Michael Kelly Element 5Q Bass Quilt Top Aged Cherry Pre-Loved

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
BODY
Top: Quilt Maple
Body: Alder
Construction: Bolt-on
NECK
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
ELECTRONICS
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
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Keys: MK Die Cast
Bridge Type: MK Diecast Deluxe Bass Bridge
NOTES
Comfort neckjoint- shaped for added access