does LIVE-X really mean?
Who knows. Let’s go live.

LIVE-X series
Japan LIVE-X, which debuted as its first diving minnow, has been revived with the latest Megabass technology to deliver unparalleled fishing performance. LBOⅡ（Linear Bearing OscillatorⅡ PAT..） The state-of-the-art hydrodynamic body emits ultra-fast flashing and generates live action from ultra-dead throws to ultra-fast high-speed without breakdown.

A performance that prioritizes forcing neutral fish to switch on predation at any time and under any circumstances is exactly the impact of “Live Bait”. The aero form derived by Ito through repeated aerodynamic verification tests achieves long-distance castability, which increases the distance by about 30% or more in headwinds and headwinds compared to the flight distance of a lure of the same volume. We have succeeded in improving carpet bombing performance over a wider and more diverse range than before.

model1
LENGTH : 74mm WEIGHT : 3/8oz. DEPTH : MAX 2.1m
・ Medium shallow runner that makes light contact up to MAX 2.1m ~ shallow.
High-pitch rolling drive action with ultra-fast flashing.
・ Even in shallow water depths of 2 m or less, which conventional diving cranks are not good at, a flounder action is generated to deftly avoid the stack.
Always keep inviting tough fish and induce reaction bites.