Show me the three-pickup production basses

[mikezimmerman]

They were only made for a little while in the 80's, but I always thought the 3-pickup Fender HM basses were kinda cool.

Mike

 

[dcr]

Didn't the original Paul Reed Smith basses from the 80s / 90s also have three p/ups?



dcr

 

[craigb]

Godin Shifter bass (not quite out yet, new at 2010 Winter NAMM)

Danelectro Hodad (discontinued)

 

[Bardley]

The Fender Stu Hamm Urge Bass

 

[Thor]

Most of the Burns basses (like the Bison pictured below) had three pickups- I assume they are production instruments, but you don't see many of them around here so I'm not sure.

That is not the Bison, since it has the original Marquee (Burns Jazz body). The headstock is the 63 style Batwing. Later that
became the Shadows bass with the scroll head.

The Bison has longer 'Horns'. All of the 60 Burns Bisons and
Shadows style basses had three pickup setups. I'd have to go
back to the Pearls and Crazy Diamonds book to look up when they
first came out with a 3 pup bass, but the latest would be 1963 for sure.

This is the London made Bison reissue.

There is a TB'er that has an original 64 Bison as well as pictured in white.

 

[donut]

Status T-Bass:

Although the third is usually hidden by the pickguard.

 

[cgordonfreeman]

Status T-Bass:

Although the third is usually hidden by the pickguard.

The middle pickup looking thing is actually just a hum cancelling dummy coil that doesn't create a signal, just like Alembic do on some of their models.

 

[coreyfyfe]

The middle pickup looking thing is actually just a hum cancelling dummy coil that doesn't create a signal, just like Alembic do on some of their models.

EBMM does that too, but I think they're actually wired into the circuit (ie will produce a signal). There's a youtube clip out there from when the H/S models first came out of a guy pulling the dummy coil up to make a H/S/S.

Here it is -

 

[lunarpollen]

Wow that Godin Shifter bass looks really nice!!!

I also love that new Ibanez Jet King. I wish it would come out in the States...

The Fender Bass VI has three pickups. As does my Burns Barracuda and Dillion VBMB-04.

 

[Sbociol]

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Manne Trea

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Never saw one of THESE before, a Brian May "RED" bass:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dillion-VBMB-04...QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item1c10eca26b

 

[MarshallLaw]