WITHDRAWN: Human Base - The Base - Custom 5-string/ Headless HL £1750

[TorVic]

Thinning the collection. For sale only - strictly no trades. (My feedback history: http://basschat.co.u...r/17989-torvic/)

This is a custom headless bass from Human Base based on The Base model (https://humanbase.de...ent/framesE.htm)
I am the second owner. (original price: 3500 euros)

Spec:

• Macassar ebony top
• 3 piece through maple neck (with ebony veneers)
• Ebony fretboard (24 frets)
• ETS bridge (accepts normal strings)
• Haeussel pickups (with series/parallel/single coil switch for each pickup) with macassar ebony covers
• Richter piezo pickup, preamp and mixer (http://www.richter-ee.de/preamps2.html)
• Human base 3 band 9V preamp (controls top: piezo blend, pickups blend, vol-push/pull active/passive, 3-band eq)
  

  Edited March 31, 2018 by TorVic
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[HazBeen]

Very cool Victor! GLWTS

[TorVic]

Thanks guys.

A unique one from Human Base. The piezo system is one of the best I've come across not to mention the rest of the feature which are all top class.

[Geek99]

Can you say what the piezo sounds like compared to a regular pickup? I'm curious

[TorVic]

I don't know how to describe except it's like a regular piezo but not too trebly - a more even response across a broad frequency spectrum that blends well the sound from the magnetic pickups.
When mixed in with the magnetic pickups, the high-end frequencies are more discernible and give the tone a unique character.

I guess it would be better to make some sound samples than try to describe it with words will try and do that ASAP.

Edited August 2, 2017 by TorVic

[Geek99]

Reason I ask is that I was toying with building a jazz bass with a piezo bridge and putting a concentric blend pot on the tone position (so tone as normal but also piezo balance)

[TorVic]

That should work. On this bass there is a separate blend knob for magnetic pickups (which have their own blend knob) and the piezo.
So fullly clockwise is only magnetic pickups and fully anti-clockwise is only piezo.

[Hellzero]

[TorVic]

Keeping this one. Withdrawn.