Bass of the Week: Roks Instruments Futura
This week we’re taking a look at the Futura from Roks Instruments out of The Netherlands. Luthier Axel Roks, who created the bass as part of Dutch Design Week, uses the human body as a large influence on his creations.
“This design originated out of the idea that a bass guitar could be an object in itself,” he writes on his website. “Strong influences of the female body combined with hand shaped aluminum create contrast. Besides the intriguing design every Futura is equipped with a custom made TripleBucker and semi parametric equalizer.”
The Tripplebucker has separate on/off switches for each of the three coils, allowing for some serious tonal diversity. While the bass can be made with a variety of woods, this particular Futura is built with a two-piece ash body, a book-matched birdseye maple top, a quartersawn hard maple neck, an aluminum support and a pau ferro fretboard.
For more info, check out the Roks Instruments website.
Roks Instruments Futura Details:
Construction | Bolt-On |
Body | 2-piece Ash Body |
Top | Book-Matched Birds Eye Maple |
Neck | One-Piece Quartersawn Hard Maple |
Neck Width | 40mm at the nut, 60mm at the 24 fret |
Fretboard | Pau Ferro |
Headstock Veneer | Ebony |
Pickup | Tripplebucker |
Pickup Covers | Ebony |
Electronics | 18 volt, Semi-Parametric 3 Band Pre-Amp |
Tuners | Gotoh |
Bridge | Individual Bridge Design |
Other | Handmade Aluminum Backplates |
I’ve never seen anything like it , this bass seems to fit my style.
First glance it seems to speak its own shape.