My favorite bass mod yet! [GOLDFOIL Pickup]

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In this video, we upgrade my parts-bass semihollow to include an H22 Goldfoil Pickup.
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@Gregulitus 19 дней назад

Not gonna lie, in the beginning i thought it was a little weird looking, but that pickguard, brought it to life for me. Great bass and upgrade 👍

@romestant 19 дней назад

team no pickguard here. everything else was perfect!

@chrischilton8455 19 дней назад

Pickguard for me. The bass sounds very cool.

@jakereesemusic 19 дней назад

Man that thing is ugly in ALL the right ways! I love a quirky instrument that’s been hacked apart and put back together with the sole purpose of working for the musician who did it. Beautiful! Love your channel. I came by way Rhett’s channel but you just have such an awesome perspective and a really real approach to how you look at music and gear. Cheers!

@colinfenton1581 19 дней назад

I love the pickguard

@devilsdoorbell 19 дней назад

Team No Pick Guard here. I love the way the bass looks otherwise - quirky in a good way, and sounds great with the new pickup.

@robertvilleneuve8272 19 дней назад

Team pickguard and the bass sounds awesome man.

@jonsidell3338 19 дней назад

Both pickups is a killer tone! Big tool upgrade.

@jomaanon 19 дней назад

Pickguard looks absolutely awesome!

@pclindholm 19 дней назад

"Don't be too precious." We could just stop there - words to live by. I would dig hearing the comparison between your gold foil and Starfire pickups.

@Cliffswanson 19 дней назад

Team no pickgurard here. I like the more simple, less cluttered look without it. Sounds nice and hollow!

@gg41r 19 дней назад

Luvvin how it looks AND how it sounds. NICE!!

@AmishParadice 17 дней назад

I like that you're continuing to mod this thing. Definitely giving me some ideas for future builds!

@henrypharr2315 19 дней назад

Beautiful looking and sounding mod!

@Eric1396 19 дней назад

Great tone! Cool look!

@franzturczynski4693 18 дней назад

Love the sound and look. With the pick guard.

@sira.scottascot8865 19 дней назад

Nice. They sound good together, even. You win.

@reallifeinbalance8842 10 дней назад

love this bass, beautiful in a unique way also that tone is 🤩🤯 on it. good choice man.

@KajVardinghus 18 дней назад

Great sound!

@mattgahr 19 дней назад

Sounds fantastic! That Hipshot bridge also makes a huge difference from my experience on my Jack Casady bass. Cheers!

@rickc2102 19 дней назад

I totally need one for my old Ripper

@mattgahr 19 дней назад

@@rickc2102Rock solid bridge. I highly recommend it.

@18JR78 19 дней назад

Looks good. Unique piece. At the end it’s about the art, visually and musically.

@CharlesRobitaille514 19 дней назад

Looks cool !! I like it. Enjoy

@ThomasHope73 15 дней назад

Looks great… sounds amazing! 😎👌

@bartwitek9526 19 дней назад

Awesome 😎 love your bass collection!🤘😎

@MashaT22 19 дней назад

Now THAT is a gold foil! Those recent Fender (or was it Squire?) guitars that had “gold foils” that were just made to cosmetically look like them and were not the real deal - that was a weird decision on their part because they could have had some unique tones, yet they opted to do the same old pickups with the look of a gold foil. I’m glad to see that there are pickup companies trying to bring these old pickups styles back into fashion. I think you should cram two more really unique pickups onto this bass. How epic would it be to have FOUR unique pickups on a bass?! You have plenty of real estate to do it! Go for it!

@scottkidwellmusic9175 19 дней назад

That's quite the Frankenbass! I love the tone and looks. Could go either way on the pick guard, but it works. Thanks, Philip!

@sirfultonbishop 19 дней назад

Lovin’ it!

@NoizExMachina 19 дней назад

Always wondered what those sound like. Beautiful tone and playing!

@patricksanders6597 19 дней назад

The pocket logo is super rad! Dig the tshirt.

@siriurameshi5790 19 дней назад

thx u Philip u inspire me : )

@emil_keroppi 18 дней назад

That goldfoil sounds SWEET!

@jakeadams0412 15 дней назад

Fantastic addition to the tone! Sounds fantastic. I am team pick guard.

@peteytwofinger 17 дней назад

man is that nice ! sounds good too .

@TheIrishOx 19 дней назад

His gold foil and pb fat pickups are my favorite of his. Sounds good as always. Keep up the amazing work as always!

@josephhagins4631 19 дней назад

I dig it!

