Mill City Lutherie Taconite Short Scale Bass #21019

A true work of art by one of our favorite local builders, Mill City Lutherie. The Taconite Short Scale Bass gives you access to huge bass tones that span over a plethora of genres. It features a bookmatched Walnut top with a chambered Ash core, a 24 fret Titanium reinforced Walnut neck with gorgeous maples accents, a Zircote fingerboard, and custom hand-made J Bass style humbucking pickups. Each pickup has it's own push/pull volume knob for a light or dark tonal option and is also switchable between series or parallel. MCL also includes a beautifully voiced piezo pickup with an Acousti-phonic preamp that you can blend into your sound. The piezo pickup, coupled with the Taconite's chambered body, possesses an organic, complex, and commanding sound that will surely satisfy any player that needs to access double bass or acoustic voicings. The best part about all this tonal flexibility is that you get usable tones at any setting. The Taconite Short Scale bass is elegant, reliable, and a true testament to the hard work that Mill City Lutherie puts into every instrument. 

 

 

Year: 2022

Brand: Mill City Lutherie

Model: Taconite Short Scale Bass

Weight: 8.8 lbs

Case: Mono Gig Bag

Serial: 21019

Body

• Body Wood: Bookmatched Walnut top with chambered Ash core
• Body Style: Semi Hollow
• Color: Natural Walnut
• Finish: Oil

 

Neck

• Neck Wood: Walnut with maple accents with Titanium reinforcement bars
• Neck Finish: Oil
• Fingerboard: Zircote
• Truss Rod: 2-way spoke nut
• Nut: Bone
• Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot on top and side
• Scale: 31" (standard length strings can be used when strung through the body)
• Radius: 12"
• Frets: 24

Electronics

• Pickups: Hand wound Linear humbucking J Bass pickups (each on an independent volume with push/pull (series/parallel) selection)
• Preamp: Norstrand 2-band
• Controls: Bridge Volume (Push-Pull for Light/Dark Option), Neck Volume (Push-Pull for Light/Dark Option), Stacked Pot (Treble and Bass), Active/Passive mini switch, Piezo switch, Piezo Volume
• Output Jack is stereo for splitting Piezo and Magnetic Pickup signals

Hardware

• Bridge/Tailpiece: piezo loaded HipShot through an Acousti-phonic preamp
• Tuners: GraphTech Ratio tuners
• Knobs: Chrome

 

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