MK sh5 Ash/Maple Bass and Audio Samples

The sh5am was completed in mid 2007.

Audio

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Filename Media Size (bytes) Upload Date Genre (vague) Comment
Sample 1 2496330 05/01/2009 21:33 Soft rock sh5 bass, em guitar

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

Specifications

Scale length: 34"

Wood

  • Body: 2 piece swamp ash core, flamed maple cap
  • Neck: Rock Maple
  • Fingerboard: Rock Maple
  • Pickup covers: Rock Maple shell, black veneer, flamed maple top
  • Control cavity cover: swamp ash

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

sh5am

This "sh5am" is prototype #3.