Garry Beers from INXS is making basses

[franzbassist]

 

[LukeFRC]

if you want to see the pickup switching he's got going on... 
https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09818389&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO2%26Sect2%3DHITOFF%26p%3D1%26u%3D%252Fnetahtml%252FPTO%252Fsearch-adv.htm%26r%3D19%26f%3DG%26l%3D50%26d%3DPTXT%26S1%3D(%2522beers%2522.AANM.)%26OS%3DAANM%2F%2522beers%2522%26RS%3DAANM%2F%2522beers%2522&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page

Edited December 10, 2021 by LukeFRC

[bassbiscuits]

They look nice 

[Bassfinger]

He keeps them hung up in the wardrobe.

[Old Horse Murphy]

Hmmm. They're hitting the spot for me. That Candy Tangerine one is lovely.
 

The only thing that's  a bit weird is the presenter's Lancashire/US accent. A bit like Phoenix Nights meets The Sopranos 

[Woodinblack]

I wonder why the 5 string pickup is so much further back than the 4 string pickup?

[Lfalex v1.1]

To give the B string more definition(?)

Just a guess...

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[Dazed]

Like the look of those and great to see at least some deviation and progression of yet another Fender clone. 
The pickup sounds interesting, same idea as the Sims Quad Coil Pickups?

[skidder652003]

5 hours ago, Bassfinger said:

He keeps them hung up in the wardrobe.

oooof!

[rubis]

Like the LPB one, what sort of price are they

[mr4stringz]

The disappointment that he’s not opened a brewery instead.

[jd56hawk]

Wow, and only $4,000?

[theplumber]

Does he make beer?

[Grassie]

I'd be more interested in buying just the pickup/electrics on their own.

[EBS_freak]

On face value, the Sims system looks better. Is this the start of a legal battle over patents?

 

Its all nonsense anywhere... it's just another take on a split coil - which is nothing out the ordinary. And the claim that the pickups act like a single coil, or a split P is nonsense, because the adjacent magnetic fields which have an influence on it's neighbouring in use coils, are not taken out of the equation.

Edited December 16, 2021 by EBS_freak

[Huge Hands]

I was really liking the look of the 5 string slab....and then he said the price.......

[LukeFRC]

1 hour ago, EBS_freak said:

On face value, the Sims system looks better. Is this the start of a legal battle over patents?

 

Its all nonsense anywhere... it's just another take on a split coil - which is nothing out the ordinary. And the claim that the pickups act like a single coil, or a split P is nonsense, because the adjacent magnetic fields which have an influence on it's neighbouring in use coils, are not taken out of the equation.

I did look at the patent and wonder which bit was actually patentable!
I'm not sure either a 4 coil pickup, or a blend control with push pull switch is! 

[Lfalex v1.1]

2 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

On face value, the Sims system looks better. Is this the start of a legal battle over patents?

 

Its all nonsense anywhere... it's just another take on a split coil - which is nothing out the ordinary. And the claim that the pickups act like a single coil, or a split P is nonsense, because the adjacent magnetic fields which have an influence on it's neighbouring in use coils, are not taken out of the equation.

Very true. And the persistent magnetic fields of said inactive parts of the circuit will still affect the strings, too. That'll also make it sound less like a single coil. 

[EBS_freak]

1 hour ago, LukeFRC said:

I did look at the patent and wonder which bit was actually patentable!
I'm not sure either a 4 coil pickup, or a blend control with push pull switch is! 

Very true. Not sure either. And you can't patent a circuit anyway. I'm not sure the Sims system is patentable either.

 

It's just a case of dropping coils - which is no different to splitting coils in a Les Paul.

 

And of course, dropping coils is only half the story. The windings of one half of a humbucker is not equivalent to a single coil. And lets not forget that a traditional single coil is not made up of two bobbins side by side... and a P is not spit coils like a humbucker, they semi overlap. And you need to drop the magnetic fields when not in use. You could even drop the coils by tapping them - but that's not a new concept either.

 

I get it - it's a one bass that tries to do it all. But for 4k, you could get a Stingray, a P and a J bass and get the real deal sounds. And of course, how many people REALLY keep swapping basses or pickup settings between tracks live? (Because if you do, you'll probably pee off the sound folk something rotten anyway).

 

It's kinda a novelty solution to a problem that doesn't exist.