Elite Series Basses

Anaconda - Elite Series

Bass Guitar Magazine Review:

October 2015 (Anaconda Crusher CXE5 Elite)

"Immaculately presented bass, huge tonal palette, amazing comfort and playability. A hugely rewarding bass experience. Buy and enjoy." Build Quality: 10/10, Sound Quality: 10/10 


The Ultimate Instrument for Bassists:

For every bassist, finding the perfect instrument is an ongoing journey. However, it's safe to say that the Anaconda Elite Series basses are a prime contender for the ultimate bass guitar. These custom hand-made instruments are a creation of Andrew Taylor-Cummings, a Master Luthier in the UK. The basses are crafted with precision and attention to detail, making them world-class instruments with impeccable tone, playability, and build quality.


The Anaconda Elite Series basses boast superior craftsmanship and top-quality materials that make them stand out from the crowd. Each Bass Guitar is made with premium tonewoods, such as Swamp Ash, Walnut, Mahogany, and Maple, which give them their distinct sonic character. The basses are also fitted with high-end electronics, which ensure that players can easily dial in their desired sound.


One of the most noteworthy aspects of the Anaconda Elite Series basses is the attention-to-detail that goes into the manufacturing process. Andrew handcrafts each bass guitar from scratch, ensuring that every detail is accounted for. From the wood selection to the hardware, every component is chosen with precision and care.


The result is a bass guitar that is not only beautiful to look at but also performs flawlessly. Of course, the most important aspect of any bass guitar is its sound, and the Anaconda Elite Series delivers in spades. These instruments are known for their rich, and expressive tone, which can be tailored to suit a wide variety of musical styles and playing techniques. Whether you prefer a punchy, percussive sound or a smooth, mellow tone, an Anaconda bass will deliver the goods. Additionally, the playability of these basses is second-to-none, making them a joy to play for both beginners and seasoned pros.   From £2856 (approx. $3500 USD)


Handcrafted in Great Britain


The Crusher features even note response on all strings, across the entire fingerboard. The selection of tried and tested Tonewoods, best in class Tuners, Bridges, Pickups and Electronics results in an instrument that'll give players a lifetime of great tone and playability.


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Ultra J4E - Elite

"The tone range is huge & I quickly found fabulous tones that work me, for both bands. The balance and ergonomics are excellent but the stand out feature is the neck profile scale & feel....its something I have been searching for, for many years. I normally play 2 different basses each gig...I have only used the UJ4 as it feels part of me and my (small) hands do not get tired. Ohh don't forget it looks stunning...thank you Andrew." Bernard Hewitt (Fynnius Fogg) - 18/12/2019


Specifications

The wood behind the tone

At Anaconda Basses, we believe that a bass should not only sound great, but look great. Master Luthier Andrew Taylor-Cummings seeks out the best available timbers to use in the basses. Our experience has led us to select a few timbers which we believe offer the best overall balanced tone. We use primarily tried and tested tonewoods. Swamp Ash, Alder, American Black Walnut. This combination of tonewoods gives Anaconda Basses their very distinctive, balanced, punchy tone that cuts through any mix. 


Body Timber options:

Swamp Ash

Alder

Ash (Chambered)

Walnut (Chambered)


Top options:

Quilted Maple

Flame Maple

Claro Walnut

Spalted Maple


We primarily use a 5-piece neck construction for extra strength, stability and great tone.  Ours necks feature Maple and Wenge laminates.  The neck profile is a comfortable C, which is slightly flattened near the neck heal.  Fingerboards have a very comfortable 20" radius, which works well across 4, 5 & 6 string models.


5 piece Hard Rock Maple

Wenge laminates

35″ Scale Length

24 Frets.

19 mm string spacing


Fingerboard: (20" radius)

Maple

Birdseye Maple

Ebony

Purpleheart

Ziricote

 


Pickups

We use only the very best Pickups and Preamps in our basses.  We believe that the biggest influencing factor on the way your Bass sounds, is the Pickups.  To that end we strive to use only the best Pickups that compliment the acoustic tonal characteristics of our basses.


We have designed our very own Pickups for 2023.  The AC-TN (Jazz style) and ACSB-TN Hum-cancelling (Soapbar) pickups are our pickups of choice.  However, we offer pickups from a selction of top brands.


Pickup Options:

DiMarzio

Delano

Bartolini 

Nordstrand

Aguilar


Electronics:


New for 2023, we have developed our very own Preamp, the AC3-TZ.  This is a 3-band unit, with the following controls:


Volume, Passive tone, Pickup Blend, Mid (Push/Pull 250Hz & 800Hz, Treble, Bass, Active/Passive switch, Treble Bright switch, Gain trim pot and LED battery life indicator.


Additionally, we offer preamps by:

Aguilar OBP3

Glockenklang

John East

Bartolini

Hipshot Hardware:

We use the best available hardware on our Elite Series basses.  Our brand of choice is Hipshot, for Bridges and Tuners.  Bridge base metal can be either Brass or Aluminium, which infuences the overall tone of the bass.  Tuners are Hipshot Ultralite.


Nut:

The Nut is our own hand cut Brass Nut, but optionally Graphtech Nuts are available.


Knobs:

Knobs can be Gold, Chrome or Black metal dome.


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