Tribe P3 Bass Review - Is three pickups too many? - LowEndLobster Review
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
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EDIT: These are designed and engineered in Switzerland, but actually built in South Korea. There isn't really any indication of the country of manufacturer. I've already reached out to Tribe and mentioned this and that they should really be more up front about this.
Hey everyone! Today we're reviewing the Tribe P3 triple P bass from Tribe Guitars out of Switzerland. Featuring a beautiful matte white body housing THREE... yes, three alnico precision pickups, this is a very unorthodox offering. However, is three pickups the secret sauce or tonal overkill? Let's find out!
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It's birdeye maple - singular.
LMAO XD
Just what I'd expect from Eric Johnson, guitar virtuoso *harrumph*
It has a pretty decent tone.I’ve always liked the sound of 2 P Bass pickups together esp when the bridge one is reversed
@@thesnapperkeeper I was literally just also watching the James Lomenzo Gear video - I almost ran it up to the time code and dropped a link here. It's actually John Entwhistle and Billy Sheehan's fault lol
plus the buzzard bass lol
I love how you try all sorts of less known brands
Thank you! :)
I'm all about the underdog basses, too. Some of the best kept secrets.
I'm surprised basses with a P moved back toward the bridge aren't more popular. It's a unique sound.
Indeed! I think my FGN Mighty Power does the multi-p thing better with two pickups. The Bridge one sounds great on that as well
True, and I really like it. I heard it first on the Fender jazz bass blacktop - it's a J with P pickups in the place of the J pickups
I think I'd rather have 2 P-pickups than a PJ configuration.
If a bass has two precision pickups can we call it a peepee baas? 🤔
The two pee instead of tou pee
and when you write out the pickup config for this one it's actually
peepeepee bass
resolve that however you like
Or better yet, 2 MM's and 1 P.
"Mmmmm, pee"
@@VocasoGK aka Golden Shower. LOL
LMAOOOOO
what cruel cruel man had this crazy idea, and then decided to not allow all three pickups at once
Truth! Tomorrow we will see a different 3 pickup bass executed much more elegantly
great review, being consistent in what you are playing through the different settings really gives you a good idea of how this sounds. cant believe that is not a given on 99% of instrument reviews
Thank you! It's kind of a 'you can't please everyone' kinda thing. Some folks want me to play different and more complex stuff, some want it simpler, some want differing riffs, others want em consistent. I went for consistently because that's one of the pillars of the channel, I try to be as consistent as possible with my reviews and other sorts of videos. Thank you for the thoughtful comment
With three stacked vol/tone knobs this could be a Swiss Army knife of basses. I'd love one! 👍
I would actually go for a standard double pickup of both the P and J interleaved in their normal positions and cram a super hot minibucker in the neck if a full size won't fit and screw it all the way down you you can fuggin slap right
This bass is not routed for that lol
but since they gave you the pickups, you can learn how to reconfigure such a thing for when the platform hits the mark a little tighter.
Also, I'll remind people that Warmoth and other companies will literally custom route your body included in price of the part. No upcharge, not if you're a good/smart company that people want to do business with. For 1000 euros you can buy a lot of great parts if you're going to tear this thing apart. Some of the parts companies will even help you figure out the right routing for your config - remember, they're enthusiasts too, at least the people working in the factory are. Warmoth, *everyone* is an enthusiast. I have an original Boogie Bodies on my late 70's fretless p bass and it's amazing. Then again, it's zebrawood so it's a unique experience that doesn't take any of the sauce off the bass while adding some clarity (and like 12 lbs thanks lol)
@@russellzauner I think the bridge P on this one would sound great dialled in just a little to add bite to to either or both of the other two, individual volume controls would be way better than the current 100% on or off switching
Also a J bridge p/u might add hum
I was thinking the same! Or even a Pre-amp with a 3 way EQ and 3 volume stacked.
Thanks Martin! Agreed, a better control layout would make this way better
I wanted to like it a lot, one of my grail basses is a BC Rich mockingbird with 2 p-bass pickups. Those are beautiful and sound amazing from what I've seen.
I love your reviews, we always get your honest opinion and plenty of information
Thank you golfboy!
It's kind of like a Stratocaster bass.
