How to Buy a Bass You‘ll Love: Pickups

[@sweetwater]

What pickup style made the biggest difference to you? Be sure to hit like and subscribe for more bass tips and tricks 🤘

[@pbenson56fran]

I like the last bass, active, for more tone. When I think of active I think of Marcus Miller- Nathan from Fourplay- Babbit one of the Funk brothers of Motown. And a dear friend of mine George G.

[@hansoloist9756]

I love bass players. Drummers best friend

[@-whiskey-4134]

What matters to me first and foremost is how comfortable it is…weight, balance, neck thickness (or thinness for me), looks, the pickups. I love Ibanez basses the best, my 2 favorite being the GSR206 and SR506E. 2 opposite ends of the spectrum price and tier wise, but both phenomenal instruments that play amazingly and feel great, though the 206 is on the heavy side lol but whether you spend around 300, 900, or anywhere in between, cant go wrong with Ibanez. My first bass was the GSR200 for like $175 in the mid 2010’s, even had a GSRM200 (Mikro bass) and that little thing was amazing, but gave it to a coworkers brother as a birthday gift because he wanted to get into bass but didn’t have much money, the regular GSR200 went to my step brother years back, which was another gift lol they were both happy and still have em to this day.

[@froginthebog8103]

1:11: "You can hear it without even plugging your bass into an amp" * plays bass through amp *

[@romeou4965]

He was referring to changing finger placement without changing pickup selection

[@BYLRPhil]

Playing a G&L, like a true connoisseur :-)

[@DinkleWink288]

Why does Craig talk and move like a living LA noire character (The video was actually really helpful btw)

[@TenFalconsMusic]

Very Rob Schneider meets Conan O'Brien.

[@ramencurry6672]

He could be a little nervous. Giving a public presentation is not as easy as you think.

[@zaydzastrow8810]

Craig is the best sales engineer!

[@pbenson56fran]

I don't play bass, but I love the sound of an upright bass. Since I am a singer songwriter I am learning about other instruments: Their placement in Jazz is important, so I need to know how to compress and EQ them better. Even when I am performing I do EQ and compress some songs I perform. Learning about an instrument can be the difference between a note it can and can not play. I use Finale as my means of writing the 2nd way. Piano is first for me. Thanks for the video.

[@redacted5035]

ain't reading all that i'm happy for you tho ...or sorry that happened

[@exiles_dot_tv]

I can't tell if he's being sarcastic or not.

[@shipsahoy1793]

He’s the 3-D killer I think he’s serious

[@redacted5035]

​@@shipsahoy1793"3d killer" wat that even mean????? 🤣

[@shipsahoy1793]

@@redacted5035 I think I was trying to say “here’s the killer, I think he’s serious” .. I don’t know what the algorithm did, because I know I didn’t say that, and I didn’t realize whatever I said was printed “that” way, or I would have edited it. 😵‍💫

[@ramencurry6672]

He might actually be a little nervous. In college when I had to give a presentation, I had to act confident but it came off a little awkward

[@whyshouldidothatnow]

I like this guy. He has this extraordinary way to speak :)

[@jpjay1584]

would be good to have the drums not louder than the bass. turn them down by 80%. then you can hear the difference in pickups.

[@TenFalconsMusic]

My favourite pickups are: "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this" and "Heaven must be missing an angel." I don't recommend the vintage "Club & drag" pickups. Effective, but far too harsh for modern times. It's best to explore all the possibilities before settling on what works best for you. Once you've found the right one, I personally recommend bringing some PJs, just in case it's an all nighter.

[@Blech319]

Strong Patrick Bateman vibe.

[@TenFalconsMusic]

"There is an idea of Patrick Bateman." ~Patrick Bateman

[@redacted5035]

He definitely has a "freezer full of kitten heads" vibe

[@ephektz]

My man, Craig!

[@johnniecameron8829]

Both cranked always

[@nathansantos.n8]

Yes

[@liys540]

P with soapbar ( billy Sheehan) or pj

[@cavvieira]

No Humbuckers?

[@musaarif3126]

Jazz bass

[@sadetwizelve]

You didn't play anything for soapbar

[@nosivo13]

Hay model G&L is that at the end?

[@ewetoo]

The red one? It's a L-2000

[@newsoundstudyo9312]

Nices Ton Bass

[@benjohnson5947]

Can anyone explain what a sales engineer is? Is it just a fancy way of saying salesman?

[@sweetwater]

🤓 www.sweetwater.com/about/sales-engineers/

[@TenFalconsMusic]

"Sales engineer" is a fancy way of saying lingerie model.

[@juliorolandi6694]

I guess that the engineer part means that you can ask for specs and they will deliver, on the other side a salesman is focused on... sales

[@CapnCrnch330]

P&J

[@jbaranowski1990]

J>H>P

[@keatonpage509]

Is no one going to comment on his shirt thingy only being zipped halfway… it’s driving me crazy 😩

[@comparedtowhat2638]

Gee, could you be any more biased towards the Fender type basses? You couldn’t even bring yourself to mutter humbucker let alone play a traditional humbucker.

[@gnaflethegarthok3074]

Is he an android programmed with words to say?

[@vesellin]

You use pauses in your talking in a very off-putting way

[@soundknight]

Salesman can't be engineers, you need separate qualifications.