Serek Basses / Lincoln L3 Bass Demo [Gibson Grabber G3] / Curtis Novak Pickups

[@serekbasses]

Sorry for the acid trip folks, forgot to turn off autofocus, rookie mistake...

[@rl-ub9hx]

No need to apologize for free trips!

[@Therealchuckbailey]

Glad to see my email inquiry on this from 2 years ago made its way to your list of basses offered. Sounds solid.

[@josephjordan2883]

Beautiful build, Jake! Keep up the great work! It’s so refreshing to see Gibson inspired basses! By the way… I love my Sacramento!

[@thefool2007]

Mr. Serek- that is the bass of my dreams. I love your basses and owned a G3 with BL pickups many years ago. Someday.

[@666thsense]

skip to 4:15 if you wanted to actually hear the bass.

[@Dekcatta]

Roughly a year ago I had another builder make me a G-3 inspired bass with 3 51 P single coils... if only these were around then!!! So awesome.

[@joemirus8006]

Very cool. There’s something special about that neck and middle pickup position!

[@niclem03]

If I didn't already have a G3, I would probably order an L3. Please ask Curtis Novak to recreate the Grabber humbucking sliding pickup😉

[@serekbasses]

If he did, we would build with it in a heartbeat!

[@dimadee3597]

by the way, the original grabber pickup is not a humbucker, but a p90 style single

[@EVILJAMARR]

Love these basses, love the interesting videos. Serek forever

[@jordandrinkwine74]

Such a phenomenal instrument, I hadn’t put together how heavy of an influence Norlin-era basses had on Serek designs until this video! Those Novak pickups are no joke, you guys totally nailed the sounds and overall vibe of the G-3 for sure 🤙🏻🤙🏻 I almost wonder if making an L-3 with a smaller scale (like a 30 or 32”) could help address the scooped nature of the pup configuration? Never fully understood when I owned a G-3 if it was the longer scale length and thin body or just the buck and a half itself that contributed more to the G-3’s percussive, piano-like clarity and clank.

[@klaymeister]

Um, did you see the video The Bass Channel put up literally today?

[@serekbasses]

Woah, synchronicity.

[@subschool5]

love the history at the beginning of the vid. LOVE my serek! thank you thank you it's so inspiring to play and even hold

[@meyersguitars2196]

So happy to see you building these. Beautiful looks and sounds.

[@mccypr]

Very cool! Thanks! 😎

[@harryberman4320]

Dude, you are such a neo-classic bass guitar master crafter. Love this!

[@robjgolde3221]

Sounds just like a G3. I love it. One thing I’ve always been curious about with the G3’s is what it would sound like if the middle pickup came with additional wires so that you could potentially run positions 1 and 3 in series or parallel as well as in or out of phase.

[@TeepleBass]

Sounds glorious! Very cool!

[@t.c.v.t.]

Always wanted a G3 I might just have to order a new one from you.

[@trance9158]

Nice... Great to see someone doing a legitimate reproduction of the great Gibson basses. I miss my Ripper.

[@martinheath5947]

My 1974 Gibson Ripper was stolen. I've never truly got over the loss.

[@bb_lz9790]

Sounds great! Always wondered how to wire up a 3-pickup instrument with a toggle switch. I'm guessing that the middle pickup isn't connected to the selector switch at all as it's always on and the remaining pickup selector wiring is just like a Les Paul.

[@Pookiestud]

This thing sounds so effin good 🤤

[@kurdtjohn]

Nailed that beautiful G3 tone!

[@whistler_lane]

Super cool bass!

[@jomamma1750]

Hey Man, did you ever try a set of flats on one of those?? Might be cool.

[@serekbasses]

Would definitely tame the highs a bit!

[@martinheath5947]

Inside this bass there are three wires twisted togeher and taped off. If you connect these wires to ground via a switch you can get a whole bunch more tone combinations.

[@matthewpaluch777]

😎👍Hey Jake, how about something bassed of the Victory Artist model?

[@serekbasses]

Very cool basses indeed!

[@Drunken_Hamster]

Why not make the middle position neck+bridge?

[@coachgb]

I’m curious, as a newb to pickup wiring, how a 1&3 option would sound. Jazz-like? Just having 1&2, 2&3, and 1&2&3 makes an awesome bass with plenty of usable sounds. Has anyone wired their bass to have a 1&3 combo in addition to or instead of the other options?

[@SombraPiloto]

Badass. I wish I had money...

[@McDoinky]

Appreciate the Rick Danko pic

[@everyvillainislarry]

I’ve always wondered this. But where would you say the pickups fall location wise? It looks like neck and jazz bridge locations with the middle pickup being kind of where an MM pickup would fall.

[@zyxwfish]

That thing sounds top notch

[@drizztdourden1060]

It is a great concept but it will be even more interesting to make a G4 so you can have jazzbass and rickenbacker pickups in the same bass!

[@rmccain99]

How can I get one?

[@HondoFelder]

Nice!

[@nathanbraswell7673]

Has anyone ever tried to put 3 pickups in a jazz bass?

[@GingerBass]

Want this so hard

[@nydhe7]

Might have sounded better if your amp was flat, you have it bright. I have G-3 with the BLs and i can get so many more sounds. Good amp makes the difference

[@aldito7586]

There isn't a bad tone on that bass.

[@BennyEatsCheese]

my wallet!!! 😢😢😢

[@ralphhenderson7270]

Serek basses sound o.k., however, they are very over-rated and way over-priced. I'm a working bassist and I would never buy a Serek when there are other far better hand-made options out there. Serek's prices are unrealistic and simply nothing more than unaffordable Gibson rip-offs.

[@trance9158]

As if Gibson's are reasonably priced??

[@trance9158]

Also has Gibson brought back the G3 into production??

[@ralphhenderson7270]

@@trance9158 I don't care for Gibson basses.....never have.

[@johnsilver8059]

Hahahaha. Fascinating. If you don’t like them, why are you spending your time watching the video?

[@ralphhenderson7270]

@johnsilver8059 I only spent just enough time as necessary to leave a comment. I didn't waste my time watching all of it. Clearly, your ignorance needs no introduction.