The Almost perfect

Intro: 00:00-00:14
Tech Specs: 00:15-02:14
Blind Tone Test: 02:15-03:24
Main tone Test (Always): 03:25-04:12
Final thoughts: 4:16-6:59
HMNIM String tone Test/Blind Tone Test Results: 07:00-07:44
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Its been a while... But since #HMNIM launched the new #Fender Mark Hoppus bass I thought it was about time to do a new and improved Mark Hoppus Bass Tone test shootout!
I tried to make the test as fair as possible making sure all basses were strung with Ernie Ball Super Slinkys. running through my Kemper on the Feldmann/Hoppus patch.
Since last time I realise how much my hand injury has made playing bass so hard! xD
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[@davidjohnsully]

I totally forgot to say, there were 5 colours on the mk1 models! I forgot to say shell pink!🤫🤘🏻 the Mk2 is actually Ash, not light weight Alder. *its also actually a Fender P neck, just with a Jaguar Decal. And block inlays on the Mk3*

[@kurdtjohn]

The Mk2 Hoppus bass sounded the meatiest of the bunch. Holy shit.

[@Gear182]

So well done man! Love it

[@davidjohnsully]

🙏🏻❤️

[@AllanCorona]

The ultimate comparison video. Loved the blind tone test brother!!

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you brother ❤️loved having you part of it too! 🤘🏻

[@lizdynamite]

Haha loved your surprise appearance

[@grekkie182]

bass twinzies! Great job DAVID!

[@davidjohnsully]

Bass twinzzzzz!!! Thank you Gracie!! Means a lot 🙏🏻❤️

[@themusicalturkey7838]

Incredible video dude! Really well done 🤘

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you shredder! 🙏🏻🤘🏻❤️

[@pedromaggion2644]

Very well done…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤘🏻

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you brother ❤️

[@theglamvegan6634]

Love this! The Fender MK2 Hoppus Bass is also my fave 🖤

[@davidjohnsully]

We need a Glam Vegan blink cover with the bass 😎😁❤️

[@eddiehfsolutions]

Cracking video, love the MK2 sound but they are all class!! Looking forward to Allan's bass 🤘

[@davidjohnsully]

Thanks dude!! Me too! He’s basses are sick!!!

[@johnnymortis]

MK2 all the way!

[@k0brakai]

Great video mate!!! Thanks a million ! I love my MH Jaguar

[@davidjohnsully]

Thanks so much!! Really appreciate that. Glad you managed to get one!

[@emilygonzales-clem6655]

Awesome video! The Gigi and Allan cameos were great! It’s funny how they can basically be the same bass, but still sound pretty different. I think I’m leaning toward the mk1

[@DavidCelisBits]

Niceeee! :D loved it man!

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you G! 🤘🏻❤️

[@MactelecomNetworks]

Great video!

[@davidjohnsully]

🙏🏻❤️

[@tombuck]

Woah- Interrupters guitar cameos! Awesome.

[@danwilson7485]

Love it Davey Boy!

[@davidjohnsully]

My man!! ❤️thank you dude 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@rafaelcheckley]

The effort bro, I’m subscribing

[@davidjohnsully]

Dude, I appreciate you ❤️

[@amoldeshpande44]

Awesome vid, David! Loved the shootout, great job!! I think I liked the Mk 2 best. I agree with you, I think that's my all time favorite bass too!

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you my dude ❤️🤘🏻really appreciate you checking it out! And it really is, isn’t it!! Iconic 😎🤘🏻

[@robbieisacoustic]

Loved this! Deffo want a Delonge tone test for sureeeee!

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you bro! I’ll get it in the works! First, our cover 😎🤘🏻

[@QuanNguyen-kr6hz]

This was really well done! I dig my HMNIM Jag Bass. The Pau Ferro fretboard isn’t as bad as people make it out to be and I think they chose a good alternative to the SD Quarter Pounders. Got about 1/2 right on the blind test and had to listen a few times. It was the Matty B and the MkII that got me.

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you my friend! Yeah I’m actually a fan of it! I like have basses that have different things! It’s nice as it give you some versatility (imo) What was your favourite tone?

[@punkish_dad]

Nice vid! Would love to see the Delonge guitar comparison.

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you! And I’ll get on it! The people have spoken! 🙏🏻❤️

[@mauriciobecerril1721]

It amazes me how big the mark hoppus bass fandom is! I have a MK1 in white, its a shame its discontinued! Id love a squier version of it. Also technically guitars have been always painted with automotive paint cars were painted with nitrocellulose back in the day now they are painted with polyester or polyurethane paint which is far more resistant than nitro most guitars are painted with poly only custom shop or really high end stuff gets nitro cuz people believe it helps with resonance since its a thinner finish. Great video btw!!!

