Mark Hoppus bass...

[NancyJohnson]

58 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

Yep that wiring is a nightmare - building a JJ one for my brother after refurbishing a body, and there is no way I am doing all the wiring!

Found a decent work around though to get some functionality and not change the looks too much

Thing is, I've always tended to play with everything full on/open, so all I'd probably end up doing is find the best sounding switching set up and leave it as is; I know a PJ pickup set up works well enough...I rarely mess with tone controls, so I guess if I did go with a Jaguar, it would be one of the simple ones. 

[Leonard Smalls]

I'd never join a band who specified:

1) what notes I should play

2) what type of bass I should play

3) which clothes I should wear

I want to be free to make my own choices about what sort of eejit I look and sound like!

[Cuzzie]

Agreed

Mine will be simples - i’ll Put in the plates and dials for ‘The Look’ butbthey will all be dummy.

I’ll fit in a stacked Vol/Vol made by Nol electronics (they also do a stacked vol/blend) and a tone styler duo six.

Means that I don’t need to alter the cavity and can use the existing plate 2 holes

[Davo-London]

Honestly, just borrow a Precision from a mate.  They'll be chuffed.

I'll lend you one.  Where do you live?

Peace

Davo

[Davo-London]

If you're asked to play a Fender, they mean a Precision.  

Davo

[DrBike]

Someone is selling one on Facebook Marketplace, not sure if its the colour you seek 

[NancyJohnson]

40 minutes ago, Davo-London said:

Honestly, just borrow a Precision from a mate.  They'll be chuffed.

I'll lend you one.  Where do you live?

Peace

Davo

The guitarist has a couple of Precisions...if nothing suitable turns up in the next month, then I'll use one of his or my Aria.

Thanks for the offer!

[Davo-London]

You are most welcome.  Maybe I can tempt you with a sonic blue 1966 Precision?

Davo

[NancyJohnson]

39 minutes ago, Davo-London said:

You are most welcome.  Maybe I can tempt you with a sonic blue 1966 Precision?

Davo

Blimey.  I'd be scared to ding it.  Dinging is my thing...

[NancyJohnson]

[Davo-London]

Me too

Wait a minute, you've got a P?

 

Davo

[NancyJohnson]

2 hours ago, Davo-London said:

Me too

Wait a minute, you've got a P?

Davo

Errr, yes and no.  It's a 1978 Aria Primary, but to be honest it's a country mile better than the '79 Fender that I owned for years.  There's links elsewhere. 

[Graham]

10 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

Love that bass, was one of my favourites in the blind test at last year's SEBB

[Thunderpaws]

What about a Nate Mendel P? Similar pickups I think to the Mark Hoppus and has a slim neck too. 

[Thunderpaws]

Here’s a hoppus on eBay...

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/192640270736?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&itemid=192640270736&targetid=602114963966&device=m&adtype=pla&googleloc=1007305&poi=&campaignid=1669190315&adgroupid=67214009920&rlsatarget=pla-602114963966&abcId=1063846&merchantid=6995734&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw7OvzLyL4wIVCbLtCh05dA5AEAQYASABEgJe0_D_BwE

[Icunningham]

I have both the old model and new model and I eventually will make another from parts. Safe to say I love them. I prefer the sound of the older model as it’s more to my taste. It’s a bit brighter in my opinion 

[NancyJohnson]

Just by way of curiosity, and bridge pickup routing aside, does anyone know whether the Hoppus scratchplate fits and covers the routs on a regular Jazz bass body?

[NancyJohnson]

Scratch that.  It does.  I found a Jazz to Hoppus body conversion online.  The guy filled the bridge pickup rout with resin.  Genius!

[smudge9000]

I own a mk2 in blonde and absolutely love it.

It has such a brilliant sound and I love the simplicity of only having a volume knob. I never touch and EQ controls on a guitar while playing anyway.

I highly recommend one. It is a very well made bass. I had a mk1 years back and that was equally as good, just the pickup config now may suit a different playing style.