MK sh5 Bass and Audio Samples

The sh5 was completed in mid 2007.

Audio

Excuse the sound quality, I needed smaller sized files due to having a dial up connection which takes a long time to upload. A few scuffs in the playing, but I can make excuses :) since I don't practise or play much these days, though I do write and record.

Filename Media Size (bytes) Upload Date Genre (vague) Comment
Sample 1 2496330 05/01/2009 21:33 Soft rock sh5 bass, em guitar
Sample 2 2613678 05/01/2009 21:11 Hard rock A heavier track. sh5 and em
Sample 3 1886606 05/01/2009 20:49 Blues rock 2 extracts combined into 1 audio file. Franken Strat and sh5 bass

© Michael Katsilis, 2008. All rights reserved. All music written, arranged, performed and engineered by Michael Katsilis.

Specifications

Scale length: 34"

Wood

  • Body: 3 piece Alder
  • Neck: Rock Maple
  • Fingerboard: Bubinga
  • Pickup covers: Rock Maple shell, black veneer, Bubinga top
  • Control cavity cover: Bubinga

Electronics

  • Pickups: MK custom 5 string bass hum cancelling
  • Preamp: Aguilar OBP-1
    • Vol/vol stack, bass, treble
    • Two parallel/single/series switches, one for each pickup
    • Active/passive switch

Hardware

  • Tuners: Gotoh
  • Truss Rod: MK custom one way adjustable
  • Bridge: Badass V
  • Frets: Wide, high
  • Side Dot Markers: Mother of Perl, 1.5mm diameter
  • Knobs: AllParts chrome
  • Strap buttons: Fender

Finish

  • Nitrocellulose lacquer clear

sh5

This "sh5" is prototype #1.

The initial headstock was a Fender replica, but I quickly changed that.

I settled on the headstock shape below for this bass, which has again been changed for the fretless version. However, I will still use this design.

Construction

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