NBD: Wilkins Custom P/J 4

[MasterMonkeyMan]

Just picked this up brand spanking new. Incredible blowout price. Looks real sweet. Bandmates are away for 2 weeks so won't know what is really does but at home it sounds sweet, plays nice.
The store did not have the specs. I am awaiting a reply on that from Pat Wilkins.
I swore I was done buying basses till I saw this. They said "Make an offer". So I made a ridiculous offer. Guess it was my lucky day!

 

[JIO]

cool man - could you post a close-up of where the J pu meets the guard?

 

[MasterMonkeyMan]

cool man - could you post a close-up of where the J pu meets the guard?

I can - in case you were seeing something odd there, the guard plastic is still on so it looks funky.

 

[Luckydog]

The jazz pup seems much closer to the neck than typical 60's spacing. Is that a special order?

 

[MasterMonkeyMan]

Might be but I didn't order it. The PUP's are close together for sure.

 

[JIO]

I can - in case you were seeing something odd there, the guard plastic is still on so it looks funky.

ah yes… and how does it sound? I like that it deviates from the established norm of P/J spacing.

 

[faulknersj]

That is killer! I'd love to hear what that J pup placement sounds like.

 

[MasterMonkeyMan]

Yes, it is a bit of a different animal. It has a pickup toggle switch - neck, both and bridge. I suspect that is quite a deviation as well. I just got it today so haven't fully experimented yet. It has a real sweet P sound and with the both pups on it gets nice and growly. The bridge only is tight, full and growly, not thin at all. So far so good.

 

[Turn Em Loose]

Likey!

Nice score!

 

[RED J]

I'm a fan of atypical pickup placements. I'd love to hear how that sounds !

 

[puff father]

How are you liking your Pat Wilkins?
I really dig the Jazz pickup placement. No duplication of sound between the PJ and Jazz basses. The J pickup is thicker sounding than in the traditional positions. I've always been a JJ guy so I've been playing the Wilkins non-stop since I got it, trying to accustom my ear to the P sound. And the 1.75" at the nut is way different than the 1.5" nut on the Jazz.
Mine has an annoying rattle on the D string starting at abou a G, 5th fret. Like the action is too low if I dig in. Maybe just the strings I put on.
Overall, it's a killer. "It will kill." Forged in Fire reference.