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.
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 |
Is it me or does every bass demo sound too trebly, almost guitar-like. What ever happened to that thick bass sound? Just saying.
It’s you.
Some demos do, some don’t, in my opinion. I think the tapping one could have been a little more well balanced. I like a good, clear tone, but with a little more ‘meat’ behind it.
Yes, where’s the meat! Lol
No dont like the sound at all.being old school
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.
too expensive…
doesn’t look like the normal sandberg bridge…
I actually own the seafoam green one. This totally made my day.