My favorite bass mod yet! [GOLDFOIL Pickup]

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Published 2024-06-26

In this video, we upgrade my parts-bass semihollow to include an H22 Goldfoil Pickup.

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All Comments (21)

@Gregulitus 5 days ago

Not gonna lie, in the beginning i thought it was a little weird looking, but that pickguard, brought it to life for me. Great bass and upgrade 👍
@romestant 5 days ago

team no pickguard here. everything else was perfect!
@jakereesemusic 5 days ago

Man that thing is ugly in ALL the right ways! I love a quirky instrument that’s been hacked apart and put back together with the sole purpose of working for the musician who did it. Beautiful! Love your channel. I came by way Rhett’s channel but you just have such an awesome perspective and a really real approach to how you look at music and gear. Cheers!
@chrischilton8455 5 days ago

Pickguard for me. The bass sounds very cool.
@devilsdoorbell 5 days ago

Team No Pick Guard here. I love the way the bass looks otherwise - quirky in a good way, and sounds great with the new pickup.
@robertvilleneuve8272 5 days ago

Team pickguard and the bass sounds awesome man.
@colinfenton1581 5 days ago

I love the pickguard
@pclindholm 5 days ago

"Don't be too precious." We could just stop there - words to live by. I would dig hearing the comparison between your gold foil and Starfire pickups.
@jonsidell3338 5 days ago

Both pickups is a killer tone! Big tool upgrade.
@Cliffswanson 4 days ago

Team no pickgurard here. I like the more simple, less cluttered look without it. Sounds nice and hollow!
@mattgahr 5 days ago

Sounds fantastic! That Hipshot bridge also makes a huge difference from my experience on my Jack Casady bass. Cheers!
@AmishParadice 3 days ago

I like that you're continuing to mod this thing. Definitely giving me some ideas for future builds!
@gg41r 5 days ago

Luvvin how it looks AND how it sounds. NICE!!
@henrypharr2315 5 days ago

Beautiful looking and sounding mod!
@jomaanon 5 days ago

Pickguard looks absolutely awesome!
@Eric1396 5 days ago

Great tone! Cool look!
@MashaT22 4 days ago

Now THAT is a gold foil! Those recent Fender (or was it Squire?) guitars that had “gold foils” that were just made to cosmetically look like them and were not the real deal — that was a weird decision on their part because they could have had some unique tones, yet they opted to do the same old pickups with the look of a gold foil. I’m glad to see that there are pickup companies trying to bring these old pickups styles back into fashion. I think you should cram two more really unique pickups onto this bass. How epic would it be to have FOUR unique pickups on a bass?! You have plenty of real estate to do it! Go for it!
@franzturczynski4693 3 days ago

Love the sound and look. With the pick guard.
@18JR78 4 days ago

Looks good. Unique piece. At the end it’s about the art, visually and musically.
@scottkidwellmusic9175 4 days ago

That's quite the Frankenbass! I love the tone and looks. Could go either way on the pick guard, but it works. Thanks, Philip!