Vitaly Ganya sent us a note suggesting we check out the Brutal Guitars Egregore 5, and I’m glad he did. The instrument is the first bass by Latvian luthier Andrew Schultz and was made in collaboration with Ganya for his band avant-garde band Theatrum. Ganya gave us the whole scoop:
“The body of this five string instrument is made from two piece swamp ash with quilted maple top colored in purple transparent paint. [The] neck features bolt-on construction with four independently recessed screws and is made from a single piece of wenge. The flamed maple fingerboard has 24 extra jumbo frets and makes a perfect contrast with top and the neck. Its two-color headstock matches both the neck and top and looks like a devil’s horn.”
“This bass is equipped with Gotoh GB707 tuners and J510SJ-5 bridge colored in black for perfect tuning and intonation. A Graphtech TUSQ nut also contributes to the tuning performance, boosts the instrument’s tone and couples the string vibration to the neck to bring out the hidden harmonics and richness in every note. Truss rod adjustment is placed after 24th fret with no covers, so it requires no special tools to get to truss rod and helps tune it quickly.”
“It’s equipped with all-Delano electronics. Pickups are J+MM configuration with additional three-way switch for bridge pickup that allows you to switch between serial, single coil or parallel modes. It has 4 controls for the active/passive 2-band preamp Delano Sonor 2: a push-pull volume that switches between active or passive modes, a balance between pickups, and bass and treble pots. In passive mode the treble pot serves as passive tone control. Electronics run from a 9V battery that can be changed in few seconds because of the easy access Gotoh BB-04 battery box. All of this can provide a rich sound that’s full of harmonics. It also makes this instrument very versatile with a huge amount of tone possibilities starting from vintage type of jazz or Motown sounds till modern rock and metal tones.”
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