{"id":52,"date":"2026-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=52"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:35","slug":"maghini-guitars-celebrates-25-years-with-the-evo-521-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=maghini-guitars-celebrates-25-years-with-the-evo-521-bass","title":{"rendered":"Maghini Guitars Celebrates 25 Years With the EVO 521 Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maghini-Guitars-EVO-521-Standard.jpg?resize=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Maghini Guitars EVO 521 Standard\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115592 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>Luthier Jon Maghini hit a special milestone this year, and he\u2019s reaching into his past to celebrate it with the Maghini Guitars EVO 521 Bass. Maghini, who formerly built under the M Basses banner, shared the background on the new offering. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo celebrate 25 years, I thought it would be cool to revisit some of my earlier M Basses designs and landed on a template for a 21-fret 5-string I had tucked away,\u201d Maghini tells us. \u201cSome slight changes were made to improve the overall aesthetic and the new EVO 521 was born!  I\u2019ve also developed an awesome new neck profile for my five-string models, which has a super comfortable flat oval shape and can accommodate multiple scale lengths. In addition to the 521, a four-string version, the 421 is available as well. An EVO 424, and 524 are also in the works! As always, I\u2019m building each and every instrument in-house to customer specifications, and I welcome any and all inquiries!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EVO 521 Standard is a five-string bass with 21 frets. Maghini builds it with a Tulip wood body finished in Satin Sage Green. Its flat-sawn maple neck features a maple fingerboard with a 16\u2033 radius and ebony dot inlays. <\/p>\n<p>For electronics, Maghini opted for Trickfish Amplification split coil pickups and the Trickfish IPA 3-band preamp. The control set includes master volume, blend, bass, mid, and treble knobs. The volume knob has a push\/pull function to toggle between active and passive modes, while the Mid knob has a push\/pull function to adjust the frequency band. <\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Maghini EVO 521 is fitted with a Hipshot B Style bridge and Ultralite tuners. <\/p>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-wrap\">\n<div class=\"carousel-gallery carousel-sync-main\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maghini-Guitars-EVO-521-Standard-Bass-Body-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maghini-Guitars-EVO-521-Standard-Back-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-main -->    <\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-nav\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-nav -->  <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-wrap --><\/div>\n<p><!-- .section --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luthier Jon Maghini hit a special milestone this year, and he\u2019s reaching into his past to celebrate it with the Maghini Guitars EVO 521 Bass. Maghini, who formerly built under the M Basses banner, shared\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":840,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-52","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}