Well i just had a brainwave, with the small size of classic style single coil p bass pick ups, couldnt you get a bass body, route it for three of them, the middle being angled, and it would turn out like a stratocaster of the bass world? , possibly with slight variations on the pick ups like a hot, vintage and quarter pounder from seymour duncan (who else? hehe) and use the pick up selector switch for all three, bridge, middle, neck, and whatever the fifth one usually is? any thoughts?
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For some reason, a lot of bass players tend to prefer one pickup or two pickup designs. J Bass or P Bass styling the preferred styles.
Start adding a 3rd pickup and/or switches and a lot of bass players shy away from the instrument. Dunno why, just stating my observations. :dontknow:
Start adding a 3rd pickup and/or switches and a lot of bass players shy away from the instrument. Dunno why, just stating my observations. :dontknow:
haha yeah i know, well being a bassist myself i know of only one working occurance of a three pick up bass, and thats the stu hamm ones by fender, but with them being stu hamm im not surprised 
haha,
but yeah, well it was just a brainwave i had, and a excuse to put a poll up, so answers please? haha.
well if i could find somewhere that would rout the third pick up slot between them, i would take it upon myself to actually put this to the test, just as a one off experiment, that i would use considering there would be good pick ups and the works, alot of music i listen to was done when they were still being used alot i believe, so the slight differences in hot, vintage and quarter pounder would be interesting to hear all together and seperately, on the same thing,
ive been wanting to do a warmoth project for a while now, something i could definately use, but being clever about it i could use that.
haha, but yeah, well it was just a brainwave i had, and a excuse to put a poll up, so answers please? haha.
well if i could find somewhere that would rout the third pick up slot between them, i would take it upon myself to actually put this to the test, just as a one off experiment, that i would use considering there would be good pick ups and the works, alot of music i listen to was done when they were still being used alot i believe, so the slight differences in hot, vintage and quarter pounder would be interesting to hear all together and seperately, on the same thing,
ive been wanting to do a warmoth project for a while now, something i could definately use, but being clever about it i could use that.
Ah my bad forgot about the music man one that does hehe, woops, but similar pick up idea but possibly with middle slanted hehe,
and well i didnt know how strats are wired, but as its not for a proper strat, but a prototype if i did this i would likely put it as i was thinking, but then for the fifth i would try and find out which combination of two of them i liked the best, say the bridge and neck, neck and middle or bridge and middle, and put that as the fifth one.
This is a completely experimental idea i had, and having looked at the pick up routing options on the bass body customizer warmoth couldnt rout for that as they only give single coil p bass as a neck option , looks like i may revert to buying the body and getting a luthier in england to route the pick ups, and the slot for the pick up selector, considering its only a brainwave, im putting alot of thought into this.
and well i didnt know how strats are wired, but as its not for a proper strat, but a prototype if i did this i would likely put it as i was thinking, but then for the fifth i would try and find out which combination of two of them i liked the best, say the bridge and neck, neck and middle or bridge and middle, and put that as the fifth one.
This is a completely experimental idea i had, and having looked at the pick up routing options on the bass body customizer warmoth couldnt rout for that as they only give single coil p bass as a neck option , looks like i may revert to buying the body and getting a luthier in england to route the pick ups, and the slot for the pick up selector, considering its only a brainwave, im putting alot of thought into this.
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JimBeed said:
They do custom pickup locations for a $45 upcharge.
They do not, however, offer a blade switch routing.
The pickup selector switch is an absolute PITA to do by hand btw.
I had my luthier route for a 3 way pickup selector switch on my Jazz bass. He said it was significantly difficult work to do, given the wood needs to recess down to pickguard-thickness around the switch area.
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The EBMM Big Al came to mind as far as pickup configuration goes, although the Big Al is significantly more versatile (and confusing) with it's switching.
For what it's worth, the double cutaway, comfort contoured P-Bass was the inspiration for the Strat.
For what it's worth, the double cutaway, comfort contoured P-Bass was the inspiration for the Strat.
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line6man said:The pickup selector switch is an absolute PITA to do by hand btw.
I had my luthier route for a 3 way pickup selector switch on my Jazz bass. He said it was significantly difficult work to do, given the wood needs to recess down to pickguard-thickness around the switch area.
