You are obviously an experienced guitar player. What you are not is a bass player. The only deception here is that the second row of posts are not magnets. The pickups do cancel hum, do they not? The fact that they have a volume that did not meet your expectations is really due to the fact you did not try one out in advance. This is an entry level instrument, built to a price point, as you are well aware. BTW, I do not own a SE bass, but have played several examples. I just feel you are being overly critical of an instrument that you have no experience with.
I AM a bass player. And I just got this bass as a present. For the money, it is an exceptional bass. I saw this video and having now played it for a few months have come back to this video to call out this dishonest review. First of all there are several "humbucker" designs/wiring's and this one is one of them. Just because it is not the one you were thinking of doesn't make it dishonest. He even says, "not a full humbucker" but a humbucker all the same. Not only do these pickups sound great (when you have the right settings for a passive bass). All passive basses are "weak" compared to an active bass simply because you need to have a pre-amp on a Passive bass to have an Oranges to oranges comparison. Kudos to PRS for the engineering that gives this good an instrument at that price point.
Great video! Really interesting how they're representing these. I would think that wiring a single coil in series with a dummy coil would reduce the output for sure. Well done!
Your disapointment is a nice surprise for me and sparkled my interest in trying out this bass. I prefer single coils and in my case, single coil+dummy coil sounds very interesting to me. I do find it misleading from their part. But the moral of the story, instruments bought sight unseen is always a huge gamble.
Thanks for sharing your review and mods. I installed the Nordstrand pickups and they really sound great. Question:The Prs pots are very limited as they only seem effective when dimed out. Did you have to do any mods to install the aftermarket pots and what brand did you purchase? Thanks again for sharing.
@@LouisC059 oh yes, I forgot. I did have to embiggen the holes for the shafts on the better pots. I was worried about chipping the finish, but I worked carefully and used some masking tape before drilling them out and it wasn't a problem. But it led to another issue, which is that the pot shaft diameter was larger and I replaced the knobs to fit. I didn't need to do any routing, but if you wanted to add a preamp you might need to.
I tried this bass,KILLER neck through,plays like butter,string through,quality bridge rings for days,Swamp Ash bright tone, great price but the pick ups are made in Indonesia,they belong on a Squier!
It's on my wish list I will probably buy one soon despite this non-bassist's opinion. I don't care two whits how it's done. Every demo I've heard sounds great. It takes great hubris for a self-proclaimed non-bassists to make a determination on tone and show a complete shit tone as an "improvement" without including a stock tone for comparison.
Thanks for pointing this out. I was thinking of getting this bass but now I'm not sure. This whole thing just confuses me though. It seems like it would be more effort to have two different pole pieces rather than having them all be magnetic. Genuinely can't figure out why they would do this
You should have gotten a Cort A series … hehehe … Technically, it is still a humbucker (if the dummy coil does cancel hum) but one without a wide aperture for the pickup. 😊 But seriously, the bass has its own signature sound. A phat tone with some warmth to it. It’s different but very workable. Well, some people like the sound of say a Gibson EB bass.
Great video... I had this bass several years ago but sold it because I didn't like the sound, not enough output. Now I know why. I loved the rest of the bass. I now have the Kestral and it sounds as I expected but if I decide to keep it long term, I'll upgrade the pups. WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST I USE?
Thanks! As your your question, I'm a bass newbie, so I'm probably not the best to ask. :-) But the Kestrel takes standard-sized jazz pickups, if I recall, and I can tell you I'm insanely happy with the Nordstrands. Nordstrand makes pickups in standard jazz pickup size.
I have a 2018 Kestrel. Excellent overall build quality and playability. Two things I improved. Replaced pups with Sonic brand (hand wound, one man shop). I choose the noiseless Js. Not the cheapest pups out there, but worth it. Best $ I have ever spent on a bass mod. The noiseless is especially nice for running neck only P tones. Second easy and CHEAP improvement was a light knock down of the gloss finish on back of neck. 15 minutes with scotch brite type material my luthier had. The original wasn’t super sticky, but the feel after the knockdown is a game changer. So much better.