They have a sig bass that is literally the cowboy tele bass knockoff lol
the Reverend Triad is more like a stratocaster bass cause it has the same strat style 5 way switch but with three single coils
Indeed! I have a custom strat from D. Taylor that I like much more than this haha
P-Bass pickups are humbuckers. If it had three J pickups then it would be a Strat-bass. This is more of an 80s "Superstrat bass."
A G&L Strat, with the "Z" pickups ;)
Great review as always! Positions 3 and 4 seem solid and totally usable. To me, the other (fairly insane) qualities of this bass are conversation starters and provide a unique and lightweight way to stand out from the crowd.
Thanks Chris! Indeed this is definitely a unique instrument that will leave people with questions hahaha
Lobster,.. We respect your reviews because they are just plain "Honest" ! Thanks for keepin' it real Bro !! ;)
Thanks Funkyangel :)
Keep on rocking louder and betterrrr!
Dude does AMAZING bass reviews AND wears a rubber lobster claw... I've never subbed so fast. Great videos!
Thanks Andrew! Welcome aboard!
Nice review as always 😍
Thank you Ej!
You could add a "free-way" blade switch which can give you either 6 or 10 combinations depending on the switch you buy.
Interesting. I've never heard of that switch. Will look into it!
I was just checking out Tribe based on the recommendation of daveonbass from Talkbass (who appears in this video). They look nice! I came close to ordering the five-string headless. I really like the sound of the P3 a lot. This review was helpful and interesting as always. Great job, Lobster!!
Thank you Sam!
It does have a great P bass tone, not surprisingly. But the ability to play all 3 at once with separate volume for each would have been awesome.
Should've lose the 5 way pickup switch ,replaced them with two 3way toggle switches. One for neck and bridge ,the other switch just for middle piçkup,off,on with other pickups or on alone😅
Should've lose the 5 way pickup switch ,replaced them with two 3way toggle switches. One for neck and bridge ,the other switch just for middle piçkup,off,on with other pickups or on alone😅
Right, that’s it, I’m off to get my luthier friend to build me a 4 P pup bass, with individual tone and volume controls for each pickup!!
4 stacked pots!
@@JustSnowglow 3x stacked vol/tone 👍
Stacks for days! ;P
Is it finished yet?
I agree.. Reverse that bridge P and it would be more usable. I’ve got 2 dual P basses, both w/ V/V/T controls, and that’s what this bass needs... 3 volumes.
Great review, as usual!
Thanks Joseph!
This would be so much better with the coil configuration reversed to have the E and A coil closer to the bridge, especially on that bridge pickup. Personally, I would like them swaped it on all 3 pickups. Also, a trio of stacked pots with a volume and tone for each pickup would have been nice. The only reason I really see for having that neck pickup in the mudbucker position is to blend it in a little to make it sound Phat. Yeah, with a capital P.
Thanks Bizi! I agree!
Position 4 has a killer slap tone!!! Nice one Lobster. I feel you were a little let down by some of the issues with the Tribe. Great review, as always.
Thanks Ryan! Yes, this was a really cool instrument that just feels a bit unfinished. Not a terrible instrument, but one that needs just a little more somethin-somethin to be great (string ferrules, more controls)
Godin made this Shifter Bass a few years back. It consisted of 3 single coils with similar placement. It had a 5-way switch which allowed for bridge, bridge+center, center, bridge+neck, center+neck. You could run the neck pickup isolated by selecting position 1 and then pull the tone knob (it is a push pull knob). It is a cool bass.
I think Godin is getting ready to release a 7 string tenor guitar and already has a couple of the 5 string basses of my desire (it's HARD to find a good acoustic/hollow/semi bass that sounds good in more than just a couple applications as well as being very comfortable to play). Godin is a SUPER underrated company. "built in canada" is not an insult.
I really want to try some Godins. It's been a loooong time.
It is a really nice company, I guess. I actually own a Shifter Bass, which is strung with flats, it sounds really cool and its construction is great. I would love to try out an A4/A5 fretless with flatwound strings and a mute. I think it would get as close to an upright as you can provably can with an acoustic. Don't know much about others models...
Holy crap, I LOVE this bass...it sounds RIGHTEOUS!
Thanks bflo! :)
The Godin Shifter is also a 3 pickups bass that offers 6 options by having a push/pull tone knob, and different pickups combination that I think I'd prefer over the Tribe. @lowendlobster I share your say on the reversed pickups. All P basses should be reversed!! LOL
I really want to check one of those out!
