The thing is... the split brick P sounds awesome. Why bother changing it? :-D
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Exactly!
We're not talking Fender here.
There are some basses you shouldn't even think of changing pickups...Reverend Thundergun, Dub King etc, and G&L L2000/ASAT.
This Decision seems like a decent deal but I think a Thundergun might be more my style and I'd be more likely to use the bridge pickup. An old friend also just reached out to ask if I was interested in his '81 L1000 so that might have to take priority.
I changed the pickups in my thundergun to two Nordstrom's big blademan pickups. Sounds quite a bit better to me.
curious what others with mercalli/thundergun or other similar pickup configurations are using for your sounds. I've found I like about 60/40% favoring the bridge pickup for general stuff... gives me a full tone with a bit of bite from the bridge, similar to how I like to set a jazz bass. I've also found if I solo just the neck pickup it sounds... I dunno... .too beefy? Wolfy? I see a lot of reviews and people say how it gets a really good P tone but, that's not what I think of when I think of a classic P bass tone. If I roll just a bit more towards the neck and keep clarity by having some bridge it gives me a nice warm sound.
so just curious what others are doing, would love to try out some tones I haven't found yet
so just curious what others are doing, would love to try out some tones I haven't found yet
Interesting Reverend news: Reverend are now selling bass & guitar pickups separately at $80 a pop.
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ooooooh that is tempting.... I like the brick P but, two Hs would be kinda cool........
Beautiful, congratulations! It's taken all of my willpower over the last couple of months to refrain from buying one of these. I did however order a Mercalli 5 which I'm patiently waiting for. I am weak.
Not directly Reverend-related but kinda. I found a Barefaced Super Twin here in the classifieds. Same cab Watt has been using with his WattPlower. So now my setup is Reverend Justice-> Quilter BB800 -> Barefaced ST. First chance to hear it at proper volume will be tomorrow at rehearsal with two gigs coming up in the next couple weeks!
Beautiful instrument. I'll have to find out who Linh Le is. He/she sure has a nice bass named after him/her.
Thanks. Now I'll have to find out who Bad Cop/Bad Cop is. 
Thanks. Now I'll have to find out who Bad Cop/Bad Cop is.
People talk about "different flavors of awesome". I'm really liking this one.
First rehearsal with the BF Super Twin. Deeper and more round sound than my last cab setup. Really sweet with the drive from the SH-1.
First rehearsal with the BF Super Twin. Deeper and more round sound than my last cab setup. Really sweet with the drive from the SH-1.