[@JeffManseau]

Lol the only one I got right was the wildcard. Great video man 💪

[@davidjohnsully]

Haha it’s interesting to hear them with no bias isn’t it! Thanks brother x

[@robertofigueroamuler5143]

Love the pink in mattys bass

[@davidjohnsully]

It’s great isn’t it!

[@takingstraylight]

Awesome vid. Do the Tommy long dong tone test comparison. Keep up the blink content!

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you!! I will get on it! Might start with the Fender vs Gibson while I source the other two! Haha

[@eddiehfsolutions]

I'd be up for a delonge show down 🤘

[@alwaysevolving281]

Preferred the MK1 in the mix most. I also guessed that one right in the sound test! The MKII sounded like a damn beast out of them all though!

[@davidjohnsully]

Ah that’s interesting! I guess the Mk1 is probably the most iconic!!! Yeah I love the Mk2 - it plays a treat too!

[@gals.182]

the HMIM bass sounds awesome! but it's always the MK2 for me, great color! also, I demand that tom delonge guitar comparison or we riot man

[@davidjohnsully]

It does right!? And me too! I love it!! Iconic! Ah man, the demands there. It’s on bro 😎🤘🏻

[@AtomizedSound]

The Mk1 was my first bass guitar and instrument I got in 2003. I still have it and it’s the surf green color. The Mk2 tone isn’t bad with the reverse pickup positions, but some tone tweaking on outboard effects can get close to that with the mk1 if it’s so desired. I’m not a fan of his later basses really. I prefer the jazz bass body and the tone of the Jag I’m not too fond of

[@melissar4422]

Great video my friend! Love the special guest. What’s his name? He’s cute! 😍

[@davidjohnsully]

He is such a hunk!! 😍

[@GabrielFss182]

My 2003 blue becomes green as yours.

[@davidjohnsully]

No way?! Haha

[@mariotorres4232]

To me hands down Mk1. I had it right in the blind test. The others are way to bright. However I noticed you play very close to the bridge while standing up, in particular with the Mk1. Maybe it’s a balance thing. In the Always comparison, the Mk1 sounds very tense in contrast to the others. There is a lot to say about how technique affects tone, but you have to adjust where you strum. Playing that high doesn’t do any favors to a bass that’s “supposed to sound” loose and warm, (because you are playing Blinks songs). Where you playing sitting down on the blind test? I have a Mk1 and 2, and every time the 1 blows the 2 out of the water. Great vid!

[@davidjohnsully]

It’s a good point, and I guess something I didn’t think about at the time. I was sat down on the blind tone test. I’m going to do an updated version of this soon. So I’ll deffo try and play a bit higher with my right hand! Thanks 👊🏻🤘🏻

[@johnnymortis]

i really love all of them but what bothers me is, that the MK3 has basically a different fretboard, different pickups and different colour than mark‘s. but it sounds beautiful nonetheless, like all of them. also, really great video. thanks for that!

[@davidjohnsully]

Yeah, it does! But I kinda like the difference in a weird way. But now there is this one, I’d love to see Mark play it live! Thanks so much for checking it out! A lot of work went into making it 🙏🏻🤘🏻

[@madbeards]

Give me the OG all day every day. Traditional pick-up positioning for life.

[@davidjohnsully]

You can’t beat a classic!! ❤️🤘🏻

[@dicehands]

I have the OG seafoam green Tom Delonge guitar. I should have also purchased the Mark bass at the time but didnt, and now I regret it. The new ACTUAL hot pink bass looks so good though. Its on my list to pick up ASAP

[@davidjohnsully]

Nice! That OG TD strat is worth some! I have mine to and I’ll never let it go haha I hope you get the HMNIM bass soon bro! Good luck! 🤝🤘🏻❤️

[@diddyfaplord]

I like bass #2 the best saying now before you reveal

[@pratosaurusrex1128]

Tom’s just gone back to Fender. I can’t imagine how much his new signature Starcaster would cost for a Tom Delonge guitar review 😅

[@davidjohnsully]

Hey, if they do public release I’m getting one 😎🤘🏻

[@AllbeeHivezChristianAllbee]

@@davidjohnsully This comment thread aged really well.

[@davidjohnsully]

@@AllbeeHivezChristianAllbee 🤝🏻🫡

[@damienhaigh7666]

The mark hoppus first bass also come in shell pink. I had it.

[@davidjohnsully]

Yup, I wrote that on the pinned comment. I also had one lol My bad

[@tomascameli4230]

What is the name of the song played in the blind tone test, is amazing ❤️

[@davidjohnsully]

It’s Feeling This. The opening track of untitled❤🤘🏻

[@ChrisCTL13]

I prefer the bass 3 and bass 4 sounds tones. I have the same daphne blue MK1 bass! Still love the OG bass.

