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jmarcz « The Swiss Army Knife »
Published on 06/16/13 at 07:53Manufacturing Korea in July 2001 (most likely in the Cort factory).
Mahogany body + frène table, handle and maple fingerboard.
Electronics 3 band + 5 position selector to handle two microphones whose humbucker.
Nothing special except for the traditional hardware specific to this series of low I personally find less attractive than the slightly rounded previous version and is currently listed on the Indonesian giant easel.
UTILIZATION
Broad handle (42 mm at the nut and 56 to the 12th), but not too thick.
Very easy if you have no hands too small.
The handle 24 cases but access to the latest two cases is not the easiest. The key is longer than the 90's models but the body seems to be the same shape.
The selector allows quick access to 5 different but close enough to the character sounds.
Is also the owner of a 1999 ATK 300 has an ash body and a maple top I could make the comparison. Especially since after the serial number has ATK300 I seems you been assembled in Korea (No. beginning with FC) so quality is equivalent.
SOUNDS
As I've always been a little frustrated the lack of versatility of ATK300 due to configuration 1 single microphone I always wanted to add a microphone, but it has ATK400 micro and small difference in the violin which nicely complement the ATK300.
We find the exact same hand in the attacks (or even aggressive can) but with low mids a little more pronounced and may be less accurate.
I quickly changed the simple side handle for a more balanced one Crel JB41 sound.
The neck pickup of origin tended to add the aggressive side in excess in acute (I mounted not more on an old copy of jazz bass at which it goes rather well).
This change realize the ATK400 versatile for true micro single neck position is really closer to a sound PB, the neck position + winding side of the bridge humbucker also benefits from this change with a sound that approximates the JB (but with balls). The other three remain unchanged and keeps the potato humbucker especially when the two coils are in parallel with a very very close to a Musicman sound.
Electronics filled his role well although I find the frequency of the low EQ a bit high, which is not very important to me because I usually do not use corrections.
OVERALL OPINION
I knew the ergonomics and the violin ATK300 so I was not surprised that side.
Wholesale + in terms of versatility compared to ATK300 to ogle to her typed PB or JB for a small change in microphone, a true Swiss army knife as can the G & L or musicman with HS or HH config.
Price or are the Korean ATK (at around 400 €) is a very good investment even with the change of micro and a serious alternative to the G & L Tribute to even entry level Musicman (sterling or SUB).
Mahogany body + frène table, handle and maple fingerboard.
Electronics 3 band + 5 position selector to handle two microphones whose humbucker.
Nothing special except for the traditional hardware specific to this series of low I personally find less attractive than the slightly rounded previous version and is currently listed on the Indonesian giant easel.
UTILIZATION
Broad handle (42 mm at the nut and 56 to the 12th), but not too thick.
Very easy if you have no hands too small.
The handle 24 cases but access to the latest two cases is not the easiest. The key is longer than the 90's models but the body seems to be the same shape.
The selector allows quick access to 5 different but close enough to the character sounds.
Is also the owner of a 1999 ATK 300 has an ash body and a maple top I could make the comparison. Especially since after the serial number has ATK300 I seems you been assembled in Korea (No. beginning with FC) so quality is equivalent.
SOUNDS
As I've always been a little frustrated the lack of versatility of ATK300 due to configuration 1 single microphone I always wanted to add a microphone, but it has ATK400 micro and small difference in the violin which nicely complement the ATK300.
We find the exact same hand in the attacks (or even aggressive can) but with low mids a little more pronounced and may be less accurate.
I quickly changed the simple side handle for a more balanced one Crel JB41 sound.
The neck pickup of origin tended to add the aggressive side in excess in acute (I mounted not more on an old copy of jazz bass at which it goes rather well).
This change realize the ATK400 versatile for true micro single neck position is really closer to a sound PB, the neck position + winding side of the bridge humbucker also benefits from this change with a sound that approximates the JB (but with balls). The other three remain unchanged and keeps the potato humbucker especially when the two coils are in parallel with a very very close to a Musicman sound.
Electronics filled his role well although I find the frequency of the low EQ a bit high, which is not very important to me because I usually do not use corrections.
OVERALL OPINION
I knew the ergonomics and the violin ATK300 so I was not surprised that side.
Wholesale + in terms of versatility compared to ATK300 to ogle to her typed PB or JB for a small change in microphone, a true Swiss army knife as can the G & L or musicman with HS or HH config.
Price or are the Korean ATK (at around 400 €) is a very good investment even with the change of micro and a serious alternative to the G & L Tribute to even entry level Musicman (sterling or SUB).