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Mosrite Ventures Bass...1 pickup or 2?
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 11:42 am
by jimbo4753
Hey guys,
I'm a bass player that is new to this forum and have a question about what bass to buy. Single pick up or double? I want a 60's Ventures but have never had the opportunity to play one. I'm in a 60's cover band and will be using the bass on a few tunes. I'm concerned that the single pick up version might be too "muddy" of a sound for me and that I might like the sound of having a bridge pick up. Do these two pickup configerations sound similar or do they sound completely different? I won't be using the bass alot, but I would like to be able to get some "highs" if I need them. Thanks, for any input. Jimbo.
Re: Mosrite Ventures Bass...1 pickup or 2?
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:21 pm
by vetovideo
(Just my opinion) I have a '67 single pick-up Ventures and my friend has a '66 dual pick-up Ventures and we have played each other's bass on different occasions. The single pick-up has a nice, deep but muddy sound; whereas the dual pick-up is not only capable of duplicating that sound, it can deliver a crisp stacato tone as well. I guess it's up to you and what you're looking to play.
Re: Mosrite Ventures Bass...1 pickup or 2?
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:30 pm
by Veenture
It will be a matter of choice, for whatever reason but I must agree with vetovideo. With dual pick-ups you get a much wider range of tones
Welome to the forum, Jimbo
Re: Mosrite Ventures Bass...1 pickup or 2?
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:10 pm
by olrocknroller
Never played a two-pickup bass, (mine has a staggered single) but on guitars, especially with appropriate switching, multiple pickups provide multiple tone choices...
Re: Mosrite Ventures Bass...1 pickup or 2?
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:58 pm
by MWaldorf
Bob Bogle did just fine with the one pickup model on the Ventures Live in Japan 65 album - plenty of punch and bite. The times I've played a dual pickup model, I've found myself using just the neck pickup because I prefer the tone. Really, it's like the P-bass / J-bass thing.
Re: Mosrite Ventures Bass...1 pickup or 2?
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:15 am
by stl80
Welcome.
Jim
Re: Mosrite Ventures Bass...1 pickup or 2?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:29 pm
by rcblair
MWaldorf wrote:Bob Bogle did just fine with the one pickup model on the Ventures Live in Japan 65 album - plenty of punch and bite. The times I've played a dual pickup model, I've found myself using just the neck pickup because I prefer the tone. Really, it's like the P-bass / J-bass thing.
I have to agree with this. My single neck pickup 65 Ventures Model has a suprising amount of high end response. Maybe they changed the pickup windings for the later 2-pickup versions.
Rick B.