My 30th Birthday present! The Human Base - BaseX.oc5

Hey everyone,

So, I turned 30 two weeks ago and decided to buy myself a new bass with some gift certificates and cash (Plus I traded in my Spector ReBop)

After testing out Lakland Skylines, KSD Proto J's, Fender MIA P's, and G & L's, I finally decided on this bad boy! Behold the Human Base (model BaseX.oc5!):

Sweet Ash body with blue finish (Single/Double coil toggle, active/passive pull switch, blend, bass/mid/treble)....ignore the puppy pee stain, hahaha...just noticed that! Probably should flip that futon mattress over!



A closer look at the Delano MM style pick ups (with a Glockenklang pre-amp)


Check out the hybrid neck thru/bolt on design!



A closer look at the neck design


The belly of a tone monster!


Close up of the head stock and logo

 

I could.....but I'll let a professional do it for me :

Seriously though, I'm still messing around with the tones to find that sweet spot for my music, but so far I've been able to pretty closely replicate a Stingray type of tone as well as a really bassy jazz tone. It really has a ton of options. I'm not much of a slap/pop bassist, but the passive mode seems to have a really good bite to it (I'm sure someone who can actually play slap bass would get some great tones out of it!)

I'd say the only con that I have encountered is that the body is a little wider than I am used to (I used to play a Spector with a very narrow design), so it's forced me to have to change my posture/stance a bit. But it's incredibly well balanced and very light weight so I haven't experienced any fatigue yet (broke it in at a 3 hour gig on Friday)

In terms of the overall sound with my band, it really punches through the mix and the lows are crystal clear. My Spector used to always get muddy in the lower range.

 

Lists for $1800 (US). The dealer was selling it for $1300, but was giving me a $100 discount because they're not well known and hard to move.....he had it in black and blue....the blue one had a small chip at the bottom that is barely noticeable, so he gave me another $100 off. So when all is said and done, it was $1100!

(I got $425 for a trade in towards the bass, had $200 in gift certificates and $400 in birthday cash....so I ended up paying about $200 out of my own pocket!!!)

PS - The model I got is the introductory US model. Human Base is apparantly a VERY high end company in Germany. This bass was designed by the master luthier at Human, the body and neck were manufactured in Korea and then the bass and electronics is hand assembled, set up and tested by professional US luthiers in Orange County, California.

 

Thank you!!!!!

 

I tried the 55-02 as well. Beautiful bass as well, but the string spacing was a little wider than I'm used to and it just didn't feel as natural to me.

 

SVP, nice bass! I love how each one is really unique looking...the grain on the front of my bass is pretty straight....looks like yours is more curvy on the front of the bass.

I haven't even picked up my Pedulla in the last week! Having way too much fun with this one!