Blacktop Basses

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:00 pm

New/Nuevo!

http://www.fender.com/en-FI/news/index. ... K2-47YZ-v1

Precision:

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Jazz:

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Johno · Post by **Johno** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:28 pm

Boring & ugly

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:47 pm

I'm definitely interested enough to try out one of the jazzes with the two p pickups. I could care less about the p bass though.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:21 pm

I fell asleep as soon as I hit that spoiler button. I'm sleep-typing this.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:42 pm

They are anything but boring, cosmetically, yes, but they definitely offer different tonal options to anything Fender currently offers. The two split pickup is possibly one of the best J-bass variants I've ever seen, and one I hadn't even considered. The HH P-bass is also a great idea, though tonally it's probably not something I need.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:52 pm

Honeyiscool, though I recognise the correctness of your words my aesthetic shallowness eclipses my care for tonal range and therefore must reject your statement on such grounds.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:10 pm

i'd love a jazz with the p pickups

stratphobic · Post by **stratphobic** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:12 pm

it'd be nice if they offered them in a color that doesn't suck ass

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:48 pm

Yeah, the P-bass doesn't interest me in the least... but the PP Jazz is intriguing.

I've mentioned in another thread that I do hold reservations on the Blacktop Jazz Bass, based on the fact that the Blacktop guitars are all sporting "hot" pickup, and that seems to be an important schtick for the line. If the bass pickups are too hot, it'll suck. If they're more of a standard wind/voicing, it has its appeal for me.

ac88 · Post by **ac88** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:53 pm

so ugly.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:38 pm

I really don't find straight black Jazz Basses ugly. Am I missing something?

stratphobic · Post by **stratphobic** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:00 pm

honeyiscool wrote:I really don't find straight black Jazz Basses ugly. Am I missing something?

black fenders are a dime a dozen.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:06 pm

stratphobic wrote:
honeyiscool wrote:I really don't find straight black Jazz Basses ugly. Am I missing something?
black fenders are a dime a dozen.

because they look awesome. black on black is staple because it's rad.

stratphobic · Post by **stratphobic** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:09 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:
stratphobic wrote:
honeyiscool wrote:I really don't find straight black Jazz Basses ugly. Am I missing something?
black fenders are a dime a dozen.
because they look awesome. black on black is staple because it's rad.

i don't really mind black, but it's far from my color of choice

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:30 pm

honeyiscool wrote:I really don't find straight black Jazz Basses ugly. Am I missing something?

They are coming... black isn't an interesting colour, really, but it can look damn good.
Case in point:

my sexy bass

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:32 pm

No one said black on black is shit. But black on black with anaemic neck tint over all makes look like pooooooo. The whole thing looks like plastic

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:13 pm

stratphobic wrote:black fenders are a dime a dozen.

And I think most of them look closer to hot than not. Especially black on black with chrome hardware. One of the few color chioces that makes everything look nice. Boring? Yes. Ugly? I dunno.

Ankhanu wrote:my sexy bass

Is that Aerodyne? Hell of a bass if it is.

Dave wrote:No one said black on black is shit. But black on black with anaemic neck tint over all makes look like pooooooo. The whole thing looks like plastic

What's this anaemic neck tint you refer to? I'm curious.

The only Blacktops I've played are the Jaguar (which I thought was pretty shit) and I have a Blacktop Strat neck which I think is rather lovely, despite the fact that I don't like glossy maple necks as a principle.

I hope they introduce some other colors, though. One of the best things about the Blacktop lineup is that they have a fantastic array of colors.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:20 pm

honeyiscool wrote:
Ankhanu wrote:my sexy bass
Is that Aerodyne? Hell of a bass if it is.

Indeed so

I love it, but have been considering a pickup shift to SD Hot Jazz and Vintage P, but I've been considering this for years and haven't done it.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:30 pm

I like having a noiseless bridge pickup for PJ configurations. DiMarzio makes a good noiseless pickup.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:26 am

Black pickguard on black is awesome. There is nothing wrong with it, and nothing boring about it. I think it looks awesome, it's one of the few things that always seems to work, no matter how much it is used.