Michael Kelly MKE5QAC Element 5Q Electric Bass Guitar - Aged Cherryburst Element 5Q The Element 5Q is the perfect hard-working, every-day, gigging bass guitar. We designed it with a level of simple elegance that is a nod to vintage, but then tweaked it with a number of thoughtful upgrades to modernize it for the demands of today's player. The body shaping and contours have been evolved for more access and added comfort. The pickups, controls, and electronics are another area where extensive testing and enhancements gave us an amazing result. The pickups were developed specifically for the MK Element bass line by Rockfield and they have an over-wound classic pickup sonic performance. We blended that with our newly-developed Element Active Circuit that has been carefully tweaked to provide a modern sonic profile. Also key to our design was allowing excellent user customization potential using the onboard controls. Those controls include offering you a stacked tone pot with separate treble and bass controls. There is also a blend via a blend knob to sweep from one pickup to the other or varying degrees of each. Also included is a bypass switch allowing you to go from active to a very vintage passive tone with a quick click. Specifications of the Michael Kelly MKE5QAC Element 5Q Electric Bass Guitar - Aged Cherryburst Top: Quilt Maple Body: Alder Construction: Bolt-on Neck: Rock Maple Fretboard: Pau Ferro Fretboard Radius: 9.5 INCH / 241 mm Number of Frets: 21 Inlays: Gray Dots Headstock: MK 3+2 Straight String-Pull Scale Length 35" Truss Rod Type Double Adjustable Neck Width: 12th fret - 68mm 21st fret - 77mm Neck Thickness: 1st Fret - 21mm 12th fret - 23.5mm Nut Material: Bone Nut Width: 45mm Boutique Mod: Full Control Mod: Master Volume, Pickup Blend, Stacked Tone (bass tone and treble tone) Electronics: Element Active Circuit with passive bypass toggle switch Neck Pickup: Rockfield® 5SW (voiced specifically for the Element bass) Bridge Pickup: Rockfield® 5SW (voiced specifically for the Element bass) Hardware Finish: Chrome Tuning Keys: MK Die Cast Bridge Type: MK Diecast Deluxe Bass Bridge Why buy your guitars at City Music? Secured purchase with us! We have been 50 years in the Musical Instrument Industry! We are also the sole distributor for many brands, namely the all famous Martin Guitars, Japan's Korg and Zoom, Mackie, G&L, Hartke, Samson's professional audio, Reunion Blues Guitar Gig Bags! Physical Retail Showroom Did we mention that we have a physical, retail showroom located at Peace Center, 1 Sophia Road? Should you want to try out any of our products or in-house Custom Acoustic Guitars, simply drop by our showroom and we be graced by our product advisors who will give you all the information you need! 1 Year Warranty & FULL GUITAR SET-UP! All guitars, acoustic guitars and electric guitars alike, are covered by a 1 year warranty here at City Music! We also provide a full 1-year guitar setup! In case you don't know what a guitar set-up is, it is a basic guitar maintenance service to ensure that your guitar stays healthy! It also involves lowering the action of your guitar which makes your playing much easier!