Find Me A Single Humbucker Bass!

[etnoo]

Are they wide? I would prefer a jazz nut width (1.5"/38-39 mm)...

5 string - zero fret width 1.75"
4 string - 1.5"

Nice review here:

 

[_Obra_]

For $800, pick a EBMM Sting Ray with a broken neck

 

[Ricky Rioli]

All those Peaveys and you left out the T-45! (source - not my sale, no relation to seller)
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Been looking it up, and saw that despite the third knob, it was still passive. How heavy were these in comparison with the T-40s?

Nice piece on the T-45: Peavey T-45

 

[ardgedee]

Been looking it up, and saw that despite the third knob, it was still passive. How heavy were these in comparison with the T-40s?

Nice piece on the T-45: Peavey T-45

About the same weight. Mine is just a hair under 11lb/5kg. Pickups have more mass than wood, but more wood has to be removed for that extra pickup and its wiring, so it's probably a wash.

 

[Ricky Rioli]

About the same weight. Mine is just a hair under 11lb/5kg. Pickups have more mass than wood, but more wood has to be removed for that extra pickup and its wiring, so it's probably a wash.

Just been listening to one on YouTube.... makes a noise that must be difficult to ignore

 

[two fingers]

I'm gonna throw in with the rebels and say you owe it to yourself to play an Ibanez ATK. I sound like all of your checklist is covered by that bass. There are a dozen Maee in Japan ones on Reverb right now. Some are well within your price range.

But, yeah, a Tribute Kiloton is a good option as well.

 

[ardgedee]

Just been listening to one on YouTube.... makes a noise that must be difficult to ignore

I can't count how many times I've used mine to make noises that are difficult to enjoy. Which isn't too dissimilar to what you're thinking, or at least I'd like to believe so.

 

[Bassdirty]

5 string - zero fret width 1.75"
4 string - 1.5"

Nice review here:

Man, that thing is quite versatile.. and every sound he demoed was a useable tone.

YMMV.

Y$

 

[ElectricBass72]

Ibanez ATK 305... pictured in my avatar. Single Humbucker.

 

[Ricky Rioli]

Do any of the other basses in this thread replicate the Kiloton's combination of 34" scale / 1½" neck / single humbucker / passive?

 

[Ricky Rioli]

Do any of the other basses in this thread replicate the Kiloton's combination of 34" scale / 1½" neck / single humbucker / passive?

I think I've found that the Ibanez RB820 has that combination of specs, and also, like the Kiloton, has a series / parallel switch

 

[Fishheadjoe]

 

[Treebeard]

You can find these used for cheap.

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https://www.talkbass.com/threads/nbd-fernandes-beaut-tremor-4x.1658371/#post-28622613
Can confirm

 

[ricky77]

Okay, so this is for the far-in-the-future situation of me getting another bass... okay, okay I'm just bored and would like to drool a little.

But hypothetically, if I were to be in the market for a single humbucker bass for $800 used or new, what should I go for? My two requirements are a 1.5" nut/jazz-profile neck and 4 strings, but other than that if it can get me that aggressive, growly sound like a single humbucker bass should, then it fits the bill (just no Ibanez - not a fan anymore!). What are my (best) options?

Thanks in advance for fueling my fantasies!

 

[ricky77]

Inexpensive good budget bass!!!

 

[Wildcopper]

My regular bass. "Mini" humbucker by SP Custom Pickups.