Elrick NJS

I have one, I love it, awesome neck and crafmanship, it's light and I just love how it feels and sound.

 

What I'd recommend is to go to your local (or internet) Elrick dealer. There aren't that many, but some of them appear quite knowledgeable and quite willing to work with you. One thing I've learned is that Elricks can be (and are often) "custom" made by Rob Elrick specifically for the purchaser, including neck shape, pickups, etc.

You could probably have all this done, and even have Rob or the dealer work with you to have the right woods picked out for your needs.

 

They are Barts Soap Bars, but Active, so I can tweak it anyway I want. I haven't seen Elrick NJB with passive single coils but you can have one made.

 

I have an NJS but it's definitely non-standard. Mahagony semihollowbody with Spruce top, fretless 5.

 

Don't you want to show us some pics of that, Brad?

 

Sure... here's the front. Single Bartolini, piezo bridge.

 

Here's the back. It also has 5 inline tuners as opposed to the standard 4+1 configuration.

 

Ahhh, I just love that body-shape...


Homer Simpson voice on:

Cheese..

Homer Simpson voice off.


Eh... hehe.

 

The 21 or 24 will sound about the same for slap but the 21 will give you greater access, it's so personal that you really have to weigh it out. But the Elricks in general are so good that you can't miss. But for woods ask yourself... 70's or 60's jazz... Ash or alder. More slapping definetly Ash. Mostly finger Alder mid weight. Also avoid really dense tops as they tend to make the high end really pronounced. I love his bubinga fingerboards it's like maple meets rosewood the best of both worlds. I own a few Elricks and totally believe that he makes the best modern bass available, my other stuff is vintage and I wouldn't even consider buying anything else but an old Fender or an Elrick but if I were in your position I'd probably go med weight ash with no top maple neck and bubinga fingerboard with bart j coils... Um maybe I need another Elrick...

 

He keeps the pick-ups in the same place for both the 21 and 24 but I should clarify my better access statement... On the 24 the lower horn is cut deeper so you have better access to the upper frets but on the 21 you have more room between the end of the fingerboard and the neck pick-up so it's easier to get you fingers under the strings for slapping. I don't have any pics because my other computer that had those imgages crashed and burned I'll have to get some new ones...

 

Not a NJS, but this hurts me, so, so badly...
http://www.basspalace.com/dynamic/displaybass/4StringBass/1719

 

Yeah??? Take this...http://www.gguitars.com/1128_1.html

 

OUCH!!

 

Don't look at eBay

 

Too late, Brad.. I think I know the one you mean. That silver 4-string with the bird's-eye board, right? That is sweet. If my custom Curbow wasn't in the works, I would have snagged that 4-string from Bass Palace as soon as they opened this morning! Man, that one KILLS me!

 

Yeah, the silver one. The red (purple?) NJS I had was on eBay, went for $1195. There's a Wenge Elrick going cheap on there now.

I had heard a rumor that an off-shore Elrick was in the works. Anyone heard anything?