@Kabayoth 8 дней назад

I'm a shameless modder. So it's strange to admit my base is stock. It's a G&L, import, J-bass. If I could change anything on it, I'd swap the neck out with an American made example, but G&L tells me they're not interchangeable with the imports. "Buy another one from us," they so charitably told me. Backhanded snub aside, the bass is damn-nigh exactly what I had in mind: a Geddy Lee bass. It growls, snarls, and overdrives the amp without a hint of mud. It doesn't have the liquid roundness of a Warwick or the thump of a P-bass, but Geddy is my template and this does the job in spades.

@nigelcristobal1185 19 дней назад

Man, that sounds great. One of my favorite genre of bass tones. Got hip to this with Alan Hampton, Andrew Bird's bassist.

@grizelda4526 19 дней назад

Very cool. I like the pick guard but maybe one the matches the wood tone of the plate. Sounds fantastic and has a great vibe. Enjoy it!

@waskerbasket9601 16 дней назад

Really cool bass. Sounds great. I think the pick guard would nice if it be tortoise shell.

@jerrudcollins4430 18 дней назад

Team pick guard for sure. Very cool sound.

@chrislomas953 19 дней назад

Team pickguard, and that is a fantastic bass, I just love it, vibe, sound, look, the whole thing!! I have a Supro Huntington 1 with a gold foil pickup that just kill's and a Novak Bisonic on a '67 Epiphone Rivoli both with flats, so that's my kind of sound.

@lownotes4320 19 дней назад

Man, one of the sweetest, nicest and sexiest bass sounds I've heard. Absolutely love it!

@MordecaiSoup7 19 дней назад

The project is dope. Looks amazing Sounds even better. I am in favor of the pick guard and the thumb rest. I just added my own home made thumb rest to my project Bronco bass due to how flush the mfd pickup sits into the body. Wasn’t anywhere to rest my hand. So mine is strategically closer to the strings for utility as well as adding the classic wood thumb rest vibe.

@eliasthury425 19 дней назад

That goldfoil is super crystal clear. I got to check one of them out

@PD-ul4ve 15 дней назад

awesome mod.....sound is unbelievable.....pic gurd a plus

@gamezharks 19 дней назад

I've been thinking about getting one of these but there weren't too many great demos of it, thank you a ton for this video Phil. Definetly on team no pickguard btw.

@Prettynoise 19 дней назад

Now you got me thinking about a gold foil on my Mex P-Bass.

@ricardodubatti657 19 дней назад

I would say no pickguard, but it's a gorgeous bass anyway... And sounds so so cool. Congrats!

@henryjirsak6844 19 дней назад

Great video as always, thank you!🙌🏼 I play with the idea of doing similar mods to a Höfner Club Bass, maybe with TV Jones PUs, that said team PICKGUARD but rather tortoise 😎

@JeffSmithbureau13 19 дней назад

I like the pickguard. I also loved the sound you were getting. I need to get a bridge like that for my Epiphone T-bird. I really think those Gibson-style three point bridges are a pain.

@markusw9286 19 дней назад

I like it both with our without, I'm usually very decisive about these things😄

@admarhermans1 19 дней назад

Great idea adding that specific pickup! I guess you’ll be able to use this bass quite a lot more. And the tonality in a way comes closer to your Mustang now, but different. But, you’ll remain able to do the Darkstar thing too. Great! Love the pickguard. Only the easy to adjust Hipshot bridge brings it into the 20’s. 😄 Well, this is the 20’s... 😆 Great looking bass! 🖖

@JASTANSELL 19 дней назад

I'm team matching the control plate material to the pickguard material.

@jinjxmusic 19 дней назад

I have a brother, my biological Brother Frederick - that when I have an idea to do something and I don't do it, he does it - and does it great. Youre that for me on bass, Philip. I have wanted to get more out of my little "Beatle" bass that I bought and I think yours is a great idea. I need to jump in and add a "middle" to my bass - otherwise I feel I'm being limited the sounds. Following your lead, Brother - thank you for your great videos and your thoughtfulness. Promise to jump in the pit.

@MadJackF1 19 дней назад

A little patina (faux finger grime) around the edges of the pickguard and under the strings will help it look the part for the bass.

@brendansapp1426 19 дней назад

I think this is the coolest bass you have

@billytai1096 4 дня назад

Killer mod

@vayabroder729 19 дней назад

Great system. Different sounds out of the same instrument.

@fantomtracks 6 дней назад

nice !

@ezbass 19 дней назад

That goldfoil reminds me of JPJ’s tone on Ramble On (LZ2), which is a really good thing. Team pickguard 👍

@d.ryonwilhelm9001 19 дней назад

team no pick guard :)

@1GueroBass1 19 дней назад

Sustain on there is unreal wow

@hondbanjer 18 дней назад

Team no pickguard, but that bass sounds so good with both pickups, amazing.

