I took my modified blonde MK2 for a spin on a studio session this weekend.
It’s a bit of a parts bass at this point with a 90s American neck and 2000s American standard higher mass bridge. I also have it strung with heavy flatwounds in BEAD tuning, the low four from a five string set. I was delighted to find that this setup works quite well for vaporwave and trip hop. I might add a no-load tone pot next, because a little more control of the high-end bite would be nice, but it sat nicely in the mix as is. The flipped precision pickup is an awesome slept-on concept. I’m surprised more models/builders don’t do this as the timbre is so much more balanced when moving from string to string. It sounded huge running through both a Reddi DI box and a 70s 25 watt Ampeg head with a 115 speaker, tonally thumpy and right on the edge of natural breakup. The music we were working on is miles away from pop-punk, but Mark Hoppus was probably the largest single influence on my choice to become a bass player long ago. I also used my 90s American standard precision on the session, coincidentally sunburst and with a quarter pounder.