Phi
Phi 4 string with Curly Maple and Jatoba neck, Maple Burl, red-gold-green striping, and Black Walnut body, and Pau Ferro fingerboard. Ulyate pickups and Bartolini pre-amp.
Black Walnut tone wood and magnetic electronics cover plate
Aston Barret Jr’s (Fame Jr.) custom Rasta Phi 4 string. Padauk, Canary and Vera Wood. Nordstrand pickups with Aguilar pre-amp.
Phi 5 string. Padauk with Wenge stripes. Bartolini pickups and pre-amp
Phi 5 string featuring pickup ramp with movable pickup locations. Wenge, Padauk and Cherry. Nordstrand Zen Blade pickups
Phi 5 string with Cherry tone wood, Wenge magnetic electronics cover plate
Named after the golden ratio, the Phi bass is designed using the phi ratio in proportion to the bass scale length, shape and size. Centuries ago, Phi was used in perfecting the design of the violin family of instruments, including the upright bass. Harkening back to the age of Old World luthiers, the Phi bass brings with it a resurgence of the endeavors to build an instrument that can harness the full potential of sonic energy pulsing through it. The Phi offers the full palette of bass tones, from rumbling lows to transparent highs
Artists currently playing the Phi:
Aston Barrett Jr. (Famz Jr.) of the Wailers (4 string Rasta Phi model)