Official Devon Bass Club...

[SadowskySteve]

Man Steve. That is unreal. I didn’t know that was yours.

Thanks Russ, Devon and I worked through his dye infused tops until we came across this one.
This is actually your fault! lol. I had to go back to the source when I missed out on the purple one that you had.
This one is going to have the Ulyate pick ups with the Nordy 3b preamp.
My other one being built is a quilted top done in deep purple and will have a Musicman Pu and a P pick up. Essentially two work horses that can handle anything thrown my way to lay down the low end.

 

[SadowskySteve]

This my other Devon. Just off to be finished

 

[Bassworship1]

This my other Devon. Just off to be finished View attachment 4285276 View attachment 4285277

Who is finishing his basses now that Sharon has stopped doing this work?

 

[Matt Morgan]

Who is finishing his basses now that Sharon has stopped doing this work?

I believe it's some guy named Pat Wilkins. I hear he's supposed to be OK at finishes....

 

[Matt Morgan]

I know Mr. Smullen is taking a break from accepting orders for a while but as soon as he opens the doors for business again....

I can no longer resist. His work is just too good and the basses he's put out over the last several months have just been jaw dropping.

I'm used to waiting for custom basses to be built but now I have to wait to place and order! Oh well....

 

[Clecoguy]

You won’t be disappointed.

 

[Bassworship1]

I've always felt every Devon I've owned (Roughly 9 or so) have been a bargain for what I give for it. I can't say that for other brands lol.

 

[Matt Morgan]

Have you all seen the recent posts on Devon Smullen’s Instagram page?

The amazing instruments he’s posting are not helping me deal with the wait to place an order!

The man is an evil genius. Tell people you’re not taking orders, then post pics of “works of art” level basses.

 

[RockBoxBass]

Im going to be listing this for sale. If your interested...let me know..
FYI, its a 35" and its a BEAST.

 

[SadowskySteve]

Canadian bound!

 

[gonzkal]

Canadian bound!
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Split coil in the P sweet spot, right? Mine is close to be finished, can't wait...

 

[RussT]

I had a feeling that was yours Steve. Congrats man, it is beautiful.

 

[SadowskySteve]

Thanks Russ and all! More pictures coming when it lands.

 

[Bassworship1]

@SadowskySteve
Beautiful bass man. Love the finish and elextronics.

 

[gonzkal]

Devon P+MM Diary #5
It is completed!

Shipping this week. More pics on Devon's website, scroll to #2120

 

[scubaduba]

@gonzkal Oh yeah. I saw that one on Facebook. Reminds me a lot of my Cocobolo topped Sadowsky with rosewood board. Your's is a beauty. Hope you enjoy it. Really curious about the tone too with that pickup setup.

 

[gonzkal]

@gonzkal Oh yeah. I saw that one on Facebook. Reminds me a lot of my Cocobolo topped Sadowsky with rosewood board. Your's is a beauty. Hope you enjoy it. Really curious about the tone too with that pickup setup.

Thanks! I'll report back here and will make sure to post some sound clips in due time.

 

[SadowskySteve]

Here's a Devon in the wilds of Canada. All sound checked and ready to go!

 

[RussT]

^^^^^
Beautiful Steve!

 

[gonzkal]

Following @scubaduba 's request above, here are finally some soundclips!

I did my best to play the same riff in a consistent way (always plucking around the same spot, etc.), which may not be realistic, but this is only meant to illustrate the different tones you can get with such a P+MM configuration. The pickup selections in order are: P split-soil solo, MM humbucker solo (coils in parallel), MM humbucker solo (series), MM humbucker solo (single coil only, the one closest to the bridge), P+MM (humbucker coils in parallel), P+MM (series), P+MM (single coil). FYI, I played the bass passive, tone knob fully open, recorded straight into my RME Babyface sound interface, only some gain matching in Logic and 1-2 dB of limiting for listening purposes.