Hobbitt bass seen in public

[Aussie Mark]

 

[Grog]

NICE!!  How do you like it after using it live?

[Aussie Mark]

It's the heaviest bass I've owned since the long scale LPB-3 I had a few years ago, but unlike the LPB, this one sits perfectly and doesn't feel weighty at all, because of the short scale. All of the weight is in the body, so it doesn't feel any heavier than a 3.5kg Fender.

Of all the short scale basses I've owned, this one has the best E string of any of them. The E on a lot of short scales sounds woolly and undefined, but this one just booms, and handles attack really well.

The control panel is really cool, although I don't see myself using the 3 way varitone selector in other than the "normal" setting - the "bass boost" and "bright" settings aren't "me" - having said that, the bass boost would be quite usable with round wound strings I imagine. The HI-LO impedence slider will be useful if I decide to use this one in the studio next week. The phase selector is a great thing to have too - it only operates when the pickup selector is in the middle (ie. both pickups on), but it really beefs up the overall fatness of the output when in the out of phase position.

A guitard mate of mine in the audience said the Triumph sounded great, and I was really happy with how playable it was live. The honeymoon period isn't over yet, but so far so good!

[Dave W]

Excellent.

[Basvarken]

Great Mark!

The phase selector is a great thing to have too - it only operates when the pickup selector is in the middle (ie. both pickups on), but it really beefs up the overall fatness of the output when in the out of phase position.

Wait a minute! I don't get it. Do you mean you play it OUT of phase all the time? And then occasionally put it IN phase?
I wouldn't call the OUT of phase position on mine beefed up. To me it sounds thin and sharp just like you'd expect from an out of phase pair of humbuckers.
The IN phase setting gives the fat and beefy sound of the two humbuckers that I dig so much.
I even prefer the full on (all windings of the coils) tone selector position 

[doombass]

Nice Mark. The Hobbit shape matches well with your shirt. I also think hobbits hang quite comfortable despite their weight. Not as good when they do the lapdance though.

[Aussie Mark]

Great Mark!

Wait a minute! I don't get it. Do you mean you play it OUT of phase all the time? And then occasionally put it IN phase?
I wouldn't call the OUT of phase position on mine beefed up. To me it sounds thin and sharp just like you'd expect from an out of phase pair of humbuckers.
The IN phase setting gives the fat and beefy sound of the two humbuckers that I dig so much.
I even prefer the full on (all windings of the coils) tone selector position 

Maybe mine is wired back to front, because it is definitely fatter with the selector switch in the out position?

[uwe]

How silly you all are! The explanation is simple, not just the reproductive process, but EVERYTHING works back to front in Australia.

[Pilgrim]

Doesn't music travel counter-clockwise Down Under? 

[uwe]

It's a well-known established fact that men in Australia generally don't really have a clue whether they're in or out of something and may it be a phase. The silence of the lambs has made them oblivious to the fact.

What Mark meant was: There is a switch on that bass and if I yank at it, it gets even louder which I like. Don't read too much into it.  

Quickly scurrying away ...
Uwe

[Pilgrim]

What Mark meant was: There is a switch on that bass and if I yank at it, it gets even louder which I like. Don't read too much into it.  

Uwe

Hey, I want one-a them LOUD switches for my bass!  Sounds like a good idear.

[Aussie Mark]

What Mark meant was: There is a switch on that bass and if I yank at it, it gets even louder which I like. Don't read too much into it. 

That's pretty much how I operate when I buy gear - if it works and sounds good, that's all I need to know about it :-)

[Grog]

Maybe mine is wired back to front, because it is definitely fatter with the selector switch in the out position?

My '69 Les Paul Bass is wired backwards on the Phase switch also. Kinda makes you wonder what could have been so distracting 41 years ago in Kalamazoo. Hot pants, mini skirt or doughnuts.