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Renaissance Electroline Solid Body Bass Series
by Rick Turner

John McVie - Fleetwood Mac

John McVie's main bass now is an Electroline 4-string : an Electroline solid body ELS-434 PM2...the model with an oiled swamp ash body, two Turner low noise magnetic soapbar pickups and the Turner piezo equipped Hipshot bridge. John recorded the entire 'Say You Will' album with that bass, and he also used a fretless version for the tour. John also has a Renaissance RB-4 fretted semi-hollow (used on 'The Dance' video) with Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Roundwounds and earlier in 2003 ordered the fretless unlined version of this superb bass.

John McVie with his Turner Electroline bass behind Stevie Nicks
at a gig in Las Vegas, USA, July 5th 2003, 'Say You Will' tour

"The Electroline has a phenomenal sound - one of the most defined low ends and singing tops ends we've heard. Individual notes swell as you sustain them, and the harmonics are sweet and clear...(it) exhibited super lows with lots of acoustic-like thump. The frequency response of the electronics is fantastic; we needed to add virtually no amp EQ.".........Bass Player magazine

EVERY BASS DESIGN REPRESENTS A SET OF VALUES.
For some, the focus is on tradition. For others, the emphasis is on bells & whistles. And for too many, the highest priority is cutting cost.

Rick Turner has designed the Electroline series from a different point of view. His goal was to create the bass that you'd actually use in the studio and on stage...because it delivers every solid-body tone that you need without relying on EQ or outboard enhancement.

The key to the Electroline's tone flexibility is the Turner "Reference" piezo pickup system, providing a separate pickup for each string. The sound from this high-fidelity system, which comes standard on every Electroline instrument, is so full that many players opt for the piezo-only model, combined with the Thomastick-Infeld bronze-wrapped nylon Acousticore strings. Frequency response is enormous, and on a fretless, this combination produces the most stunning "mwah" you've ever heard.

Adding the single diamond or dual soapbar magnetic pickups extends your Electroline's range even further with enhanced, low-noise traditional tones. The blending controls and the 18-volt Highlander pre-amp put this entire spectrum of sound at your fingertips, with whatever balance you choose!

Standard Features

• Solid swamp ash body
• High gloss polyester finishes available in vintage clear, sunburst, Ferrari red, or black
• Translucent finishes available in red, blue, or green
• "Reference" piezo bridge pickup, featuring a separate pickup under each string saddle
• Piezo/Magnetic (P/M) versions add either a single Turner "Diamond"magnetic pickup or dual Turner low-noise soapbar pickups, along with signal blending controls
• 18 volt D-TAR pre-amp with volume and tone controls
• Fretted or lined fretless maple neck with hand-rubbed oil finish
• Graphite/epoxy reinforcement bars
• Dual-action truss rod
• 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with New Zealand Paua shell dots and side fret markers
• 35" scale length, nut width 1.75".
• Hipshot Ultralite tuners

Custom Options
BODY - A variety of exotic woods and finish colors are supplied as stock permits.
NECK - Neck upgrades include bird's-eye maple and optional 5-layer contrasting veneer laminate on back of peghead.
Other options include unlined fretless fingerboard and left-handed construction.



Electroline EL-434-FL Piezo fretless with "Reference" bridge pickup system


Ferrari red Renaissance Electroline EL-535-PM2 with fretted neck, "Reference" piezo bridge pickup and dual Turner low-noise soapbar pickups and signal blending controls



Bridge detail of an EL-535-PM2


EL-434 P/M fretted 4-string w/ clear finish, "Reference" piezo pickup system, and "Diamond" magnetic pickup

SOLID BODY BASS, All Gloss Swamp Ash Body,Eastern Rock Maple Neck and Peghead overlays in Ferrari Red, Very Black, Transluscent Red, Blue, or Green, includes excellent deluxe Gig Bag
EL434-P - Fretted 4 String Bass, 34" scale, piezo pickup only (no mag) - £1975
EL434-P-FL - Fretless 4 String Bass, 34" scale, piezo pickup only (no mag) - £1975
EL434-PMM - Fretted 4 String Bass, 34" scale, with piezo and two Turner 'soap-bar' pickups, piezo bridge and blending electronics - £2335
EL434-PMM-FL - Fretless 4 String Bass, 34" scale, with piezo and two Turner 'soap-bar' pickups, piezo bridge and blending electronics - £2335
EL535-P - Fretted 5 String Bass, 35" scale, with piezo pick-up - £265
EL535-P-FL - Fretless 5 String Bass, 35" scale with piezo pick-up - £2165
EL535-PMM - Fretted 5 String, 35" scale with two Turner 'soap-bar' pickups, piezo bridge and blending electronics - £2495
EL535-PMM-FL - Fretless 5 String, 35" scale, with two Turner 'soap-bar' pickups, piezo bridge and blending electronics - £2495

John McVie with his Turner Electroline bass behind Stevie Nicks
at a gig in Sacramento, USA, July 6th 2003, 'Say You Will' tour