Bass of the Week: Devon Bass J6 Modern Stuns with Dye-Stabilized Boxwood Burl
This week, we’re checking out an eye-catching Devon Bass J6 Modern. Luthier Devon Smullen used a boxwood burl top that was dye-stabilized to inject greens, purples, and yellows in the wood’s natural figuring.
The rest of the bass was built with a chambered swamp ash body, a three-piece maple neck, and a birdseye maple top adorned with abalone oval inlays and glowing Luminlay side dots. For electronics, Smullen fitted it with Bartolini dual-coil pickups and a Gregory 18-volt preamp. The pickups have coil-tap switches for series, single-coil, or parallel operation, while the active/passive preamp has a three-band EQ with switchable mids.
Other features include Hipshot hardware, a magnetically fastened cover, and a clear gloss finish.
Devon Bass J6 Modern Photos:
Devon Bass J6 Modern Specs:
| Scale: | 34 inch |
| Body: | Chambered Swamp Ash |
| Top: | Dye-stabilized boxwood burl |
| Neck: | 3-piece maple |
| Fingerboard: | Birdseye Maple |
| Inlays: | Abalone oval inlays and glowing luminlay side dots |
| Bridge string spacing: | 0.75″/19mm |
| Pickups: | Bartolini dual-coil with series/single-coil/parallel coil-tap switches |
| Preamp: | Gregory, 18-volt, stacked master volume/tone, blend, mids (with mid-frequency push/pull) and stacked treble/bass. Switch for active/passive |
| Hardware: | Hipshot, black |
| Finish: | Clear gloss, satin on neck |
| Cover: | Magnetically-fastened |
| Weight: | 9lbs, 2oz |
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yes indeed, look the business, what sort of price though ?