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

When Curtis Novak announced his reproduction of the classic Bill Lawrence-design pickups from the Gibson Grabber G3 basses of the mid-70s, I was all over it.
This video showcases the raw, yet crystalline sound of these wonderful pickups with a surprisingly forward-thinking original wiring schematic.
Less talk, more bass: 4:15
Signal chain: Bass - GK 800RB - Aguilar SL112 - Mic & DI - Scarlett 2i2
To learn more please visit:
www.serekbasses.comn
www.curtisnovak.com

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@joemirus8006]

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

[@t.c.v.t.]

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

[@mccypr]

Very cool! Thanks! 😎

[@EVILJAMARR]

Love these basses, love the interesting videos. Serek forever

[@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.

[@TeepleBass]

Sounds glorious! Very cool!

[@harryberman4320]

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

[@klaymeister]

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

[@serekbasses]

Woah, synchronicity.

[@SombraPiloto]

Badass. I wish I had money...

[@kurdtjohn]

Nailed that beautiful G3 tone!

[@666thsense]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@whistler_lane]

Super cool bass!

[@HondoFelder]

Nice!

[@zyxwfish]

That thing sounds top notch

[@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.

[@McDoinky]

Appreciate the Rick Danko pic

[@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.

[@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!

[@GingerBass]

Want this so hard

[@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?

[@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.

[@matthewpaluch777]

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

[@serekbasses]

Very cool basses indeed!

[@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!

[@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

[@nathanbraswell7673]

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

[@rmccain99]

How can I get one?

[@aldito7586]

There isn't a bad tone on that bass.

[@element-dh9dx]

Looking up Danelectro, and your bass comes up...again. Is the universe speaking to me ?. How is the company expanding ?. I might want to slow down, start making some basses instead of risking my life and safety at work every day. I'm pretty good with my hands, I might want to come work for you. I also play bass, so there's that, I still have a lot to learn about building and wiring instruments.

[@element-dh9dx]

These bass demonstrations are really sort of dependent on recording methods, DI's and may or may not give an accurate representation of what this bass sounds like, live in person. For this reason, I would make sure you use the best possible clean DI config, maybe even design your own box based on vintage transformer, or tubes etc. Rupert Neve, his were used in a lot of the channel strips in recording. Vandahl is what the Focusrite ISA's use, that's what was around back then. Bass is hard enough to learn, then when you get into recording you almost need a degree to figure it out, it takes time away from playing bass, just to get set up.

[@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.