Bass of the Week: SiC Instruments Madness 6-String Fretless
We get a lot of great basses shown to us on our Facebook page, but when Italian luthier Simone Calabrese sent a picture of his SiC Instruments Madness 6, I needed more. The combination of its poplar burl top and gorgeous green satin nitro finish makes this bass mesmerizing.
Built with neck-through construction, the bass’s top covers ash body wings attached to a 7-piece maple and wenge neck. The bass has a 35-inch scale and its stunning cocobolo fretless fingerboard has the equivalent of 27 frets for some serious range.
Calabrese loads the Madness with a pair of Nordstrand dual coil pickups with a series/single/parallel switch for each. The bass is rounded out with a Hipshot bridge with 18mm spacing and Ultralite Tuners.
SiC Instruments Madness 6 Fretless Bass Photos:
SiC Instruments Madness 6 Fretless Bass Specs:
| Scale: | 35″ |
| Construction: | Neck-through |
| Neck: | 7-piece Maple/Wenge |
| Body: | Ash |
| Top: | Poplar Burl |
| Fingerboard: | Cocobolo, Fretless |
| Pickups: | Nordstrand Dual Coils with series/single/parallel switches |
| Bridge: | Hipshot w/18mm Spacing |
| Tuners: | Hipshot Ultralite |
| Strings: | D’Addario 32-130 |
For more, check out the SiC Instruments website.
In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.
Grande Simo!!
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