@lowdownfender 19 дней назад

Installed Curtis Novak gold foils on my Dangelico Excel bass.. what a difference

@peterstephen1562 5 дней назад

I would suggest that putting the new pickup closer to the bridge would open up the sound versatility hugely. Bung it under the little dissonant overtone just behind the tonic harmonic ,where the 36th. fret would be. Where the back poles of the MM stingray bridge coils are.

@eranzilber1 19 дней назад

team pickguard or not depends on a specific bass esthetics. the gold foil sounds sweet!

@MidtownSkyport 19 дней назад

I think either pickguard _or_ thumb rest. Seems a little busy with both

@Matthordika 19 дней назад

I think I'd be team pickguard if it was a different pickguard. But man, that pickup sounds amazing!

@yokosomike 19 дней назад

Nix the pic but what matters is if you luv it! Sounds nice.

@hankjansen5544 19 дней назад

The goldfoil has a definite vibe, more vocal with a clear attack. I dig the pickguard, but I'm of two minds regarding the color. Mind 1: change the pickguard, selector knob and vol/tone plate to black, or Mind 2: leave the bass as is, because it reminds me of the inside view of a box of assorted chocolates. Now I want chocolates.

@subschool5 17 дней назад

i like either the pickguard or thumbrest but not both together

@jrpipik 19 дней назад

I like the pickguard, but I think the piece beneath the pots and the thumb rest should match.

@GAZZA1960 19 дней назад

Being a large Les Paul Shape, a LP pick guard looks... Normal (to me) Chicken head blend control great function &form. I dig the bass, tones are good, although I would have placed the gold foil 2", or 3" further south, just for greater tone variation .

@brucehughesofficial 16 дней назад

what bridge did you use for the replacement? I love the upgrades and have been wanting to update my Rumblekat for awhile, glad to have stumbled upon yer channel!

@Kelembor 19 дней назад

Those 2 great pickups and the Hipshot supertone is an awesome combination on that bass. The pickguard and the thumb rest? no, thank you: it's way too busy now, even ugly on my opinion. Each to their own, enjoy it.

@mannishboy1 19 дней назад

I loaned Curtis the pickup from my H22 about 4-5 years ago. I never got it back...😢 I'm pretty sure your pickup is modeled after mine. Enjoy!!!

@rickc2102 19 дней назад

now it just needs a stingray pickup and a jazz right up on the bridge

@aomoon81 18 дней назад

Team Pickguard 🎉

@AManCalledBiggles 19 дней назад

Add a P-bass pickup - and maybe a Novak Thunderbird in the bridge position too? ✌️😅👌

@BeesWaxMinder 19 дней назад

Excellent but I would've preferred, if it was me, which it isn't, a four-way selective so you could have: Middle Middle & Neck in parallel Neck Middle & Neck in series 👍

@phil.7064 17 дней назад

You should put on another two pickups there to finish the job

@johnseligman3431 17 дней назад

Make a wooden pickguard to match the thumbrest and control plate!

@Scoots1994 19 дней назад

I love modifying cheap instruments that are well put together and using higher end pickups and pots. You can get a new thing for 1/4 the price of a "good" bass and it just might inspire you!

@paulie6446 19 дней назад

Team darker pick guard ✌️

@richarddegener 19 дней назад

team no pick guard, but the goldfoil sounds amazing.

@LizordSword 18 дней назад

well now you gotta put a rick bridge pickup in there

@Redbeard4321 19 дней назад

Flats? What are they & how old? If I ever break a Sadowsky (5years),La Bella’s low tension are tempting. Normally I’m no pick guard but after I put a Bart in the Dub King, the guard covers my routing…Harley Benton HB-60 WB with a Novak has been floating around my head but would I be able to retrofit a Hipshot bridge?

@bwa_8 19 дней назад

No pick guard. But awesome bass 🎉

@alexb8574 18 дней назад

No pickguard. That bridge is impressive

@elraim73 15 дней назад

I don't think the bass needs a pickguard. But it's cool anyway. Btw, what bridge is that?

@mightymikemeijer 19 дней назад

No pickguard or a better looking one, maybe tortoise shell bound with three layers of binding?

@Partybob1 19 дней назад

I am team tortoise shell pickguard (3ply)

@AlbusBand 19 дней назад

Pick guard for real

@justsomedude5727 12 дней назад

Whats the 3 point replacement bridge you used? Btw I have one of the Guild Starfire bass reiusses.

@justsomedude5727 12 дней назад

Team pickguard as well

@gummywormjim 19 дней назад

I'm team pick guard. I think once you start modding an instrument, you may as well go full mad max on it. That's just my style tho.

@robjgolde3221 19 дней назад

Curtis Novak’s attention to detail when recreating pickups needs to be studied. The pickups he made for Serek for their Lincoln 3 bass (their take on the Gibson Grabber 3) sound EXACTLY like the Bill Lawrence originals.