Studio Series

Studio Series basses bring the most common design elements of St. Germaine Guitars renowned basses to a more affordable line of instruments. All basses remain entirely hand made by Geoff, with all of the same features, components and quality as the Custom Series basses. By limiting options, these basses can be produced more efficiently with these saving passed along to the player.

  • Choose from the Condor model with conventional tuning or the headless Vulture model, with 4-, 5- or 6-strings.

    A wide range of scale lengths are available from 780 mm to 890 mm (30.75” to 35”), while bridge string spacing is limited. Choose the Condor model for its more compact body and narrower string spacing (5- and 6-string models) or the Vulture model, with it’s larger body and wider string spacing.

  • The Studio Series basses use our time tested wood recipes that deliver St. Germaine Guitars basses distinctive tone. Choose the Condor bass for it’s classic combination of Northern Ash, Maple and Pau Ferro or the Vulture with it’s more mid-forward recipe of American Cherry, White Oak and Obsidian Ebony®.

    An optional figured facing is available for the body. A variety of highly figured woods are on hand for the Studio Series basses, however, availability varies. Please inquire to find out the offerings available. Common woods include figured Maples, Walnut, Shedua and Redwood.

    For those desiring a fretless instrument, we offer the Studio Series with an optional Gabon Ebony fingerboard.

  • The Condor model features a Hipshot Products® A-style bridge with Graph Tech® Ratio® tuning machines. The headless Vulture model features Hipshot Products® Headless bridge with Riviera® RBBSH® locking headpieces.

    Studio Series basses feature brass nuts, Jescar Music® stainless steel frets, Dunlop® Dual-design strap buttons, Flexstrong® stainless steel dual-action truss rods and carbon fibre neck stiffening reinforcement.

  • The Studio Series basses offer a choice of Bartolini® Classic Bass dual-coil pickups paired with their NTMB-918 3-band EQ preamplifier, or Aguilar® DCB dual-coil pickups paired with their OBP-3 3-band EQ preamplifier.

    If you are interested in other options, Custom Series basses can be ordered with a variety of other pickups and preamplifiers, including our signature MJS® dual-coil pickups, including Low-Z versions with a variety of standard 3-, 4-band and filter based preamplifiers. We also work with Delano®, Kent Armstrong®, EMG®, Bartolini®, Seymour Duncan®, Glockenklang®, Richter® and John East® and can use anything from their catalog, including custom shop options that may be available. If you have specific pickups and preamplifiers that suit your taste, we can integrate them into a Custom Series bass.

  • We offer oil and wax finishes as standard. These finishes reveal the beauty of the woods selected for your bass while also providing a finish that can be very easily touched up in the future.

    For clients seeking high gloss or coloured finishes, we outsource UV-cured polyurethane finishes to Vancouver Guitar Finishing. These are the ultimate in ultra-thin lacquer type finishes and are available in almost any colour, from natural, to transparent and burst colours, to solid colours, metallics and colour-shift paints.