New Fender Mark Hoppus Sig on the way...

[wateroftyne]

Hi all

TBH, I don't really know who he is but his Fender sig bass has been rejigged. I kinda like the look of them. [url="http://www.pickrset.com/markhoppus/?p=1209"]More info here...[/url]

Edited December 18, 2009 by wateroftyne

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='688306' date='Dec 18 2009, 01:02 PM']Hi all

THB, I don't really know who he is but his Fender sig bass has been rejigged. I kinda like the look of them. [url="http://www.pickrset.com/markhoppus/?p=1209"]More info here...[/url]

[/quote]


I preferred his old ones, the colours were great,.

[WarPig]

eeww

but i reckon itll sound quite deep and punchy

Edited December 18, 2009 by WarPig

[NancyJohnson]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='688319' date='Dec 18 2009, 01:16 PM']I preferred his old ones, the colours were great,.[/quote]

+1

The black and rosewood version was a lovely looking bass. I don't like the transparent finishes one bit.
P

[EssentialTension]

Does the pickup have the E-A coils in the usual position and then the D-G coils moved above them nearer the neck? Or are the D-G coils where the E-A coils would have been relative to the neck? Looks to me as if the D-G coils are nearer the neck than the usual E-A position.

I'll stop now before I confuse myself.

[basshead56]

I have one of the original pink ones. love it!!!Don´t have another bass that sounds anything like it-even the Dirnt I modded to the same pup spec.
The pickup location and pickguard on this new one look very different. Read somewhere that he made similar mods to the one he actually uses. Think he reversed the pickups or something?
like the 70´s kind of headstock too.
Interested to hear what they sound like and how much more expensive they will become!

[Cat Burrito]

I saw these on the Fender website through Twitter (ahem!) earlier this week. They look ok to me but I don't think I'll be troubling the shops for one personally.

[Wil]

I like these. As far as I'm concerned that is the best way round to put a P pickup. I wish they had a better looking pickguard - where the jazz control plate would sit looks plain wrong. Love the seafoam green, though.

[ashevans09]

tbh i like both incarnations of his sig bass . Also reckon he's a vastly underrated bassist and producer but that's another can of worms...

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='ashevans09' post='688640' date='Dec 18 2009, 07:07 PM']tbh i like both incarnations of his sig bass . Also reckon he's a vastly underrated bassist and producer but that's another can of worms... [/quote]

That's a fact.

[cocco]

I really like this too, I always had a soft spot for the old one but could never bring myself to buy one.

[Tait]

i like them both, but i think they're aimed at different target markets. take the white one, for example. i'd much prefer the white with the black pickguard atm, but i expect if i was twenty years older (making me the same age as mark hoppus is now) i'd prefer the white with tort.

although at first the pickup placement looked really wrong to me, its growing on me now.

[markdavid]

[quote name='ashevans09' post='688640' date='Dec 18 2009, 07:07 PM']tbh i like both incarnations of his sig bass . Also reckon he's a vastly underrated bassist and producer but that's another can of worms... [/quote]

+1 , I love his tone

[ahpook]

[quote name='Wil' post='688404' date='Dec 18 2009, 02:49 PM']I like these. As far as I'm concerned that is the best way round to put a P pickup. I wish they had a better looking pickguard - where the jazz control plate would sit looks plain wrong. Love the seafoam green, though.[/quote]

plus the one...

if it had a more traditional metal jazz control plate...


and i know the p-pickup may sound better the 'wrong' way round...but it just looks odd to me !

[ashevans09]

These are actually really sexy basses, I like them alot.

[Tait]

[quote name='Wil' post='688404' date='Dec 18 2009, 02:49 PM']I wish they had a better looking pickguard - where the jazz control plate would sit looks plain wrong.[/quote]

see i'm the complete opposite, i much prefer the one piece pickguard, but only on the mark hoppus. i dont think i'd like it on a normal jazz, but it kinda makes the mark hoppus a bit more unique. i dunno why really, but i just think the one piece on the mark hoppus is really cool.