{"id":692,"date":"2014-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=692"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:58","slug":"bass-of-the-week-franz-bassguitars-sirius","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-franz-bassguitars-sirius","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Franz Bassguitars Sirius"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we take a look at the Franz Bassguitars Sirius, a stunning bass made in Bavaria by luthier Xaver Tremel. I found this bass through this excellent demo played by German bassist Ralf Gauck:<\/p>\n

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The bass features a singlecut design that comes in either 4- or 5-string versions. Tremel starts the bass with a chambered walnut body with plenty of contour to fit comfortably to the artist. The top shown is poplar burl, though others are available. Its neck is a five-piece laminate of ash with oak strips, all of which is topped with an ebony fingerboard. Special attention was taken in designing the neck, which has a dissymetric profile, carbon fiber reinforcements, and a hard oil\/wax-finish on the back. The fretboard sports a compound radius from 10\u2033 to 16\u2033.<\/p>\n

Electronics include a pair of Delano Times Square dual coil humbuckers matched with a Noll TCM2 active\/passive 2-band preamp. Besides bass and treble knobs, the bass is fitted with a switch to toggle the pickups between humbucker, single coil, and parallel modes. The bass is rounded out with Gotoh tuners, and an ETS 3D bridge.<\/p>\n

As each bass is made unique, there are plenty of options available.<\/p>\n

Franz Bassguitars Sirius Bass Photos:<\/h2>\n
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This week we take a look at the Franz Bassguitars Sirius, a stunning bass made in Bavaria by luthier Xaver Tremel. I found this bass through this excellent demo played by German bassist Ralf Gauck:\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2071,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-692","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/692","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\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}