Sander de Gier asked me to design a subtle on board bass-boost for his new jazz style bass-guitar the 'BeBop'. The final design is exactly what Sander had in mind. There is no change in character or added noise when the boost is activated, only the low-end gets a bit fatter. This works great if you play finger-style on just the bridge pick-up to compensate for the loss of low-end from the neck pick-up. If you play slap-style with both pick-ups on, you will have a very full and well-balanced tone with the extra lows. The FatBoost circuit boosts as follows; 3dB@130Hz, 6dB@77Hz and 9dB@45Hz.
The FatBoost is activated with a rotary on/off switch (the fourth knob on the instrument). When the FatBoost is switched off the active circuit is bypassed and you will have a true passive instrument again with volume, volume and tone (high roll-off) like any other passive jazz style bass. The BeBop bass is already a great succes! Number one was purchased by Marcus Miller and number two went to Richard Bona.
The BeBop will be available in 4- and 5-string instruments.
For more information about the De Gier BeBop Bass click HERE.
