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Post by thetragichero on Aug 6, 2011 9:54:44 GMT -5
i'm really digging fender's blacktops, and recently they've release both a pbass and jbass the pbass has two humbuckers (which look like two jbass single coils stuck together), and the jbass has two pbass pickups here's the colour pbass body i bought: ![]() davesguitar.com/data/davesguitar/commercelite/w1000_23520_09616.jpg [/img] and here's the jbass (they also come in black):  my though for the 'neck' pickup is to get a normal pbass pickguard and pickup, so you don't lose that classix sound, and keep the bridge humbucker also chose a mighty mite j-style maple/maple neck anyway, i'm liking that fender is putting out quality, easily modable guitars for a cheap price.... very different from gibson and their several thousand dollar robotiic guitars! |
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Post by newey on Aug 6, 2011 10:43:44 GMT -5
A J Bass with 2 P-bass HBs, and a P-bass with J-bass style SCs paired up?
Fender does continue to surprise me. These latest "factory-modded" models remind me of the "Pawnshop" series they introduced earlier this year- guitars that never were, unless you found a modded one in a pawnshop.
But I wonder about the appeal here to the legions of J- and P- bass fans. The 2 SC pickups, it seems to me, are a big part of the reason people buy a J-bass in the first place- are they going to buy a J with P pickups, even though there's 2 sets of 'em? And the opposite seems true of P-bass lovers . . .
Bass players in general (IMO) tend to be more conservative in their gear choices than guitarists, and less likely to pull out their collective wallets for the "next new thing".
As an example, while guitarists have their rabid Gibson and Fender factions, Gibson has never had an iconic bass model like either of the 2 Fender standard models, the J or the P. You'll see the odd EB player every so often- they stick out precisely because they don't play a Fender bass.
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Post by Yew on Aug 9, 2011 12:24:58 GMT -5
One of the other cool things about the EB is the 'Bloopy' tone (think during the solo to 'All right now' by free) Which is cool because its not a fender P-bass sound
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Post by thetragichero on Aug 9, 2011 13:18:51 GMT -5
since the jack is on the side, i'm thinking the 3-way selector switch should go in the middle hole of the pickguard?
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Post by roadtonever on Aug 9, 2011 13:58:18 GMT -5
You could put a 3-way there but I don't think you should straight away. Most like to turn down either/both volumes for a sweeter combined tone. The preferred resistive load between the pickups could can be added as preset at the pickup selector once that has been determined by reading the vol. pot/s, or so I've heard.
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Post by thetragichero on Aug 12, 2011 1:31:15 GMT -5
here's the pickguard roughly laid on still need to do a bit of routing so the pbass pickup will fit  |
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Post by newey on Aug 12, 2011 17:57:51 GMT -5
TTH-
+1 for being Nutzy enough to tear into a brand new model guitar when the factory paint's barely been cured!
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Post by cynical1 on Aug 12, 2011 18:07:24 GMT -5
Now, if you really want to go Nutz, keep the router out and take the original neck pickup and put it back in above your P-Bass pickup...giving you three pickups to assault the unsuspecting crowd with...
Muuahahahahaha....sorry, that just slipped out...
HTC1
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Post by thetragichero on Aug 12, 2011 19:11:24 GMT -5
i actually just bought the body from reliable fender... in the end, i'll have about as much in it as with the stock model off the shelf, but it'll have that pbass pickup (which i feel is ESSENTIAL), and an all maple jazz bass neck... so i get what i want for about the same cost as new
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