In addition to custom instruments, I produce a range of standard designs. Here you will find a collection of our three main standard styles, but whilst the designs are standard, they can be built with different woods, finishes, pickups and configurations to suit. Every single Alderton bass features unique artwork by Lucas, with no two basses the same.
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All Alderton basses share a few common features:
- Handmade Brass Nut, 38mm wide – 4 string models
- Stainless Steel Frets
- Single piece bolt-on 24 fret neck with carved heel for full access
- Switchcraft sockets
- Orange drop caps
- Full size pots
- Warwick locking strap buttons
Yggdrasil
Available Now
Just as the bass forms the foundation of the band, Yggdrasil, the world tree forms the foundation of reality.
This versatile bass can produce a wide range of sounds including classic P, J and MM tones.
Includes optional full RGB fret marker lighting with remote control.
Post control integrated pre-amp, allows you to play and control your tone even when the battery is dead.
Features:
- Construction
- Multi tonewood body
- Single piece 24 fret bolt-on maple neck with stainless steel frets and hand crafted brass nut
- Rosewood fretboard, compound radius
- Closed black finish tuners with custom transluscent heads
- Black Warwick locking strap buttons
- Black high mass bridge
- Electronics
- Volume, Volume, Tone configuration
- Switchable Parallel, Single Coil and Serial modes
- Push/Push activated pre-amp
- Push/Push activated full RGB fret markers with custom footpedal remote
- Orange drop cap with full sized pots
- Switchcraft edge mounted jack
- Pickups
- Twin Alderton Gold, transluscent soapbar humbuckers for punch with warmth
- Other
- Generous body carve for comfort
- Subtle arm carve
- Tight lower edge for stability when playing sitting down
- Carved resin filled and highlighted design
Hermod
Available Now
Son of Odin, the messenger of the gods, sleek, fast and reliable. This offset bass design tips it’s hat to classic jazz styling.
With a combination of large jazz style bridge pickup and multicoil humbucking neck pickup, this bass can produce a range of sounds covering P, J and original styles, with a throaty mid-range growl, tight low end and clean highs.
Features:
- Construction
- Black Limba ( Korina ) one piece body
- Single piece 24 fret bolt-on maple neck with stainless steel frets and hand crafted brass nut
- Pearwood fretboard, 10 inch radius with carved heel for full fret access
- Closed chrome finish tuners with custom transluscent heads
- Chrome Warwick locking strap buttons
- Chome high mass bridge
- Electronics
- Volume, Volume, Tone configuration
- Push/Push volume pot for series/parallel selection on neck pickup
- Orange drop cap with full sized pots
- Switchcraft edge mounted jack
- Pickups
- Bridge – Alderton Gold, 10 degree offset single coil for clear highs and tight lows
- Neck – Alderton Silver Multicoil, coil per string humbucker with series wiring for deep warm lows and mid range growl
- Other
- Generous body carve for comfort
- Subtle arm carve
- Tight lower edge for stability when playing sitting down
- Embedded and polished silver metal design
Bragi
On the drawing board
Named after the Nordic Bard, the god of music and poetry, this semi hollow modern profile body creates a sweet rich resonant sound.
Features – under development:
- Volume, Volume, Tone configuration
- Pickups
- Twin Alderton Gold, Soapbar Humbuckers for rich warm sound
- Switchable Parallel, Single Coil and Serial modes
- Single piece 24 fret bolt-on neck with stainless steel frets and hand crafted brass nut
