{"id":724,"date":"2013-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=724"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:58","slug":"bass-of-the-week-utrera-ellegance-single-cut-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-utrera-ellegance-single-cut-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Utrera Ellegance Single Cut Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freddy Utrera is a Venezuelan luthier who has been producing some gorgeous basses, including his Ellegance singlecut. <\/p>\n

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Available in 4-, 5- and 6-string versions, the bass is evidence of the luthier\u2019s love of natural finishes and often ships that way, just to display the gorgeous cuts of wood he utilizes. <\/p>\n

The Ellegance comes in two flavors: standard and custom. The custom option offers upgraded materials while the standard is built with an alder or swamp ash body, a maple neck, and a maple or Pau Ferro fingerboard. The basses are fitted with Nordstrand or Reed James Custom pickups, which are matched with an Aguilar OBP-3 preamp for tonal flexibility. <\/p>\n

The controls are dual volumes, a 3-band EQ, a mini toggle to switch between active and passive mode, a toggle to select the midrange frequency control, and a switch to switch the pickups between parallel, single, and series modes.<\/p>\n

The Custom offers a mahogany, walnut, or bubinga body and a wenge or ash neck. Fingerboard options include curly maple, Macassar Ebony, cocobolo, or Macassar Rosewood. The pickups options are the same with an upgrade of wood covers.<\/p>\n

Both the Standard and Custom Ellegance can be made as bolt-on or neck-through with a variety of scale lengths. For more info, check out the Utrera Custom Basses website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Utrera Ellegance Single-Cut Bass Photo Gallery:<\/h2>\n
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Freddy Utrera is a Venezuelan luthier who has been producing some gorgeous basses, including his Ellegance singlecut. Available in 4-, 5- and 6-string versions, the bass is evidence of the luthier\u2019s love of natural finishes\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2124,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-724","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/724","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\/2124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}