yea I wasn't talking to just you. But it did sound like that's what you were saying, I may have misread your post.hotrodperlmutter wrote:yeah, i hope you're not talking directly to me. i don't have that misconception at all. not having a tone pot means it's not sucking up that little extra bit of clarity that is very important (i've found) in dealing with center mounted bass pickups.Billy3000 wrote:I think a lot of people have a misconception about the lack of tone knob. Not having a tone knob doesn't mean this bass sounds like a p bass with the tone knob turned all the way down. That would indeed sound like muddy butt. This bass basically sounds like a p bass with the tone knob all the way up since it doesn't have anything limiting the natural tone of the pickup.hotrodperlmutter wrote:aye. the p-bass pickups just don't have enough tonal variety for me anyways, so if i was to roll off the top end, it would sound like muddy butt.
i haven't decided whether to include one on my squier musicmaster, but i will probably put one in at the beginning just in case the hot rail is too ice-pickish. it was inspired by mark's bass, so i'm hoping it won't be necessary. if it is, i will more than likely just set it to where it sounds good, and tuck it in the control route.
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It's easy and relatively cheap to add one. With all the space there you could make it look as though it were that way stock.Rox wrote:Like it . A lot . Just wish it had a tone knob or at least a vol/tone switch. That was the one thing that deterred me from buying a Hoppus. At the time . I will say despite the tone knob I love Hoppus basses.
You could perhaps use a push/pull pot to disengage it? You could have it either on the volume pot with the tone pot hidden or on the tone pot itself if you mount it. That way you still get the bypassed tones if you feel it makes enough of a difference but it's there if you want it.hotrodperlmutter wrote:not having a tone pot means it's not sucking up that little extra bit of clarity that is very important (i've found) in dealing with center mounted bass pickups.
i haven't decided whether to include one on my squier musicmaster, but i will probably put one in at the beginning just in case the hot rail is too ice-pickish. it was inspired by mark's bass, so i'm hoping it won't be necessary. if it is, i will more than likely just set it to where it sounds good, and tuck it in the control route.
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theshadowofseattle wrote:Inverted pickups makes tons of sense.
the pickup idea really makes sense because i have had the problem with wanting a sharper attack on the lower strings and a less twangy sound on the upper two strings and it can be hard to EQThe Future wrote:I'd like a Mark Hoppus Sig Bass, but the only problem is that it's a Mark Hoppus Sig Bass.
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