[@davidjohnsully]

Nice choice!! Nice! They are getting so rare these days!! Blue is such a nice colour way too! 😍👌🏻

[@punkrockandtvshowvoices1100]

Fucking sick dude

[@davidjohnsully]

Thank you 🙏🏻🤘🏻

[@lizdynamite]

My favorite is the new hmnim bass! And I got 2 out of 4 right. Pretty decent for not being a musician 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

[@davidjohnsully]

That’s incredible! It’s really quite hard!! Thanks for checking it out Liz ❤️🤘🏻

[@nicofreako182]

The only Bass I have is the hi my name is mark one and I love it so much! That’s so awesome that you have these! Was it hard to acquire all of them? Super sick!

[@davidjohnsully]

The HMNIM is great! Glad you managed to snag one! Did you see that they’re releasing it in blue to? Quite hard, yeah! I had a mk1 MH bass way back in 2008 that I eventually sold and as the years rolled by I really regretted letting it go. So I ended up selling most of my old touring gear to fund getting my blink collection! Traded 3 hours each way to get the mk1! And the mk2 came from Poland! Haha

[@nicofreako182]

@@davidjohnsully that’s so awesome! I’m super happy for you! What and awesome collection! And yes the Daphne blue looks awesome I’m snagging for sure, I’m also hoping the make another Tom signature with his new starcaster

[@davidjohnsully]

@@nicofreako182 ah dude, that’s rad! The blue does look sweet!! I think Fender would be silly not to! But I think his first 4 are prototypes like he had with the strats and they do a second batch that’s perfected. Then we’ll get the general release. I hope they do both Squire and Fender to!

[@nicofreako182]

@@davidjohnsully me too!!! And that’s good to know, and what is the main difference between the squire and fender because I have the Tom squire strat but always thought it was just a knock of the fender one and always wanted the fender one, are they pretty much the same?

[@davidjohnsully]

@@nicofreako182Haha the fender has a Seymour Duncan invader, whereas the Squires have a Duncan design invader. Which is like Seymour Duncan's answer to a more budget-friendly invader (like Squire is for fender). The tuning pegs are also different. The neck. The fenders were built in the Mexico Fender workshop. Where as the Squires we're built in the China factory. The colours available were also different between Fender and Squire. Which is kinda neat!

[@jasonholden]

Very cool video. Liked and subscribed…..now time to check out this music of yours….

[@davidjohnsully]

Thanks brother, on all counts! ❤️🤘🏻I hope you enjoy it!

[@petescript991]

MK1 for me but I am biased! I also have a MK1 Daphne

[@davidjohnsully]

Nice! The mk1s are just so iconic 🤝🏻🤘🏻

[@2OfSpades]

I was undecided between 2 and 3 but I,'d say 3

[@Cash_Lovell]

Next thing you know marks gonna star playing a Gibson thunderbird with a inverted p bass pickup

[@davidjohnsully]

Haha can you imagine!

[@timday444]

Mk 2 amazing

[@davidjohnsully]

It is a beast!!! 🙏🏻

[@timday444]

@@davidjohnsully I hope mark uses Mk2 on blink's new album

[@davidjohnsully]

@@timday444 he’s been using Jin. A bass my good friend Allan & Daveed made for him!

[@juanimuller]

mk2 all day

[@fajarfathurrahman9457]

MK2 ftw

[@rafaelplacce]

There's just one problem with the test. You only used the G and D strings and the MKI sounds worse there cause all the others have the reverse pick ups

[@davidjohnsully]

The blind tone test I’m playing strings E A & D. So between playing Feeling This and Always I've played all strings. That was my thought process anyway haha

[@AllbeeHivezChristianAllbee]

As far as strings go, the Ernie Ball strings definitely sound closer to the real Hoppus tone.

[@diddyfaplord]

Marks not an innovator with reversing those pickups, Fender has models from the 80s that did that, and other brands did as well

[@billyellis4149]

Mk2 sounds the worst

[@davidjohnsully]

Hot take! 🥵

[@t.c.v.t.]

Marks not a innovator with the reverse p pickup. He either doesn't know or knows and likes to joke about it but it was a common thing to do in the 80's. Tons of models and some even now that have the reverse p.

[@davidjohnsully]

Be cool to check out some of these models if you have an examples?

[@t.c.v.t.]

@@davidjohnsully Guild Pilot. Some Warwicks that have P pickups. Some Spectors that have P pickups. Reverend Decision. Also some smaller less known brands that were imported in the 80's had them.

[@davidjohnsully]

@@t.c.v.t. ahhhh sorry I thought you meant Fender. I’ll check those out though.

[@t.c.v.t.]

@@davidjohnsully No. Fender might for you if you buy a custom shop level instrument. Don't recall ever seeing a stock Fender except the Mark Hoppus bass with a reverse P. You could just have a luthier route out any Fender you like and it probably would cost much.