Bass of the Week: Ramsay Musical Instruments Aurora NW6BP
When Bryan Acampo sent us a photo of his bass, and I knew we had to feature it. Bryan plays an Aurora NW6BP bass, by the London-based Ramsay Musical Instruments. The single-cut, neck-thru bass features ash body wings, an alder/mahogany tone block, and a birdseye poplar top for a stunning display.
The Aurora NW6BP’s neck is built with 3-piece quarter-sawn maple neck an opens things up with a medium-wide 18mm string spacing and a 28 fret range.
The pickups are a pair of Nordstrand Fat Stacks, which are then complemented with a Delano Sonar 3 preamp that offers a 3-band EQ plus a 3-way mid frequency selector switch. It also has a passive mode.
Hardware includes a Hipshot A Style bridge as well as a locking jack socket to keep you plugged in. For more info on the Ramsay Musical Instruments Aurora NW6BP, check out the Ramsay Musical Instruments website.
Aurora NW6BP Bass Photo Gallery:
Aurora NW6BP Bass Specs:
- Construction: Neck-thru-body
- Scale Length: 863.6mm (34?)
- Nut: Brass – 52mm wide
- String Spacing: 18mm at bridge
- Truss Rod: Two-way
- Fingerboard: Ebonol
- Frets: 28 medium
- Body: Poplar Birdseye/Ash
- Tone Block: Alder/mahogany
- Neck: 3-piece quarter sawn maple
- Bridge: Hipshot A Style (brass)
- Pickups: Nordstrand Fat Stacks
- Preamp: Delano Sonar 3 (9v)
- Controls: Master volume (pull for passive mode), pickup balance/blend, 3-band EQ – treble (custom pot tone function during passive operation), 3-way mid frequency selector switch (300Hz, 800Hz, 500Hz)
very very nice bass.
well worth a visit to their site to drool over.
And I Know the man who made it!
oooh.. that’s a pretty one. That 18mm string spacing would kill me, though. ;)
I’m a 16.5mm kinda guy, I guess.
hi Damian , I own an aurora nw5ap…and its a 16.5mn…sick bass! here is the link http://rmiuk.biz/Aurora.php?tab=6#TabbedPanels1
hi Damian , I own an aurora nw5ap…and its a 16.5mn…sick bass!
You can play, the groove and stay in the pocket! Awesome my brother. Fosho