Bass of the Week: Aquilina Basses Sirius

This week we’re checking out the Sirius by Aquilina Basses. Available in passive and active versions, the bass has several options to dial it towards a modern tone or take you back in time with old school thump.

Aquilina Basses Sirius Passive

The active version of the bass features an ash body, an American maple neck, and a maple fingerboard with 20 frets. More importantly, Aquilina loads it with a pair of Delano pickups and a Taurus TM2 preamp with Volume, Blend, Treble, and Bass knobs as well as Punch and Presence boost switches. Here’s the company’s sound clip of the Sirius Active:

The Sirius Passive comes standard with an alder body topped with sycamore, an American maple neck, and a rosewood fingerboard. Its pickups are a pair of Delano JC4AL’s. Both the passive and active versions are fitted with Sandberg bridges and Gotoh tuners.

For more information, check out the Aquilina Basses website.

Scale:34 Inches
Construction:Bolt-on
Body:Ash or Alder
Neck:US Maple
Fingerboard:US Maple or Rosewood
Frets:20
Tuners:Gotoh
Bridge:Sandberg
Pickups:Delano JMVC 4 FE and MC 4 FE or Delano JC4AL
Electronics:Passive or Preamp Taurus TM2
Controls (active):Volume, Blend, Treble, Bass, Punch and Presence boost switches
Finish:Satin Black, Natural, or Sea Foam Green
Made in:France

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Share your thoughts

  1. Is it me or does every bass demo sound too trebly, almost guitar-like. What ever happened to that thick bass sound? Just saying.

  2. Peter Beulke

    No dont like the sound at all.being old school

  3. Doc.Hoc.

    Where’s the Beef !!!
    I’m sure this is a very fine bass , I’ve seen lots of basses and it seems they can be made only a certain way , a bass is a bass. Change the bridge, pickups etc. I think its the persons style that plays the bass that makes it sound well. Me, I’m not a Flea want a be. Will I ever be in a band probably not, I just like playing bass and learning something new each day.

  4. Dr. Hector

    too expensive…

  5. bench

    doesn’t look like the normal sandberg bridge…

  6. Michael Tang

    I actually own the seafoam green one. This totally made my day.