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Shrike v1
The inlay work Geoff did on the fretboard is incredible, the spalted maple top is beautiful and just look at that headstock.
Key specs:
36.5" to 34" multiscale 5-string with 18 mm bridge spacing
Bartolini 58CBP neck and XXP25C Quad coil bridge pickups
Bartolini NTMB+FL preamp with Noll treble/passive tone control (first half of the treble control is a passive tone control for when the bass is in passive mode)
Push/pull volume control for active/passive modes
Push/pull mid control for center frequency shift (250/800Hz)
Series/parallel switch for the neck pickup
3-way switch for bridge pickup: series/reverse P/parallel
Neck/bridge pickup blend control
46 mm width at the nut
Graph Tech Tusq XL nut
Hipshot Solo bridges
Graph Tech Ratio tuners
22 + zero fret Jescar SS43080 stainless steel frets (banjo size).
10-16" compound radius, modern C profile
Alder body with Spalted Maple Burl top
3-piece Maple neck
Macassar Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood, Flamed Maple and Claro Walnut inlays
UV cured gloss finish
DR Dragon Skin+ Multiscale QN (Quantum Nickel) strings
Access Stage 5 case
This is probably the loudest bass I've ever owned and it took me a while to figure out how to tame this thing so it wouldn't overload the inputs to a couple of my pedals. The reverse P Bartolini is just killer. Nice and growly with a ton of lows and low mids. Having the option to run it in parallel is nice and can somewhat approximate the sound of a J pickup (it's somewhere in between the two really). I'm not much for bridge pickups but I like to have them to blend in some bite. This one is very usable in each configuration, though I still blend in some neck when I shift the balance that way. In quad series it's real meaty with a lot of mids. In quad parallel it's nice and articulate but lacks some power. The reverse P option is not much different than parallel. I'm not really sure if that configuration is in series or parallel. Sounds parallel, have to ask about that.
The setup was so good I had to learn how to play with a lighter touch so I wouldn't fret out. I'm used to digging in so I might raise it a hair later on. The neck is like butter. With the tone stack on my pedal board I think I've got a pretty killer tone going on. I just posted a video on Facebook in the Bass Players page if anyone is a member and wants to check it out.
The two sets of pictures show different colors. The first set that looks more professional was done by my sister in law who is an aspiring photographer. Beautiful shots but the lighting was not great and it caused everything to come out with a red hue. Some post processing filters exacerbated this, but was done to help show all of the details more clearly. The second set I took and it's much closer to the actual appearance.
Shrike v1
The inlay work Geoff did on the fretboard is incredible, the spalted maple top is beautiful and just look at that headstock.
Key specs:
36.5" to 34" multiscale 5-string with 18 mm bridge spacing
Bartolini 58CBP neck and XXP25C Quad coil bridge pickups
Bartolini NTMB+FL preamp with Noll treble/passive tone control (first half of the treble control is a passive tone control for when the bass is in passive mode)
Push/pull volume control for active/passive modes
Push/pull mid control for center frequency shift (250/800Hz)
Series/parallel switch for the neck pickup
3-way switch for bridge pickup: series/reverse P/parallel
Neck/bridge pickup blend control
46 mm width at the nut
Graph Tech Tusq XL nut
Hipshot Solo bridges
Graph Tech Ratio tuners
22 + zero fret Jescar SS43080 stainless steel frets (banjo size).
10-16" compound radius, modern C profile
Alder body with Spalted Maple Burl top
3-piece Maple neck
Macassar Ebony fretboard with Bloodwood, Flamed Maple and Claro Walnut inlays
UV cured gloss finish
DR Dragon Skin+ Multiscale QN (Quantum Nickel) strings
Access Stage 5 case
This is probably the loudest bass I've ever owned and it took me a while to figure out how to tame this thing so it wouldn't overload the inputs to a couple of my pedals. The reverse P Bartolini is just killer. Nice and growly with a ton of lows and low mids. Having the option to run it in parallel is nice and can somewhat approximate the sound of a J pickup (it's somewhere in between the two really). I'm not much for bridge pickups but I like to have them to blend in some bite. This one is very usable in each configuration, though I still blend in some neck when I shift the balance that way. In quad series it's real meaty with a lot of mids. In quad parallel it's nice and articulate but lacks some power. The reverse P option is not much different than parallel. I'm not really sure if that configuration is in series or parallel. Sounds parallel, have to ask about that.
The setup was so good I had to learn how to play with a lighter touch so I wouldn't fret out. I'm used to digging in so I might raise it a hair later on. The neck is like butter. With the tone stack on my pedal board I think I've got a pretty killer tone going on. I just posted a video on Facebook in the Bass Players page if anyone is a member and wants to check it out.
The two sets of pictures show different colors. The first set that looks more professional was done by my sister in law who is an aspiring photographer. Beautiful shots but the lighting was not great and it caused everything to come out with a red hue. Some post processing filters exacerbated this, but was done to help show all of the details more clearly. The second set I took and it's much closer to the actual appearance.
