General Info
... Oracle bass is our latest creation inside of our bass guitar line. It was created specialy to offer you great playability and wide varitey of sounds within lightweight 33" scale instrument ...
The Oracle bass guitar has it´s own unique caracter with diferent sound variation than Obsession series. What you will note soon is it´s light weigh
which not only contribute to great playability but also to the sound.
The easy access to upper frets, great ergonomic in sitting or standing position and of course the sound will make a joy playing this unique instrument.
We have decided for 33" scale for this bass to make it´s sound caracteristics unique and to make the whole neck playable without any restrictions. If you are used to play long 35" scale basses you will feel difference on the first sight.
El Oracle™ is our response for bass guitar focused on great playability and great ergonomic. If you spend long hours playing and giging and you need lightweight and easy to play instrument then Oracle bass guitar is for you.
Due to it´s dual pickup position we also created unique thumbrest so you can feel confortable along entire space between fretboard and pickups.
Our two JeDXS single coil split pickups are wired in series/paralel for exquisite soundings.
Details
Set-In neck
24 and 26 Fret Versions
As our Oracle Gold and Oracle Silver instruments Oracle Bronze is available in two: 24 frets and 26 frets versions.
Fully Adjustable Proprietary Wooden Bridge
Our Proprietary bridge is made from wood with aluminium separators, it´s 100% adjustable in intonation, heigh and string to string spacing
Piezo version is available as an extra option
Thumbrest and Ramp
Detachable thumbrest between double coil and triple coil pickup and fretboard are available, also detachable thumbrest and ramp between standard JeDXS pickups are available as well. You can choose wood species for both ramp and thumbrest.
Thumbrest on Oracle Bronze bass with doublecoil pickup
Flat (no radius) Fretboard
For our entire Oracle series we have opted for flat fretboard.
Different Pickups Configurations
JeDXS neodimium pickups also double coil and triple coil pickups are available.
Version with JeDXS singlecoil split type pickups
Version with doublecoil JeDXS pickup
Aguilar OBP-3 Preamp
Oracle Bronze bass guitar comes equiped with Aguilar OBP-3 3 band preamp with following controls:
- Master Volume
- Pickups Blend
- Treble
- Mid
- Low
Optionally following controls are available for OBP-3 preamp configuration:
- Active/Passive switch
- Mid Frequency switch
- Passive Tone
Custom Option - Flex Core Preamp
Flex Core 4 band preamp from Mike Pope is available as extra option. Flex Core preamp is probably one of the most versatile and flexible preamps available today. It offers more than 10 expansion modules to match your needs.
Our standard Mike Pope Flex Core layout is as follow:
- Master Volume
- Pickups Blend
- Passive Tone
- Treble
- Hi Mid Frequency
- Low Mid Frequency
- Low
- Active/Passive switch
- Hi Mid Frequency switch
- Lo Mid Frequency switch
- Kill (standby) switch
This is very complete and flexible sound vise layout, yet you can ask us to customize Flex Core layout to meet your particular needs.
Specifications
| Oracle Bronze bass guitar specifications | ||||||||
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| String version | 4 string | 5 string | 6 string | 7 string | 8 string | 9 string | 10 string | 11 string |
| Scale | 33" | |||||||
| Standard Frets nº | 24 medium frets; 2,13mm wide and 0,99mm high | |||||||
| Is 26 fret version available? | Yes | |||||||
| Is 28 fret version available? | No | |||||||
| Is 36 fret version available? | No | |||||||
| Body | Swamp ash | |||||||
| Body Top | Not available | |||||||
| Construction | Set-in neck | |||||||
| Neck | 3 piece, maple, ash and thin wenge runners | |||||||
| Headstock | Angled 8º grade; swamp ash headstock top | |||||||
| Fretboard | Standard: Maple, Also as Custom option: Padouk, Ebony, Macassar Ebony, Bubinga | |||||||
| Fingerboard Radius | Flat (no radius) Custom option: 20" radius (508mm) | |||||||
| Inlays | 2mm diameter side dots, Frontal 6mm diameter markers are optional upon request at no charge | |||||||
| Nut | Ebony | |||||||
| width at nut | 40mm | 45mm | 52mm | 54mm | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| width at 24th fret | 62mm | 76mm | 92mm | 100mm | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Thickness 1st fret | 20mm | |||||||
| Thickness 12th fret | 22mm | |||||||
| Tuners | Hipshot Ultralite | |||||||
| Bridge | Jerzy Drozd propietary Oracle wooden bridge, fully adjustable | |||||||
| strings spacing @ bridge | 19mm | 17mm | 17mm | 17mm | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hardware color | Chrome | |||||||
| Pickups | JeDXS bass picups - Jerzy Drozd split single coil type pickups | |||||||
| Electronics | Aguilar OBP-3 active preamp - 3 band | |||||||
| Controls | Volume, Balance, Treble, Middle, Bass | |||||||
| Knobs | Wooden dome knobs, 18mm diameter | |||||||
| Body finish | Poliurethane/ Acrilic satin finish | |||||||
| Neck finish | Poliurethane/ Acrilic satin finish | |||||||
| Strings | Jerzy Drozd "Classics" | |||||||
| Case | 4-7 string basses include light foam case, 8 strings and up include gig bag | |||||||
| weight (*) | 4 string 3,2kg (7lbs) | 5 string 3,7kg (8.16lbs) | 6 string n/a | 7 string n/a | 8 string n/a | 9 string n/a | 10 string n/a | 11 string n/a |
(*) these numbers are average for standard Oracle Bronze and may vary depending on chosen woods and body version (24 or 26 fret version)
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