Wow veeery cool configuration!
Thanks Krodan!
Nice! I humbly request a review of the Spector Bantam 4.
Thanks Moigle! I'll do my best to check one out in the future :)
I like it. I’ve always wanted to build a 3 pickup Precision (J/P/MB). Ronn Moss from Player had a really cool 3 pup bass that you can see in the “baby come back” video. Looks like a Precision Elite (though they weren’t in production until the 80s) but with a mudbucker installed at the neck. Pretty cool.
Sounds pretty cool, logo screams early 2000s nu metal
surprised Schecter and HLK passed on it
Sounds like my first tattoo... circa 2003... still need to get that covered up...
dOwN wItH tHa SiCkNeSs
IMHO a bit more like mid - late 2000s metal/ insert ____core aesthetics.
It sounds great, all 5 positions. Reminds me of the Godin Freeway 3 pickup, 5 string bass i once owned. Sounded great but could never get the action any lower than the height of the Golden Gate bridge. So it had to go. You should try one. Nice review. Shame the logo is so horrible . And no excuse for the nut and fret issues. Thanks Lobster.
Thanks Jean Paul!
I love the idea of this bass, I'd say it's kind of like Bootsy Collin's 5 jazz pickup space bass, but with precision pickups. Although, from a different builder (one that doesn't tell tall tales about the wood on the neck!), I think it would definitely be a lot better.
Some very nice sounds coming out of that beasty. Looks like a great platform for some passive mods (hint hint... :)
Thanks DW! Yeah not gonna mod this one ;P.
Can't say I really like the tone of the P pickup in either the bridge or neck positions. To me the ultimate 3 pickup setup would be a MM (with coil split) at the bridge, a P in the middle and a Gibson style mudbucker at the neck.
if you take any neck bucker and screw it all the way in you get room to slap. facts.
Thanks Chris! That would be an insane combo!
I have a custom p-bass with that exact setup.
Old comment, but John Myung from DT had a Stingray set up this way on their first album
geez 6.85k subs congrats
lol I saw a reactions channel I was checking out go from like 2k to 70k over the past year and that's CRAZY. be opportunistic, times of turmoil are also times of great opportunity and I mean the good kind.
Thanks Mando! Yeah man the growth is unreal! We're at 11 months, not even a full year yet!
@@LowEndLobster that's crazy! I was here before it hit 2k
@@LowEndLobster I was PretendMovieGaming and Sammy's bass lessons
I think that this was great demonstration as to why most bass designers don’t put a pickup so far from the bridge. The sound is not tight, more muddy.
Thanks David!
I don’t think it’s something that I would be interested in personally, but as a big fan of dual P configuration I really admire their novel approach.(emphasis on “novel” as in “novelty “)
Gotta have the reverse Ps though. They make a noticeable (and superior) difference to me when reversed.
Love the white with matching headstock. The contrasting color is Very “Spy vs. Spy”
It won’t be replacing my Musicman anytime soon but I appreciate your review.
Thanks Lhaley! Agreed, gotta reverse the P's!
Love block inlays and hate neck binding so this is perfect.
Thanks Chris!
It’s quite well crafted in my opinion... sounds like an “anabolic P-Bass”.
Not a big deal for 1.150 euros as new... no preamp, no branded hardware parts.
Anyway, for P-Lovers could be a versatile option but I’m not so sure that P-Lovers are versatile as well :-)
Great Review as usual.
Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹
Thank you Alberto!
Three P pickups? That sounds like something a teenager would design on the back of an exercise book in class :)
LOL! You made me think back to high-school days when I first discovered warmoth (mid 2000's). I remember wanting to make a bass with J pickups, a P, and an MM because more is better.... right? XD I'm glad I've grown up a little (but not too much!)
Nice sounding bass, although I'd love to see a neck and bridge combination, I think that'd sound really interesting
That would be a BC rich sound I think
@@Liminal.Headspace I think they were going for the BC Rich double p sound in the setting they gave but they moved all the pickups around so none of the tones sounded like I really wanted them to. I'd have to rewire the whole thing and even then I am dubious about the frequency response of the locations compared to where we are used to them being and I think the demo pretty much played that out. It sounds *similar* but we're always left with something that's says we gotta fiddle with it outside of our tinkering nature
Thanks I Am The Bass! Yeah, there was a major missed opportunity not having more pickup combos. People want (good) options!
