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inverted pickup ? wat.

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Saw this a while ago. I like it.

O WOW UPSIDE PICKUP THATS SO PUNK

UP THE PUNX

I dunno if I like it. Looks classy, but ugly.

I think it's gonna sound like shit compared to a regular P-Bass. And basses really need volume and tone pots as well.

They sure look weird but I kind of like them. Would want a tone control though.

god damn that's pretty. i want trans bubble gum pank.

Stupid.

Would be way cooler with a Jazz neck.


I assume that this one has a P neck because the last ones did but I don't really know.

I was very tempted to buy one of these until I found out it had a P neck.

The inverted pickup probably works quite well for their sound. It looks odd because the angle of it goes against the dominant angles of the pickguard and body, and of course mostly because we're used to seeing it the other way around. Shame on those who are willing to try something even slightly different.

they're really nice guitars but the neck is too big that i couldn't play it comfortably. coolest basses fender has out.

i'd kill for a shortscale one, and would be in project mode if rondo hadn't started in with ye olden gashstocks.

Inverted pickups makes tons of sense.

i like the finish

I like the finish and the inverted pickup really isn't that weird of an idea. Every other company that has used p-style pickups in their basses except for Fender has done it and it sounds pretty good. It makes sense too. It adds beef to the top 2 strings. My brother has one of the older hoppus basses and even with out the tone knob the 1/4 pound sounds pretty much just like the one in my MIM jazz that has a tone knob. I play with the tone all the way up anyway, so it basically gets that sound.

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.

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.

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 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.

fuck a tone knob.


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Billy3000 wrote:

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 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.

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.

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.