Fender Jazz Basses with Dark Star Pickups

Fender Jazz Basses with Dark Star Pickups

A long time ago, in a bass galaxy far away, there were two basses made for me that had the Fred Hammond Dark Star pickups in them. Here, for the first time, are those basses’ stories. Although those basses of mine are not featured on here, you can hear my friend Oz’s basses which, in fact, sounded better than mine ever did.

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Curtis Novak Bi-Sonic Pickups: Part One

Curtis Novak Bi-Sonic Pickups: Part One

Hello! Jonathan here with something a little different; today we're investigating an often overlooked or taken-for-granted element of one's signal path: the pickups. More specifically, this is the first of a few segments focusing on the bad-ass Curtis Novak Bi-Sonic pickup.

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