{"id":169,"date":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=169"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:40","slug":"bass-of-the-week-ruokangas-guitars-steam-classic-puma","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-ruokangas-guitars-steam-classic-puma","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Ruokangas Guitars Steam Classic \u201cPuma\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ruokangas<\/p>\n

Bassist Markus Setzer<\/strong> shared a video recently and the bass he was using caught my eye and my ear. This Ruokangas Steam Classic is a beautiful fretless that\u2019s fitted with their Valvebucker MkII system. The setup matches a magnetic pickup capsule with a tube-powered preamp circuit that\u2019s powered by a floor unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe smacked the tubes into the bass, right under your fingertips, providing you a velvety smooth tube sound and more \u2013 detail and clarity that will cut through the mix better than any other bass,\u201d Ruokangas writes on their website<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The control set begins with the Focus knob, which changes the sound from \u201cunfiltered high fidelity sound with even frequency response\u201d to \u201ca low-mid pushing rock bass tone with rounded off high register.\u201d From there the knobs include Bass and Treble controls to affect the timbre of the sound. <\/p>\n

This fretless Steam bass is built with an alder body in a Bare Bone Black finish and a rock maple neck with an ebony fingerboard. The dark aesthetic earned it the name \u201cPuma.\u201d <\/p>\n

Check out Setzer dialing in a beautiful tone in his video:\n<\/p>\n

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Update: He also shared this clip demonstrating the different sounds of the Valvebucker:<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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Ruokangas Guitars Steam Classic \u201cPuma\u201d Bass Photo Gallery:<\/h2>\n
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Bassist Markus Setzer shared a video recently and the bass he was using caught my eye and my ear. This Ruokangas Steam Classic is a beautiful fretless that\u2019s fitted with their Valvebucker MkII system. The\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1028,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[54],"class_list":["post-169","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","builder-ruokangas-guitars-steam-classic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}