bought an Elrick Bass today... couldn't resist

Congrats man!

Please be sure to post some pics when you get it.

 

Elricks are beautiful instruments! I love my GS-5... Its so smooth, so deep, so LIGHTWEIGHT... It's like playing nothing at all!

 

Congrats. I have an Elrick platinum 5, love it to bits. There was an amazing 5 string NJS on ebay last week which was very distracting to me.

 

Very, very nice. Congrats!

 

Couldn't agree more. The resale value on Elricks makes no sense. I now have 4 killer Elricks, a custom semihollow fretless 5, a singlecut fretless 5, a Platinum Hybrid 5 and an E-volution 4. All ridiculously nice basses with very distinctive tones. Great playability and light weight that just doesn't jibe with the sound they produce.

A friend of mine was just looking for an NJS 4.

 

I was so close to buying an Elrick a couple of weeks ago and somebody beat me to it. John Files at Bass Emporium had a beautiful one, 5 string J. It was awesome looking. And affordable. I bought a Zon Sonus Custom 5, which is what I was looking at before I saw the Elrick. Some day maybe. Enjoy your bass!!!
Sanch

 

I've also had an Elrick E-Volution 5----fantastic bass but I let it go for other cash needs. However, and don't laugh unless you've tried one before, but I recently purchased the Cort/Elrick Josh Paul 5 sig bass. I can assure you that this bass is far more Elrick than Cort, and I know because I've owned 'em both. Plays just as good as the real one, no b.s. and sounds just as good in my opinion....$679 NEW on the Bay (ok, no case, but no tax either). BP magazine usually gives a thumbs up to everything, however they went MUCH further and praised the heck out of this thing! For those of you who want an Elrick but don't have the jack for a USA model, I strongly urge you to check one of these out---you will absolutely love it! I only wish they'd do a 4 or a fretless but I asked the president of Cort about this at last summer's NAMM show and he said that the demand just wouldn't be there (that may be so considering the poor job they've done in marketing this bass). Guess I'll be springing for a USA 4 in the future---I should be able to steal one considering their resale value---I just don't get that!

 

Congrats on your new purchase!

I'm a HUGE fan of Elrick basses. Every single one I've played has been wonderful!

When I bought my Jerzy Drozd Mastery VI, it had actually come down to these two basses. My next one could very well be an Elrick...

 

My E-Vo 4 is one of the sickest fours I've ever played. Mine weighs nothing but sounds like it weighs a ton. Hard to believe someone actually got rid of it.

I still want more Elricks. They're that good.

 

Another bass in the "ridiculous bang for the buck" catagory would be an R Bass. I just picked a 4 string up used for 1250!!
A fantastic bass, on par with my Nordstrand.
Brad Johnson, could you post a pic of your Evo-4?

 

and could you post a pic of you R Bass??

Peace,
JP

 

JP,
I'm planning on putting up a "family pic", but I don't know how to post photos here on TB!!! Carey's going to give me a tutorial and hopefully bring me into the new century!

 

Sure, here's a lousy pic of the E-Vo. Crotch Walnut on Ash, Bubunga board. Then there's the Platinum Hybrid 5.

 

Well, if we're showing off our Elricks...
here's my Platinum Classic 5. Spalted Maple Burl Top & Back, Ash Body, Maple Neck w/Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard, Bart Soapbar Pickups & 3-Band EQ. Just an amazing bass.

The Elrick.com website is undergoing a bit of a facelift, not too much functional stuff on there right now but pricelists / options are there.

 

Actually there are more pics than there were before and even a phone number for Rob

Check out the singlecut NJS. Interesting.