Hi,
Reanimating the corpse of this thread because I've been listening to some online demos of the Supro Huntington.
Peter -- I'd be helpful to me, and I suspect plenty of other TB members, if you could post the specs of the Huntington in this thread. I've looked at the Supro website and listened to the demos, but can't find much basic info about them. The local dealers on your site do not have any in stock, either.
So: They are 30" scale, but what's the width at the nut? Can you describe the neck for us? It looks pretty beefy in photos. Where are the basses/pickups made? Are the piezo-equipped models still passive? From the demos it seems like some basses ship with flats and others with rounds -- can you break this down for us? And can you tell us your opinions about the difference in sound/tone between the one, two, and three pickup models?
The Huntington seems really interesting and possibly quite unique. I've got a 6-string with modern versions of Supro pickups made by Roadhouse, and am a big fan. But it's hard to get too excited without access to fundamental information about the instrument's dimensions, neck style, the country of origin, etc.
Any details you can provide would be appreciated.
Yikes. I'm sorry everybody. For some reason I haven't been getting notifications of activity on here.
I will make sure that is rectified, or in any case, I will pay more attention.
I'll try to address any outstanding questions now.
- The stock situation should be much improved since your post! All models are in stock now and for sale direct on the Supro web store.
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- The width at the nut is 1.7"
- All reports I've heard about the neck describe it as very comfortable! Substantial but not too chunky, and definitely aided by the satin finish on the back of the neck. That's what people say. I think I'm not allowed to venture my own opinions here.
- The basses are made in Indonesia and fine-tuned in Port Jefferson, NY. The Gold Foil pickups are designed by Roadhouse Pickups in Oregon, made in Korea. The piezo bridges are also made in Korea.
- Huntington basses are all passive, but very loud!
- All piezo-equipped models ship with flatwound strings. Piezo-equipped models are Huntington I tobacco sunburst and mahogany, Huntington II mahogany and flat black fretless, and Huntington III tobacco sunburst and transparent blue. The non-piezo models ship with roundwounds. Strings are all D'Addario.
- HOWEVER, we can modify non-piezo models to be piezo-equipped for $100. Please contact us through the Supro website (or direct-message me here) if you're interested in this.
- In terms of the difference of sound, it's all related to the pickup options and the piezo variable. The piezo offers a whole other dimension in the high end, definitely a different character, very helpful for acoustic sounds, pick playing, slap etc. Having more Gold Foil pickups gives you more tonal options, as you would expect---for example the Huntington III's bridge pickup will get you sounds you can't get on the I or II, and the Huntington II provides greater tonal variety than the I due to its two pickups. However, the pickup placement on the I is different than either of the pickups on the II, and some may find its position to be tonally perfect. Meanwhile, if you really like a neck sound, the neck pickup on the II and III is closer to the neck than the single pickup in the I. So it depends on your tonal preference really, as well as how much range of sound you want from the instrument.
I will also mention that there is a subtle difference between the models depending on their body woods. Ash and Alder are quite similar in tone, ash being slightly brighter but only by a hair. The mahogany models sound a bit richer and woodier to me. To clarify the wood breakdown--obviously the natural mahogany finishes are mahogany bodies--the transparent wood finishes are swamp ash (natural ash and transparent blue). Tobacco sunburst models are flame maple veneer over alder. All the solid-color models are alder bodies. All the necks are maple, fretboards are rosewood.
Again, my apologies for not catching these messages. I will pay closer attention!
Please let me know if you need more info.
Best,
Peter
