Take no prisoners. Unleash a percussive assault that will leave nothing but stunned silence in your wake. The Diablo Death-Punx drum package is the first built specifically to stand up to the demands for playing speed metal. Two 22"x20" kick drums with lacquered Maple hoops, two rack toms with new SpearHead tom mount, two floor toms for deep, penetrating lows, and a new 14"x7", fifteen-ply snare drum.
Even though it cosmetically resembles other Corvette models, the Double $$ gets its outrageous attitude and powerful identity from its unique pickup and electronics package. There are two passive MEC humbuckers nestled closely in the center of the body, completely covering the legendary sweet-spot that so many basses miss completely. But this beast has a sensitive side too, which can be accessed via the two mini 3-way switches that allow you to coil tap each humbucker in a variety if ways (hum canceling parallel/series, single coil). To give the Double $$ more flexibility, the passive pickups are matched to a MEC 2-band preamp, making this behemoth a true passive/active hybrid bass - the best of both worlds.
| BODY : | (Top) Alder (Back) Alder w/Paerloid Binding |
| NECK : | Hard Maple 3P |
| FINGERBOARD: | Ebony , 24frets w/Paerloid Binding |
| INLAY : | Offset Square w/"EV" at 12th fret |
| SCALE : | 25.5 inch (648mm) |
| NUT (width): | Locknut (R2/42mm) |
| JOINT : | Neck-thru-body |
| TUNER : | GOTOH SG360-07 |
| BRIDGE : | Floyd Rose |
| PICKUPS : | (Front) Seymour Duncan SH-2n (Center) Seymour Duncan SHR-1n (Rear) Seymour Duncan TB-5 |
| CONTROL : | Master Volume, Master Tone, 5Way Lever PU Selector |
| COLOR : | See Thru Purple w/Harlem Girl Graphic |
The Nylon Synth Access guitar offers the flavor of a nylon string acoustic with the addition of MIDI synth access. The NS1 features Carvins expert custom shop guitar design. Action, playability and comfort is guaranteed to please any guitarist. The onboard piezo pickup can be used with or without a MIDI/Synth interface. By simply plugging a standard guitar cable into the NS1, you are able to play the guitar through any acoustic amp or PA. The active EQ circuits allow for full bottom end which will fool the audience and guitarist into thinking this is a full size acoustic body. The EQ features a Mid Sweep that brings incredible EQ power to dial in the perfect acoustic tone on any amplification system.
The real magic comes when you plug the NS1 into a guitar synth module using a 13 pin cable. The Hexaphonic pickup sends a signal of each string as well as a summed signal, out via this cable. This provides both synth and acoustic sounds to be created using the one 13-pin cable. The NS1 has a stacked volume control so the player can define the volume of both the piezo acoustic sound and MIDI synth access sound separately. A mini toggle switch provides onboard scrolling of MIDI synth patches when connected to a synth module.
Carvin worked very closely with Graph Tech when developing the pickup system on the NS1. The NS1 offers the newest and fastest MIDI access available. Gone are the days of slow MIDI guitar synths, the NS1 offers the newest cutting edge technology to bring together an awesome sounding acoustic piezo system together with the fastest MIDI access tracking. This is accomplished by allowing the hexaphonic signal of each string to be converted to MIDI by the outboard synth module, rather than converting inside the guitar. This yields the fastest tracking and the best acoustic tone all in one guitar.
The NS1 took 2 years to develop. Carvin, Graph Tech and top Billboard jazz guitarist, Steve Oliver all worked together to bring this instrument to life. Steve has been playing the original NS1 prototype on the road for almost a year. This guitar has proven to be both a valuable studio instrument as well as road worthy.
Ibanez GRG250PWH Specification:
Colors: WH (White)
Body material: Basswood Neck material: 1-Piece Maple
PU config.: HSH
Neck joint: AANJ
Neck type: GRG
Neck PU: STD-H1 Mid PU: STD-S4 Bridge PU: STD-H2
Bridge: ILT1 tremolo/ Edge III tremolo
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Hardware color: Black
Inlays: Dots
Pickguard: Matte Black
Frets: 24 Medium
Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 5 Way lever
