Basses with neck pickups

[thisnameistaken]

OK so the old Gibson basses had a pickup up by the neck, and I've seen the Billy Sheehan sigs do too, but I wondered what other basses have a pickup in that position.

I guess Rics count. And there was that PRS three-coil bass. Any others?

[Beedster]

I'm a great neck PUP fan, the neck PUPs on my two basses - a 4003FL and a Sabre - both get more use than the bridge PUPs

[iconic]

[b]Yamaha BB714BS[/b]

[b]And my Squier VM TB has one of the hotest pups and best necks I've ever had my hands on![/b]

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[neepheid]

Guild B302/402 series:



Godin Shifter:

[stoker]

My Hoyer has a neck p/up.

[neepheid]

Epiphone Rumblekat:



Epiphone Zenith bass (the Shadow Nanomag butted right up against the end of the fingerboard, doesn't get more "neck" than that

[thisnameistaken]

I'd forgotten about that Godin, I like the look of those.

[redstriper]

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1350991704' post='1845886']

[b]And my Squier VM TB has one of the hotest pups and best necks I've ever had my hands on![/b]

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I like the look of the Squier, is it a heavy or lightweight bass and does the bridge cause problems in setting the intonation?

[iconic]

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1350994151' post='1845930']
I like the look of the Squier, is it a heavy or lightweight bass and does the bridge cause problems in setting the intonation?
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Very light bass, surprisingly, looks like it should be a fatboy!.... by far & away the lighest of my bunch.

No probs with intonation from open to octave 12 fret on all the strings, I understand why you would ask, sharing saddles.

Good low action and the only bass where I haven't had to dress the nut down as I like it real low.

Beware, the OE Fender TB pup is so hot I have to wind down the amp's gain when plugging her in, frightening if I forget after coming from another bass, even an active....and this is after I have lowered the pup! These TB's seem real popular over the pond in the US, I have read that some fit a darkstar for more highs, for me the OE pup is all I'd ever need.

This is a real keeper, lovely looking thing, bit different & stonking value too.

Edited October 23, 2012 by iconic

[BigRedX]

Depends where the neck ends...

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On a more sensible note here's my Burns Sonic Bass:

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[Dingus]

Lakland Decade

[redstriper]

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1350996015' post='1845964']
Very light bass, surprisingly, looks like it should be a fatboy!.... by far & away the lighest of my bunch.
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Thanks, it sounds like my kinda thing and I need a lightweight bass.
There aren't many around now it's an older model and they seem to go for about £280 on line.
Some stores describe it as a Precision and others a Telecaster, which is a bit confusing and Fender call it a Precision, so I guess that's what it is?
[url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/products/vintage-modified-precision-bass-tb"]http://www.fender.com/en-GB/products/vintage-modified-precision-bass-tb[/url]
I presume it has a chunky Precision neck and I wonder how it compares to the new Fender modern player telecaster.

[iiipopes]

Oh, good Lord -- has noone bothered to mention the obvious yet: Hofner basses, especially the 500/1?

Harmony also has one.

[Shaggy]

The biggest and baddest of neck 'buckers.....

Ovation Magnum

[Beedster]

[quote name='Shaggy' timestamp='1351020617' post='1846357']
The biggest and baddest of neck 'buckers.....

Ovation Magnum
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Greg, you have the best taste in basses of anyone I know. I am moving to Wales in two weeks and will be regularly driving past Swansea, you've been warned. That Magnum has been on my 'watch list' for a long time

[Schnozzalee]

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1351021082' post='1846366']
Greg, you have the best taste in basses of anyone I know. I am moving to Wales in two weeks and will be regularly driving past Swansea, you've been warned. That Magnum has been on my 'watch list' for a long time
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That he does, I couldn't find a Magnum in decent condition after 6 months of hunting . What a tone

[BassTractor]

Does this Big Al count? I have no idea.



best,
bert

[Shaggy]

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1351021082' post='1846366']


Greg, you have the best taste in basses of anyone I know. I am moving to Wales in two weeks and will be regularly driving past Swansea, you've been warned. That Magnum has been on my 'watch list' for a long time
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Hehe, swap for the DB??? hope you bought those waterproofs Chris.....

Forgot the Travis Bean

[keeponehandloose]

The Magnum is a pickup on a stick! Missed one on ebay recently, went around £900.
They really should make them again.

[iiipopes]

[quote name='Shaggy' timestamp='1351020617' post='1846357']
The biggest and baddest of neck 'buckers.....

Ovation Magnum
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The Ovation Magnum pickup is actually four discrete coils, one for each string, wired together.

[matski]

There's also the Status Vintage P...

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[kurosawa]

Hofners, many Voxes, Epi Wilshire & Newport, Gibbo Ripper, Bass VI, Mosrite, Travis Bean, Kramer aluminum neck (some).

Edited October 25, 2012 by kurosawa

[GregBass]

Back in the late 60s I had an old Egmond Lucky 6 which had a single pickup that was actually screwed to the neck rather than the body!

[krysh]

Guild JS-1:


GUild JS-2:


Guild M-85:


Guild Starfire-1:


Guild Starfire 2:


and
alembics epic and orion...

[molan]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1350993800' post='1845923']
I'd forgotten about that Godin, I like the look of those.
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I've played the PJ configuration ones and thought they were very nice. Stupidly good value for a Canadian built bass. Store price is between £750 & £850 for the 2 pickup version.

The 5 string ones will be in the country soon as well