I'm surprised you didn't use a rotary switch instead. I use these for my multi-pickup basses and they work very well.
In any case, here's another 3-pickup bass out there: the Clover Avenger series.
http://www.cloverbasses.com/index.php?id=9&bass=27
I don't know exactly how they have their wiring and switching set up, but I think they allow you to choose any of the three pickups alone, or use both the "bridge" and "sweet spot" pickups in serial and/or parallel mode.
I made a three-pickup Gecko a few months back, and posted about it here.
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=8406.0
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+1 to using a rotary switch, just requires a hole you could always drill yourself. Top route or rear route?
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tubby.twins said:line6man said:The pickup selector switch is an absolute PITA to do by hand btw.
I had my luthier route for a 3 way pickup selector switch on my Jazz bass. He said it was significantly difficult work to do, given the wood needs to recess down to pickguard-thickness around the switch area.
I'm surprised you didn't use a rotary switch instead. I use these for my multi-pickup basses and they work very well.
In any case, here's another 3-pickup bass out there: the Clover Avenger series.
http://www.cloverbasses.com/index.php?id=9&bass=27
I don't know exactly how they have their wiring and switching set up, but I think they allow you to choose any of the three pickups alone, or use both the "bridge" and "sweet spot" pickups in serial and/or parallel mode.
I made a three-pickup Gecko a few months back, and posted about it here.
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=8406.0
Well, I'm kind of a Fender-purist/Anti-Gibson kind of guy, and I've always secretly wanted a bass with a pickup selector like on my Strat.
I went over the possibility of doing a Gibson style toggle, and I really couldn't find any way of making it fit visually anyways.
I think the blade switch looks really cool on the bass: (*Terrible picture though :doh
Here is another three-pickup bass: (The Fender Stu Hamm URGE Bass.)
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I like the blade switch instead of a rotary switch.
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Line6man,
Did you specifically call Warmoth and ask about getting a blade switch on a Jazz/Precision body rear route?
Did you specifically call Warmoth and ask about getting a blade switch on a Jazz/Precision body rear route?
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stubhead said:
It was off TalkBass, but hey, I just googled them up and look what I found:
http://www.landingbass.com/
Those Landing Bass guys could potentially make a pile of money, if their quality is right. $1300 or so for a U.S. made bass? I wonder if Warmoth or USA Custom is supplying the blanks, hmmm? People have been hankering for decent short and medium scale basses for decades. Except for crap-o-la Fender Mustang reissues, crap-o-la Ampeg plexis, crap-o-la Hofners and $5,000 Alembics, there's nothing out there. It's certainly well known that shorter scales work fine (Bill Wyman, Paul McCartney, Stanley Clarke, ummm, you've heard of the Rolling Stones & the Beatles?) You just have to use medium strings, slightly higher action and twiddle your amp knobs a bit. I hope they do well. That Fender Stu Hamm bass was originally also a 32" scale, but for $2,200 or so, and now the new Fenders are long scale. This is a "well, duh" moment, here. On average, bass players are significantly more adventurous than guitar players, anyway.
http://www.landingbass.com/New%20Main%20Page.html
Well, duh.... :hello2:
Edit - i just poked around their website, and they don't have any stock basses for sale - because he's selling them as fast as he can make them. Hey - Warmoth! Gee I wonder if anybody's ever added up all the "short-scale bass" comments in the suggestion box. :icon_scratch:
http://www.landingbass.com/New%20Main%20Page.html
Well, duh.... :hello2:
Edit - i just poked around their website, and they don't have any stock basses for sale - because he's selling them as fast as he can make them. Hey - Warmoth! Gee I wonder if anybody's ever added up all the "short-scale bass" comments in the suggestion box. :icon_scratch:
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Well, I'm really bugged that they only offer their basses in short scale.stubhead said:
I like some of these basses, but I'm a long scale guy, and the only one they do in 34" is more-or-less a standard Jazz bass. :sad:
Also, what the hell is the deal with the $150 upcharge for fretless? :icon_scratch:
Fretless should be cheaper if anything. No fretwork or inlay work to deal with.
Aside from that, those are really cool basses.
