Dazed

I’ve been listening to Thumpermonkey on and off for a couple of years. But It was only today I watched some of their videos on YouTube and discovered their bass player Sam Warren uses a Warwick Dolphin Broadneck 5 string. 😎

As far as Joe Dart and Vulfpeck go, I think they use this compression which gives a lot towards the time Joe gets. Having listened to demos of his signature Stingray played by others they still don’t nail Joes tone completely. I know some of that tone is in Joes hands too but that’s another discussion. https://goodhertz.com/vulf-comp/

The Leader Of The Starry Skies - Cardiacs

That’s an impressive looking beast. Lefay pickups? What is the black slot between the neck and pickups?

Any pics of it?

Well yeah, maybe not the standard but a standard option, precision, jazz, stingray or floating pickup but moving pickups seem to be looked at as a bit of a novelty, nice idea but….

Has anyone managed to trade a bass with one for sale in Japan? They all appear to offer trade ins but I wonder how that works in reality with international trades, duty etc.

It does look nice without a pickguard.

Is it fair to say this is all subjective, none is fact is it ?

I didn’t. That is a quote from Wood and Tronics website.

Tried the Ibanez ATK, lines up with a Stingray but nowhere near a Precision.

Often thought about that but I’ve not seen a system that I like that much. If they worked that well it would have become the standard. Wood and Tronics have a neat system, Variable Pickup Positioning all contained in a covered housing, without the usual holes left when the pick ups have moved position. THE VARIABLE PICKUPS POSITIONING SYSTEM Our breakthrough innovation for unprecedented tone flexibility. It is a fact that most bass players are not aware of the key importance of the bridge pickup’s location on the body. As strong as it might sound, it is not as much about the woods, or the type of pickups as it is indeed the bridge pickup’s position that decides the sonic fundamental of a bass. The V.P.P. device displaces the bridge pickup in four era-related spots: 1960s (Vintage) J-style, 1970s J-style, MusicMan, Alembic-style.

As has been discussed as many times as the chicken/egg evolution, I agree that an instrument is the sum of all its parts and when two identical basses can sound different from each, as they generally do, then replicating that sound with an all together different mix of parts is always going to be an approximation. As far as I can see, similar pickup characteristics, location, and construction will provide the majority of that sound, tone woods and the like must have a tiny bearing on the end result.

Just hacked a rough version on my iPhone

Going back to the pickup location/scale images. Has anyone seen one with fan fretted instruments? Any talented folk here able to add a couple into the mix. Ibanez 1006ms: Dingwall Super P 5:

Bassculture are on my list too thanks Hellzero.

Thanks @Hellzero I’m currently trawling the net looking at custom pickup builders. Seems that Rautia have stopped trading. ACG don’t sell their multicoil pickups separately.

I’m going to end up with a comedy looking spinal tap bass…..