Human Base Jonas 5 Fretless

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Human Base Jonas 5 Fretless
34"
all maple (body and neck, neck-through-construction)
plain ebony fretboard (very minor play/string wear) with side markers for every fret
pommele maccore top with matching headstock (which Siggi often uses for FL = warm and punchy tone)
2 Bartolini PUs
John East U-Retro Deluxe 01
Human Base tuners and bridge
string spacing is 18mm at the bridge
Schaller security locks
comes with padded HumanBase strap, ProTec hardcase (in photos) and HumanBase gig-bag
This (as with all Siggi Jaeger basses) is an exceptional instrument: I love it, but always favour my Kinal MK-5/fretless and really can't justify maintaining two top-notch FL-5's. You can see the quality in the photos, with the additional detailing of the bridge (tailpiece) and HumanBase tuners.
Current pricing (with the upgrades/extras) would put this at c. €3k.
Human Base Instruments
Photos: album - free image hosting at ImageCave.com
Price includes 48H. Courier to USA
$2499

[Staunch]

Bump for my wondering if it's Kevin, Joe or Nick's sig model......

[eubassix]

Originally Posted by Staunch

Bump for my wondering if it's Kevin, Joe or Nick's sig model......

No, it's not a Signature model - I had initially thought it was a Jonas Hellborg Sig.' (must admit I'm not sure who Kevin, Joe and/or Nick might be ?!...), but it's just a bass-name along with Siggi's other models incl. Max, ClassX and Roxy. Maybe it's more obvious in De.

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B u M p

[Johannes Oehl]

This is not a signature bass. There are "Max" and "Jonas" Human Base models, but they are not related to any real bass player.

[eubassix]

Originally Posted by Johannes Oehl

This is not a signature bass. There are "Max" and "Jonas" Human Base models, but they are not related to any real bass player.

Correct ! .. thought I'd covered this but thanks for the additonal clarification

[DaveAceofBass]

Sweet bass. Still have that Kinal MK5B I sold you?

Bump for a great guy to deal with!

[Kevin Woods]

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This looks similar to Dean Peer's Jonas, but I can't remember the exact wood combo.

I have a BaseX fretless 6 coming soon which Siggi is building as a neck-thru. I was able to find a really intense Amboyna Burl top for it and shipped it to Germany for this build.

Bump for Human Base.
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[eubassix]

Originally Posted by DaveAceofBass

Sweet bass. Still have that Kinal MK5B I sold you?
Bump for a great guy to deal with!

Thanks for the comment(s) on the bass (... and the seller!) Dave!
Still have it, along with this fretless MK-5: my main basses. The FL/MK-5 is the only reason I would let the Jonas 5 go. Funds needed, plus I'd like to source an SK or DK 5 sometime.
Are you still using Mike's instruments ?

[DaveAceofBass]

Yes. I still have the custom SK5 I funded with the sale of the MK5 you bought. (Dig those knobs! Can you send me the ringos? Might try them on my Linc Luthier). I recently replaced the Barts with custom handmade Kent Armstrongs. HUGE improvement! I sold my DK5 and bought a killer NYC Sadowsky 24-5. The DK5 was too heavy, and I needed a bass that was nice and light. The SK5 has pretty much become my main bass though. I love it! I'm getting some work done to my Linc 5, and just sold the Linc 6 (it used to be my main bass, but it's been sitting in the corner for the last few years. I'm thinking of turning the Linc 5 into an E-C bass since I don't have a 6 string anymore.). So now I have a real nice little collection of all very usable basses:

Kinal SK5
Sadowsky NYC 24-5
Linc Luthier Impression 5
Hamer 2Tek Cruisebass 5 fretless (Sweet!)
Modulus VJ Deluxe

Not to mention two uprights, an EUB, and my original Ibanez 4-string.

[Staunch]

Bump for missing my Jonas Brothers joke.