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Awesome elrick NJS on bay

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It's very atypical for an Elrick- odd number of frets, different pickup placement, Seymour Duncan pickups, etc. TBer todd4ta purchased it off of eBay about a month ago, but it arrived with the crack now listed on it so he returned it.

I like the looks of it, but worry about that crack being over the control cavity where the wood is the thinnest.
 
#3
interesting. I bought that NJS back in Feb 2005. The crack occurred while in transit to me. Because of that, I returned the bass to seller. The sound wasn't also that great to my ears also, a little bit thin.
I'll see if I still have pics of the crack I took at the time.
 
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davidmwilson said:
interesting. I bought that NJS back in Feb 2005. The crack occurred while in transit to me. Because of that, I returned the bass to seller. The sound wasn't also that great to my ears also, a little bit thin.
I'll see if I still have pics of the crack I took at the time.
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Not the least bit surprised... that's been my experience with every Elrick that strayed from the basic package Rob uses. Then again, maybe it's a concidence.

What preamp is that? It looks like it's installed in the (kind of) Fodera knob position, probably to go along with the pickups.
 
#9
If I recall, the preamp is a Bart 3-band just laid out in a Fodera style. One of the switches splits the coils on one of the pickups (bridge I think), the other pickup isn't split.

I bought the bass off ebay. The pickups were listed as Aeros, but they turned out to be Duncans (for better or worse). The crack wasn't visible in the pics and wasn't mentioned in the description. That's why I returned it.

I spoke with Rob Elrick about this bass and he knew it pretty well. Every time it comes up for sale or changes hands he gets calls on it because it's unique. It would not be an easy repair to fix it or keep it from cracking further.
 
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greg said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Elrick-NJS-5_W0...ryZ64400QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

thats probably the coolest looking NJS ive ever seen.
Wonder how it sounds.
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This Spruce-topped Mahogany bodied semihollow fretless is still the coolest NJS I've ever seen;)

Elricks4.jpg


And it's a player too.
:bassist:
 
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Brad Johnson said:
This Spruce-topped Mahogany bodied semihollow fretless is still the coolest NJS I've ever seen;)

Elricks4.jpg


And it's a player too.
:bassist:
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eeeeh if you like that sorta thing...:D




i played one like that, well kinda like that. It was the regular shape but was a 6 string with a pink ivory fretboard, nut and bridge. It was also a sem-hollow walnut body. Actually the only thing that was the same was the spruce top and the one pickup bet eh whatever. I thought it was great. I bet that one of yours sounds killer too.
 
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greg said:
eeeeh if you like that sorta thing...:D
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I didn't before I got it... now I do. Funny how that works;)




i played one like that, well kinda like that. It was the regular shape but was a 6 string with a pink ivory fretboard, nut and bridge. It was also a sem-hollow walnut body. Actually the only thing that was the same was the spruce top and the one pickup bet eh whatever. I thought it was great. I bet that one of yours sounds killer too.
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I saw a regular Elrick styled semihollow fretless similar to what you described with a flamed Maple top and pink board. almost pulled the trigger on that one but it seemed redundant... yet not as unique
 
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Brad Johnson said:
I didn't before I got it... now I do. Funny how that works;)







I saw a regular Elrick styled semihollow fretless similar to what you described with a flamed Maple top and pink board. almost pulled the trigger on that one but it seemed redundant... yet not as unique
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That was it! I forgot it was flame maple and not spruce. My bad, as always i could be wrong.............also ;) . It was a really really terrific bass. Totally not my thing though. Hey at least the brubaker i posted was good hehe.
 

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