Bass of the Week: SBC Guitars SH1B Falcon
This week we’re checking out the SBC Guitars SH1B Falcon, which is a custom headless bass designed with bassist Calvert Stephens. The six-string bass also has a multi-scale neck stretching from 35 inches to 31.25 inches as well as an asymmetric chunky neck profile. The profile was custom carved with Stephens to aid with RSI injury.
SBC built the Falcon with a five-piece neck of black walnut, padouk, and wenge with swamp ashy body wings. Its fingerboard is ebony with padouk and abalone detail. Other features include Bartolini pickups, a Bartolini buffer preamp, and 3-band EQ, and ABM hardware.
Check out Stephens jamming on the instrument for his original song, “Phee”:
SBC Guitars SH1B Falcon Bass Specs:
| Construction: | Neck Through |
| Scale: | 35-31.25 with vertical fret at 7th |
| Body: | Swamp Ash |
| Neck: | 5-piece reinforced, UK grown black walnut center, padouk fillets and wenge outer |
| Neck Profile: | Asymmetric |
| Fingerboard: | Ebony |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 20″ |
| Inlays: | Padouk, Abalone |
| Frets: | 26 Jumbo Dunlop |
| Pickups: | Bartolini Quad and Singularity |
| Electronics: | Bartolini Buffer Preamp and 3 Band EQ |
| Hardware: | ABM |
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.
