{"id":807,"date":"2011-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=807"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:47:15","slug":"bass-of-the-week-mayones-elegance-5-paper","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-mayones-elegance-5-paper","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Mayones Elegance 5 Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mayones<\/p>\n

Some basses are a piece of history, and then some are made from pieces of history. As part of their Master Builder Collection, Polish company Mayones unveiled the Elegance 5 Paper, a limited edition 5-stringer covered with reprints of newspapers, some dating back 100 years. The clippings are from all over the world: Poland, the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and the United States.<\/p>\n

Mayones describes the bass as a \u201cwitness of the past telling its story with rumbling bass tones.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Elegance 5 Paper features neck-thru construction, coupling a profiled American ash body and flamed maple top with a 9-ply maple\/mahogany neck. The ebony fingerboard has a 20\u201d radius with 24 medium jumbo Ferd Wagner frets. A Schaller 2000 bridge and M4 tuners round out the hardware, while the electronics consist of a a pair of Bartolini Soapbar pickup and an Aguilar OBP-3 active preamp.<\/p>\n

As with the rest of the Mayones Master Builder Collection, the Elegance 5 Paper is hand built and limited to 10 pieces. The builder lists its retail price as \u20ac 4,149 (~$5,732 USD). For more info, visit the Mayones website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mayones Elegance 5 Paper Gallery:<\/h2>\n
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Mayones Elegance 5 Paper Specs:<\/h2>\n
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  • Construction: Neck-thru-body<\/li>\n
  • Body: Profiled American Ash<\/li>\n
  • Top: Flamed Maple <\/li>\n
  • Neck: 9-ply \/ Maple-Mahogany<\/li>\n
  • Headstock: Angled<\/li>\n
  • Fingerboard: Ebony<\/li>\n
  • Fingerboard Radius: 20\u201d (508 mm)<\/li>\n
  • Scale: 34.25\u201d (870 mm)<\/li>\n
  • Frets: 24 medium jumbo Ferd Wagner<\/li>\n
  • Markers & inlays: Mother of Pearl dots<\/li>\n
  • Tuners: Schaller M4<\/li>\n
  • Bridge: Schaller 2000 <\/li>\n
  • Pickups: H-H \/ Bartolini 72M45C-T (bridge) and Bartolini 72M45C-B (neck)<\/li>\n
  • Electronics: Aguilar OBP-3 active preamp<\/li>\n
  • Control 1xVolume,1xBalance,1xMiddle,1xTreble\/Bass<\/li>\n
  • Knobs: Standard metal dome knobs<\/li>\n
  • Body finish: Paper<\/li>\n
  • Neck finish: Paper<\/li>\n
  • Headstock finish: Paper<\/li>\n
  • Hardware color: BLK (black)<\/li>\n
  • Strings: GHS<\/li>\n
  • Additional equipment: Ebony nut, Switchcraft jack, Schaller Security Straplocks, Hardcase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Some basses are a piece of history, and then some are made from pieces of history. As part of their Master Builder Collection, Polish company Mayones unveiled the Elegance 5 Paper, a limited edition 5-stringer\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2271,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-807","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/807","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\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}