The string-thru-body and top-load construction facilitates greater tonal range while adding punch and enhancing sustain, perfectly complementing the longer 34” scale’s tighter string tension and focused sound. The TUSQ XL nut effectively handles the friction between the thick wound strings and its synthetic material while also providing improved tuning stability. The broad tonal range of Swamp Ash allows for warm and coherent fingerpicking tones as well as bright and punchy high-end slap tones.Ī bass’s open strings do matter and TUSQ XL nut goes a long way in providing open-string tones with clear and firm string vibration through the neck and the headstock. The lightweight yet solid mahogany body provides a strong fundamental low-end resonance while adding punchy midrange and clear high-end. The MK-1 transfers the natural liveliness of the bass through a flexible 2-band equalizer for a variety of applications ranging from studio recording to large concert halls. The strings vibrate across the body and neck in coherent and linear manner, maximizing the tightness of the low-end with rich mids and singing highs.īartolini’s renowned MK-1 preamp provides powerful yet transparent boost along with its trademark crisp high-end. When it comes to punch and sustain, nothing beats neck-thru-body construction. The nut is still used as a guide to set the string spacing before going to the tuners.A new design for superior response and frequency range using multiple coild for greater sensitivity! The zero fret does the job of the bass nut by setting the string height over the fretboard when being played open. The Elrick basses are equipped with Hipshot® Ultralite Tuners (classic 20:1 tuning ratio) that is made of cast zinc with aluminum strings posts and mounting nuts, resulting in 30% weight reduction over other regular tuners and which results in improved balance and tuning accuracy. Dense and rigid yet with just the right amount of tactile flexibility, it responds sensitively to your picking attack and slapping techniques with plenty of articulation and power. The hard maple provides power and stability as well as contributing a warm, beefy and punchy tone with a strong upper midrange.
And to optimize stability as well as playability, the neck attaches via six bolts in an asymmetrical pattern. “Heel-less” Body Design with Extended Treble AccessĪ unique feature to Elrick NJS, the neck joint is greatly reduced to facilitate easy access to the upper register of the fingerboard. MetalCraft M4 and M5 now come with string spacing of 19?(0.750”) for the 4-string M4, and 18?(0.708”) for the 5-string M5. Another big improvement for the tone transfer is the deep individual slots that hold the saddles rock-tight, preventing any unwanted movement and allows string vibrations to correctly transfer to the body. Specially adjusted for Elrick NJS, the bridge offers string loading from the back of the bridge for easier operation as well as greater tuning stability and focused sound. The solid, high-mass MetalCraft M bridge was developed with more focus on ease-of-use and greater tone transfer. The same specially designed Bartolini® preamp that are installed on the US made original Elrick NJS basses are equipped, featuring 3-band EQ, 2-way push/pull mid select, and push / pull active bypass for a variety of tone combinations and manipulations. The new Voiced Tone VTB-ST single-coil pickups perfectly complement the big robust sound of the bass with modern clarity, transparency and vintage warmth while eliminating noise with its hum canceling design. It's one of the most ideal tonewoods for solid body basses of major bass makers since the 1950's.
The Alder body provides a perfectly balanced tone while giving a slight boost on high mid range. Loved by many aspiring and experienced bass players alike throughout the years, the innovative design and superb playability of the NJS basses is sure to satisfy high-end bass aficionados. The NJS, short for New Jazz Standard, are modern j-bass styled basses with unique features such as angled headstock and 24 frets with zero fret, a “heel-less” body design with extended treble access, and Voiced Tone VTB-ST pickups with Bartolini® preamp. Now for its 30th anniversary year, Elrick Bass Guitars® has partnered again with Cort® to release the new Cort® Elrick NJS basses. 20 years ago, Cort® joined forces together with world-renowned luthier Rob Elrick of the Elrick Bass Guitars® and developed a Cort® version of ‘Elrick e-volution Bass’ that gained popularity among serious bass players.
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