I've been thinking, to make it easier to slap, the guys at tribe can hide the front p pickup under the pickguard, like on the fender brad paisley signature tele where the neck pickup is under the pickguard, or have it flush to the pickguard, and awesome review!
Thanks Francisco!
That's an interesting one. I'd prefer to have 3 volume knobs instead.
Great review once again!
Thanks B@ssiCS!
that's actually the best answer I've heard. A single stacked triple? Best way to use this bass without gutting and replumbing the whole thing...find the right pass caps you like and hardwire em in. I guess that's a awkward way of saying find the voices you like in each pickup and solder those caps or whatever makes that tone in, then use the volumes for each pickup to blend.
Hardwire it for max thump and then name it Triple Thump. TRIPLE WRECKS!!!! lol
@@russellzauner Why not 3x vol/tone stacked pots? Haha
If that's even possible, that would be a fun option imho.
to have more option you could install a freeway switch for strats. This way it should be possible to hear all trhee pickups together plus some different combination including a DOUBLE P HUMBUCKER *read it with the FINISH HIM voice from mortal Kombat*. Great channel
Thanks Wadirum!
Nicely designed bass, logo on the headstock cheapens the overall look of the bass.
One P- bass pickup is sufficient, wonder what a selector switch on one or two P- bass pickups would sound like!
Thanks Ralph!
Nice pickups! Some really
nice tones. Shame about the fit and finish issues.
LEL seemed apologetic on behalf of Switzerland for most of the episode. It was funny and disappointing at the same time.
"fit and finish issues" are not what's expected from the stereotype of Swiss design/manufacturing.
I'm actually a quarter Swiss hahaha. I really expected more from the land of watchmakers. The other thing that came to light after this came out is the origin of manufacture. There's 0 info on the instrument itself or the website. These are actually MIK and designed in Switzerland, and there's no info on who is manufacturing them.... I don't like that. I appreciate when companies are honest and transparent about the origins of their instruments, and thus far I have not seen that from Tribe.
It would be a great bass, if it wasnt so expensive
Position 2 and 4 are dope. Bridge pickup is pretty nasal, but not bad. I'd be happy with just 2, 3, and 4.
Indeed, I wish they employed a better pickup control system for more combos (like the dingwall switch!)
I always wonder how a Pbass pickup would sound in bridge and neck position... the 2 and 4 positions adds a thinner sound between a jazz and a pbass (great for slap), very interesting bass. Personally, I would love a jazz body with 2 pbass pickups, 1 bridge, 1 middle, 2 volumes and 1 tone. (let's call it the Jazz precision) Great demo !
Thank you Vince!
It exists! It's called the Fender blacktop jazz bass :)
Position five has that Jaydee bridge pickup tone. The Jaydee pickups are comprised of mounting a miniature set of p-bass pickups into a large wooden cover.
I'm sure you should be able to wire the electronics to get an "all-three" sound, but you'd lose your middle P position, so you may need a custom switch for that.
This thing has lots of tone, can't imagine what a 5-stringer would be like with this configuration and 24 frets.
And here's position 4 *meow~*
Strat guys will add a switch/push-pull pot that turns on the neck pickup. You can keep all the standard 5way switching and add neck and bridge or all three pickup combos
at 24 frets you'd have to push back the neck pup a bit... As to the full pup selection, you could take away the 5-way switch and add 2 blend pots, the first pot takes the Neck and Mid pups and that feeds the second blend along with the bridge. Might be hard to visualize but you could dial a blend of all three pups in any combination...
Yeah simple mod with a mini-toggle. Done all the time on strats.
Thanks Jack! Indeed, Position 4 is the cat's meow :)
I have an old (no idea how old, but may be 60s or 70s, no newer than 80s) one-off unbranded bass that I repaired and modded, I gave it 3 P bass pickups, each just with a volume knob, but no tone knob as for me P bass pickups are dark already. As I can dial out whichever I want to a variable extent. Even if I consider only 3 options for each pickup: off, around 50%, full on, I have some 19 options:
3 x only 1 full on
3 x only 1 off, other 2 full on
6 x only 1 off, other 2 on but 1 of them held back to around 50%
1 x all 3 full on
3 x all 3 on, 1 held back to 50%
3 x all 3 on, only 1 full on but the other 2 on 50%
That's about all the tonal variety I may want.
