Odd extremely short scale bass I found

[Bassassin]

1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

I'm confused! What's leather and what should be gold foil?

 

A 60s Japanese gold foil pickup, highly sought-after by proponents of lo-fi music who consider its inherent tendency for shrill, tinny audio, plus buzzing and microphonic squealing to be 'authentic' and somehow desirable qualities in a musical instrument:

 

 

70s Korean pickups based on a similar design and possessing similar 'musical' properties, presumably hailing from a culture where it was easier to source infill material from contemporary vehicle upholstery than from discarded fag packets.

 

 

I hope this helps. Seriously, I do.

[NikNik]

11 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

 

A 60s Japanese gold foil pickup, highly sought-after by proponents of lo-fi music who consider its inherent tendency for shrill, tinny audio, plus buzzing and microphonic squealing to be 'authentic' and somehow desirable qualities in a musical instrument:

 

 

70s Korean pickups based on a similar design and possessing similar 'musical' properties, presumably hailing from a culture where it was easier to source infill material from contemporary vehicle upholstery than from discarded fag packets.

 

 

I hope this helps. Seriously, I do.

At the risk of -  briefly - hijacking this thread, why leather? If they were attempting to emulate a GF pup? This is going to cause me an existential crisis.....

[Bassassin]

6 hours ago, NikNik said:

At the risk of -  briefly - hijacking this thread, why leather? If they were attempting to emulate a GF pup? This is going to cause me an existential crisis.....

 

A BC thread experiencing topic-drift? Shirley not!

 

Afraid I can't help - my speculation above is the best reason I can come up with!

[BigRedX]

@Bassassin Thank you. It all makes sense now. My lack of understanding compounded with my dyslexia wasn't helped by the fact that @NikNik had typed "pips" instead of "pickups"