HumblePie Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Wonderful bass, handmade in Germany by Siggi Jäger/Human Base. Birdseye Maple Body, Flamed Maple 5-piece Neck-Through construction, Ebony Fretboard, Bartolini Pickups, great tone. Steve Bailey Seymour Duncan 3-Band EQ, made especially for fretless basses. " The STC-3PSB provides bass and treble controls, a midrange control, a master volume, a blend control, and our special frequency contour switch. This preamp was voiced by Steve Bailey to have three bands of focused EQ, together with a switch that engages a frequency contour optimized to bring out fretless harmonics as well as mid-range boost. The frequency contour is engaged by pulling up of the volume control. We even added two small trim pots on the circuit board can be tweaked to preset the frequency contour EQ just the way you want." https://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/steve-bailey-active-preamp-passive-voiced-3band The bass was converted to fretless by Human Base, the Bartolini EQ was switched out for the Seymour Duncan EQ. The bass comes with two birdseye maple ramps, one goes between the pickups, one goes between the fretboard and the neck pickup, both are removable. A standard Jonas 6 fretless is 3200€ new, the EQ was 180€. Pretty lightweight for a 6-string bass with a maple body at just 4,2kg. I recorded some quick videos with my mobile phone, played through my rig (Aguilar Tonehammer 350, 2xSL112). I am showcasing what I find to be the essential fretless sounds: Pickups panned a bit to the bridge, slight mid-boost. The second video has the "frequency contour EQ" enabled by pulling up the volume knob, the third video has the treble roll-off to make it sound more like an upright bass, I use this for Big Bands and Walking Bass lines). Edited February 22, 2020 by HumblePie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-sad Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 AHAH U will NEVER sell me an other fretless, i have the ULTIMATE one !!! Glws 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholasbt Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Hi! What is the scale length? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumblePie Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 35 minutes ago, Nicholasbt said: Hi! What is the scale length? 34" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholasbt Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 19/12/2019 at 12:35, HumblePie said: 34" Nice! Some further questions: I saw the seymour website, what is the switch for? And do you include the original preamp with it? Does it come with a case or gig bag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumblePie Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 The bass comes with the originally supplied Human Base Gig bag. The switch ist for switching between active/passive mode. You can pull the volume switch to activate the Steve Bailey-preset for enhanced treble and upper mid frequencies. You also have a pan poti, bass and treble Control and, most importantly, a double stock poti that controls the mid boost or cut and lets you control the frequency range, which is very useful. I do not have the Bartolini pre, it was way less appealing than the Seymour Duncan pre. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 One sixer out of 38 for sale on BassChat !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovialexm1 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Great bass, great seller! I also have an Human Base Jonas but is 5 string fretted. Nice basses! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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