Interesting bass. I agree that it would be nice to have all three pickups available at the same time. in fact, all the minus points you had are the ones that niggle me with any bass - especially with the nut and fret-ends. Nonetheless - in interesting and nice sounding bass. Position 2 screams Billy Sheehan.
Thanks Chris!
French bassist "Shob" has been playing some signature Tribe basses lately...just a little different than this.
Agreed...one should be able to use all three p/ups together!!
Yeah the one with two 51 precision pickups. Very interesting combination
Indeed, those are interesting - and the necks are actually roasted ahaha
Yeah would defiantly question the birdseye... Roasted though I know depending on the maple come out different colours... I refer here to the kiesel roasted maple gate last year.
Thanks Nick! Funny enough, there's other basses on Tribe's site with actual roasted maple necks and the difference is very apparent.
Precision bass everywhere!!!
You get a P pickup and you get a P pickup! EveryonegetsaPpickuppppppppp!
It's a bass for stratocaster players (guitarists), almost the same controls
Interesting bass.John Lodge has a P Bass with 3 P Bass pickups.I don’t think he has used in a while but it looks like he took an 80’s Fender Elite Series and added a neck pickup to the 2 pickups already in the bass.
Thanks njtguy! I'll have to check that out, sounds interesting!
I agree about the bridge pickup should be reversed or maybe a J pickup, sounds too "farty". Interesting bass thanks 🦞
Should leave if but use that switch select as all three at once, instead of 1 bridge set
Agreed, lots of missed opportunities here
The Tribe Company Is in the Italian side of Switzerland ,the Boss speaks Italian perfectly .Instruments made in korea , projects and set up in CH .
Thanks Massimo! I've spoken to Davide a little bit but didn't discuss where theses were made. I've heard that they're made in Korea after doing this vid, and I wish they'd be more up front about that. There's nothing from what I see on the website (which is already a bit... inaccurate IMO), which is disappointing. The constant mention of "Swiss" makes the consumer believe that these are Swiss made.
Great sound. I hear ya about the clicking, I don't dig that either.
Thanks Johnny!
Ive always liked the idea of multiple P pickup basses. This one would work with some setup and some electronics mods...but the price would need to be way lower to justify. How about other multiple P basses? This review does suggest a cool custom project someday....
Thanks sc ke! The only other multi P that I can think of which I have reviewed is the FGN Mighty Power... and that's one of my most favorite basses
Dude, was that the Song of Time? Amazing, lol.
Indeed :) thank you!
Positions 2 and 4 are a good selling point. They sound exceptional. Do a UA-cam on the Gibson Grabber G3, please.
I actually just scored a really sweet Epiphone Ripper PJ, that'll be fun!
Something like the Gilmour mod for strats could get all three pickups at once
Indeed, though that should be stock at this price!
Love the chewing face while playing. Nice video
Thanks Enzo!
If they did away with the toggle and went with 3 concentric volume/tone pots it'd not only make more sense it would open up every tonal possibility that bass could produce.
Agreed! The controls are definitely lackluster and there are so many better possibilities
@@LowEndLobster I'm surprised that this wasn't realized in the development stage for a passively bass, it's literally the FIRST thing I would have suggested, as a player myself it's number one on my list of sonic availability of an instrument when looking into an instrument and what it has to bring to the table. Off the top of the dome a passive can do much more than expected given the current state of tech, over 60 years and electronics wise it's been stagnant for the most part.
This is interesting, but more from the viewpoint of if I were building something like this, what would I keep and what would I do different. It does provoke some thought along those lines.
Indeed! We'll be checking out another 3 pickup bass on Thursday that does it a bit better ;)
I do like that all 5 options do sound distinct. Could you make up some of the difference with the tone knob? Probably, but if the switch weren't so "clicky" it would be a nice way to quickly adjust your tone w/o having to fiddle with a knob...
Thanks Kirt! Indeed, I dig the concept and the execution isn't awful, just feels a bit incomplete
I noticed this one was sold before the review, what determines if you keep one or not? I noticed the red Spector on reverb, I thought it would be a keeper?
