Fender Blacktop Club

[MarkoYYZ]

Congrats - that looks great! Not many of those guards around either, ensuring a standout look.

 

[aetheriac]

Just replaced my pick guard.

 

[ShadowVampyre]

Excellent look!

 

[Eater_of_Birds]

Sweet!

 

[ExaltBass]

Just replaced my pick guard.

Nice Dion! Did you rout the guard yourself?

 

[aetheriac]

No I did not. I've not worked with plastics much. I ordered it from WD Music. There's a link further back in the thread.

 

[SIFJiggy]

Joining SOOOOON.

I'm a jazz bass "enthusiast" so I'm grabbing a BT and then probably a MP (after).

So - consensus here is that to get the "P element" you need flats. Anything else pertinent about the character of the BT jazz?

Of course until I sit and play with it on my rig it'll be hard to tell but- what type of music does everybody play with their BT jazz?

 

[Malak the Mad]

So - consensus here is that to get the "P element" you need flats. Anything else pertinent about the character of the BT jazz?

Beastly!

Of course until I sit and play with it on my rig it'll be hard to tell but- what type of music does everybody play with their BT jazz?

Loudly!

Hmm…that sounds like the title of some bass-guitar-themed chick flick…"Truly…Beastly…Loudly". I kinda like it.

 

[Big Mikey]

Hello,I just picked up my BT P a couple weeks ago.Love it.Can I get a number?Will try to post a pic tomorrow.Thanks

 

[BlkMt]

My Blacktop J arrived yesterday, loving it so far. Can I get a number please?

Thanks to the TBers who gave me advice on my purchase!

Bass by Will M Hudson, on Flickr

Bass by Will M Hudson, on Flickr

Bass by Will M Hudson, on Flickr

 

[Rich McCoy]

Joining SOOOOON.

I'm a jazz bass "enthusiast" so I'm grabbing a BT and then probably a MP (after).

So - consensus here is that to get the "P element" you need flats. Anything else pertinent about the character of the BT jazz?

Of course until I sit and play with it on my rig it'll be hard to tell but- what type of music does everybody play with their BT jazz?

I play my BT Jazz with Fender 9050 flats and it brings out the best in these PuPs.
Mine's a little different tho, I have a fretless Precision neck on it. It's a P-bass in disguise...

 

[Rich McCoy]

Nice PG Aetheriac, I keep wondering if that color scheme would work with the Chrome Pearl. I just don't want to lay down the bucks to find out.

edit: I just saw ShadowVamp's post. Looks pretty cool but I'm sticking with black I guess, I'm 50/50 on it.

Welcome new members! We BT members will rule the universe some day!

 

[mizzou541]

Looking for some advice:

Let me preface this by saying I have basically zero knowledge of electronics...

I know for sure I want to mod my blacktop P controls to V/B/T instead of V/V/T. I'm also considering switching out pickups/adding preamp. I actually have a Dean Edge Q4 w/ passive EMG HZs and some onboard preamp that sounds great. I guess my question would be...how much of that great sound is the soapbar pickups and how much is the preamp?

Should I just start by adding a preamp to my Blacktop and leave the stock pickups or should I just swap those as well?

And physically how would it work? If I added a 3 band EQ I'd need 3 stacked pots Vol/Bass, Blend/Mid, Tone/High (or does adding the EQ mean I won't have a tone knob at all?)?

***EDIT...I think this is what I need/want. 2-band EQ stacked tone pot:
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[gregmon79]

One thing I can tell you is that A LOT of the tone you're getting out of that preamp is from the preamp mizz. I think you'd be doing your blacktop a good service by placing that preamp into it. Not sure how big the cavity is in there, so you may have to route. But I think it'd be worth it.

 

[mizzou541]

Especially if I end up doing the Aguilar preamp...which is 18v.

 

[mmukav]

Just ordered one!! Yaaaaaaaa!!!

My birthday is Monday, could possibly get here by then.
Can't wait to join the 'club'.

 

[Neil2094]

Hi all, just stumbled across this site, picture of my Blacktop P. Can I grab a number?

 

[Malak the Mad]

Okie-dokie! Time to do a little dusting around the clubhouse and issue some numbers. Sorry 'bout the wait, Guys!

(That reminds me; do we have any Gals in this club?)

This should bring our happy little club's membership roster up to date. Let me know if I missed someone and I'll fix it, posthaste.

#1 StrangerDanger
#2 ShadowVampyre
#3 Fair Warning
#4 unclebass
#5 StephenDaRacket
#6 Johnnywad
#7 hillerup
#8 Auspex
#9 Paradog
#10 VoodooMagicBoas
#11 emdsd
#12 Mmoore2490
#13 Malak the Mad
#14 Rich McCoy
#15 Fernandino
#16 Plectrum72
#17 Aetheriac
#18 Tom-Phil
#19 TimboZ
#20 Rabidrasbora
#21 Karkfum
#22 TheOnlyJuan
#23 Jookbox
#24 Tbone76
#25 oysteivi
#26 stavros911 (him and his "Aegis"!)
#27 kingofbogarts
#28 ExaltBass
#29 mizzou541 (plastic film and all)
#30 dodokns
#31 Graeme D
#32 BlueTalon
#33 Wallygator
#33.5 AbstractLunatic (So what if it's a Tele…it's still a Blacktop! Here's your honorary number with my compliments!)
#34 jandscotten
#35 Petesurvival
#36 MikeyV
#37 Huge
#38 BlkMt
#39 Neil2094

Now I'm just awaiting pics from Big Mikey and mmukav. I'm curious to see who will get the Big Four-Zero.

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[Big Mikey]

I get an upload error when I try to post my pic.It says I may not have permission to access this feature.Will try to figure it out and post.

 

[Malak the Mad]

I get an upload error when I try to post my pic.It says I may not have permission to access this feature.Will try to figure it out and post.

Can you get yourself set up with a Photobucket account? It's free, it gets the job done well enough, but sometimes a little cranky. (you get what you pay for, eh?)