Great question BP! I usually post after I've filmed or released a review. Keepers are usually determined by how much I like them and how rare they are. I take both factors into account. The U5 is a perfect example, stellar instrument that I greatly enjoyed but I could just snag another one if I wanted to. Red spector is a sweet bass as well (review already filmed, got a new EMG from EMG which greatly reduced the noise.) but I am much more partial to my Eurobolt. I also am totally running out of space and need to make room for the stuff coming in (there's a lot haha).
this thing slaps
:)
Really too bad they didn't do the mod for all 7 variations. I'd be really interested to hear what the bridge and neck together would sound like.
Thanks Bevin! I agree, this bass is screaming for more flexibility (and a quieter switch)!
@@LowEndLobster That's why I modded my bass with 3 pickups but with just separate volume knobs for each, no switch. I described it above.
It reminds me of a now defunct guitar brand named (I think) AXE Guitars . They made some promising looking guitars and basses (at a lower price) that just didn't deliver on the qc.
Thanks Egroeg!
The name is Axl Guitar
Back when I was still an EMG user, my favourite config was two 40P5’s. Does 3P = more? I was interested in this vid even before you started playing!
Nice! Bass!
That cat matches the bass colors~
LOL Yes
20:48 those are some nice licks!
Reverse P would be cool but it would make popping even harder with the Neck DG-side right up against the neck...
Truth!
I like Positions 2 and 4.
4 was my fave!
Hrmm... an interesting idea that doesn't really interest me very much. I do like the bridge+middle sound and I'd bet good money that the bridge+neck combo would be very usable as well.
In the guitar world, most of my strats are wired with either a blender put or a neck on/Gilmour mini toggle. Either of these allow the bridge and neck combo as well as all three. I rarely use all three pickups at the same time but the bridge+neck combo gets lots of use.
The biggest oversight for me is the lack of the properly finished nut. I bought a B stock Squier Bullet Tele for $119 last year and the nut was basically perfectly finished. For an instrument at nearly 10 times that proce, a sloppy nut is inexcusable.
I can look past fret sprout, though o don't love it but who know how long the bass was in shipping containers/warehouse/trucks... but the nut issue is due to poor craftsmanship, not storage.
Thanks CZ! Agreed on the nut. I have a LobsterChat with Jake Serek coming up, and we talk about sprout a little bit. Stuff like that is indicative of storage conditions as you said, but the nut is just not paying attention. Agree with you 100%!
Looks like someone beat me to the punch on making a 3-pickup p bass lol. I was going to add a EMG 60a in the neck position of my parts build PJ bass (which already has the EMG PJAX set in it) using a 5 way EMG strat switch. At least I can sorta get a rough idea of what it might sound like. 😎👍🎸🎶
That'd be siiick!
This thing sounds like a solid P. They should have used a jaguar three grouped mini switch for each pick-up on/off then a p/j three pot pick guard with a volume/tone stack for each and moved the jack to the side.
Thanks Kylitosan!
It's basically in a strat's wiring, so you could relatively easily add the common strat mod of a push/pull that adds the neck pickup to all positions (which makes position 1 into bridge and neck, and 2 into all together). I would have thought the most interesting combination for this pickup combo in a bass would be bridge + neck, which is unfortunately missing here the way they've wired it.
Seems kind of lazy and poorly thought out to just stick in a strat 5 way and call it a day, I agree with you that independent volumes would have been nice. There's all kinds of logical and intuitive/useful ways you could set up a control scheme for this bass, and the way they've done it isn't one of them
3 claws because there is no 2&1/2
Because it is a Swiss Made, it should carry that Swiss meticulous eye for detailed perfection. The Swiss are not sloppy even if they try.
So I won’t let that Swiss name be used in vain, they can do better, it’s I. Their DNA.
Great video👍🏽
So the origin of manufacturing was something that rubbed me the wrong way. Everything on the website and the verbiage used would indicate this instrument is swiss made, but it's actually made in Korea. There are no markings to indicate this however, nor is the brand or website forthcoming about this information. Thank you for the great comment my friend!
@@LowEndLobster my hunch told me that something was wrong. Thanks for the update LowEndLobster👍🏽
Is it me or is everyone else tired of every bass looking like a p bass. I want to see more designs lol
Yup! I even appreciate innovations with traditional designs (Valenti!), but a four bolt neck with a standard fender pocket and a P style body does not stand out, even with 3 pickups
Hi Lobster, what bass is easy to play for a beginner and has a great tone? Regardless of budget.
Thanks for the heart, nice of you but I'm 62, times running out! I realise you can't answer every stupid question.
Hey John! I just heart things to show that I've read em, I try to respond to every single comment :). The "regardless of budget" makes things a bit tough as there are many many many great basses out there. That being said, I was really impressed with the Donner P-Bass package that was $140-150 on Amazon, comes with a case and the bass is really solid out of the box. If you're looking to start out, that's definitely a solid choice that won't break the bank.
@@LowEndLobster Amazon Germany doesn't have the Donner P-Bass. I was actually thinking of something nice, 1000 to 1500 or more.
That bass is likely using an audio taper pot for the volume control. Sounds like you'd prefer a linear taper pot.
Yup! Thanks CZ!
if you want something similar to this one, but better build, try the " mighty power" from FGN ! hmmm swiss made bass...getting closer to germany here....i bet next one is a warwick or Sandberg 😉🤔....
lobster: always talking about the Tunas....but still no fish in his videos, just the mighty lobster claw! getting a bit confused here...😅
I agree...very similar!
You could call it the mighty mighty power.
I purchased FGNs mighty power after watching lobsters review and it's my favorite bass...so far!
Thanks Crusader and Field! I looooove my Mighty Power.... I had an accident with it a couple of months ago and it's currently getting some work done... All will be revealed soon :)
Wish they used switches for all three pickups instead of a 5-way, that way we could have all three pickups at once if we wanted it
Agreed!
I have seen videos/adds from them in the last months. I think they are trying to make themselves a place in the european market with an aggressive price for a handmade instrument.
But I think your thoughts after trying it are the same as I felt they will be. Good ideas, and ok instrument for the price, but some flaws you wont find in a mass produced base for that price.
Thanks Jorge! Exactly. It's not a bad bass and is a neat concept, however the execution could use a bit more attention to detail!
@@LowEndLobster If you are interested in this kind of 'handmade-not-so-expensive' basses, you should consider MARUSZCZYK (polish brand) they look quite nice and people seems to be happy with them (well, I must say a friend got dissapointed with the B string)
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please do a review on ibanez srms805. I'm planning to buy it
Thanks Djent! I have one here, just waiting on a B string for it :)
The tone with position 4 is where I'd live. Reminds me of a punchy and articulate P+J configuration. Very Yamaha-like! The volume pot taper is an issue though. Would I pay over $1K for this bass? NOPE! I think that my money would be better spent on a Sire P7 5.
Thanks Keith! Yeah, this does have some positive points including the lightweight construction and great balance, but definitely not the best value (especially for north of 1k).
... Aye.... Position 1,3,4 vol at 50%... 𝕐𝔼𝕊... Very nice
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There's no need for more than 1 P pickup. A tone cancelling J or soapbar on either side seems more well rounded.
That abouc! More well rounded and more ergonomic. The neck P especially gets in the way.
Let’s “Try” this Tuner
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I would never buy this thing. But this is a great channel
Thank you Jim!
The Swiss knife of basses
They have a good selection of nice looking basses but for Korean made at these prices I would expect more quality control.
I'd also expect them to be more upfront about the manufacturing vs insinuating that they're swiss.
@@LowEndLobster Absolutely!
The bass sounds pretty good but I personally would not buy it because of the noisy switch, would drive me crazy. I have the same issue with my Sterling Ray 4HH which is even worse in that regard and is going back because of a bent tuner and missing 5 way switch cap.
Thanks Glenn! Bummer to hear about your 4HH.
That looks like a TAP OUT (mma inspired clothing) Logo
LOL
What values are on the pots and caps?
I don't know, didn't really feel like opening it up and exploring deeper.
Those tuners look very similar to the unbranded lightweight ones they sell on Allparts
Good catch! I haven't seen these tuners before but you are correct, they're the same tuner.
I strangely like this bass,how much was it? You gotta trim your nuts! There's nothing worse than crazy untrimmed nuts😄😄😄😄
I was just on the Tribe website ,they got some really nice basses! Now I just need to hear your opinion,if lobster says it's worth buying,I WILL buy one! This bass has very jazzy tones to it 🤔🤔🤔
Thanks Aaron! I think these are like $1200-1400 new, though I got mine second hand for much less.