Thank you so much Greg for the insight on the pick-ups. I too like the PRS brand as I have a 6 string that I love to play, it's very good quality and workmanship for a SE brand. I have a Fender American P-Bass, and a Jackson X Spectra IV with true humbuckers. I played this PRS at my LGS through a Rumble 500. It sounded good as a play alone instrument so when I got home I ran it through my Rumble 800 HD with my 2x10 cab, hooked up my iPad to play along with some songs, (thats how I practice) and plugged in my new PRS Kingfisher. Boy was I disappointed. Very week pick-ups, I could hardly hear myself come through the mix with the music playing. My Jackson (on Passive), and my Fender P-Bass cut through with no difficulty at 60-70% volume. My new PRS I can hardly even hear at 100% volume. I did see your comments on the TalkBass forums and I will also look into replacing these with the Big Splits. I think PRS has dropped the ball on this one.
I'm glad you found it useful. Thanks for sharing your experience. One lesson for me from this is to be more skeptical of gear reviews on CZcams. Some individuals might be sponsored or given the instrument to review, and they aren't likely to say anything critical. Magazine reviews on CZcams are rarely willing to include critical comments because they need to maintain their relationships with the makers. Sellers that have CZcams channels are even worse because they need to sell instruments. And sometimes it's more subtle. @JonIsJustTooLoud is a great guitar player and seems like an absolutely sweet guy, and he's very careful to describe the exact details of his setup when demos instruments. I love his channel. But local Singapore stores lend him instruments to review, so there's a symbiotic relationship between him and the stores. In addition, I think Jon's just too *nice* to make critical remarks. It doesn't seem to be in his nature.
I just demoed this bass today alongside their Kestrel bass. I noticed that the output of the Kestrel was better than the Kingfisher. I was a little bummed because I really like the look of the Kingfisher a lot better than than the Kestrel. I appreciate your explanation because now I know I’m not crazy.
The whole description on the PRS site is bullshit! I love PRS guitars but this is just shocking and disappointing. I was thinking of buying another S2 but this leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
So what you’re really getting for a couple hundred dollars more is a maple veneer and a nice paint job 😂😂😂. I would love to have a Kestrel because it’s still a neck-thru bass with Hipshot hardware for a very affordable price. I just don’t like that it’s only available in sunburst.
Great explication sir!!! Cheers from Italy! I have the same bass, and I'm considering to change the pickup in mine. Could you tell the model of these Nordstrand please? Are there also other Friendships that makes these pickup for this bass? I would really like one day how it sounds like... Thank you very much for your answer. 😜
I got the "big split 4" pickups from Nordstrand. Thankfully they are a standard EMG size, so any standard EMG pickups with 19mm string spacing should do. But they nordstrands sound great.
The Grainger basses are extremely expensive. So a great company like PRS can't hit a price point in between that makes them money and produces a good product? I own a lot of Ibanez basses because of their age and sometimes the price. I watched this video to educate myself about PRS basses and I got some very important information. Thanks!
I get being angry that you bought something blind with no knowledge and getting disappointed in your choice but people really need to look inward more when they complain about disappointment. I was not expecting anything and picked up one of these used and was stunned that there was a bad review out there that convinced the idiot who sold this to me to sell lol. He was Also a new bass player so he knew nothing and trusted this review and I saved $800 Canadian dollars off buying new. It’s a passive bass, it’s going to have lower output. This is so easily solved by tweaking your amp settings or adding a pedal which almost every modern musician is fully capable of doing. For any beginner bassist out there who might do something stupid after buying one of these and watching this video please don’t listen to a review and use your ears and brain. Turn your amp up. Add some gain. Change the eq. Most bassists complain about output level drops when going from active to passive basses for different sounds. Now you can change basses and not have to worry about output drops but still get an aggressive tone. Pickups are just guitar microphones and people overthink this stuff a lot. Most people consider low output pickups the crème de la crème for tone because they can be shaped the easiest.
Thanks for your comment, and congratulations on picking up a used Kingfisher. It's amusing to think that the person who sold it to you might have been influenced by this review, which I never intended as a "bad review". I quite like the bass, still play it, and learned a lot through the process of the mods. The *way* I purchased it was silly, and I wouldn't recommend that to anyone, but that's entirely my responsibility. I don't regret getting it (and don't regret the mods). It's been a great learning experience. I should make it clear that I wasn't angry. I simply didn't like the pickups and and was disappointed with how PRS represented them, which I thought was dishonest. It was, and I thought it was worth the effort to give a review that represented the situation honestly.
Nevermind. You never really review it, specifically what it sounds like. That’s what a bass does; it makes sound. You just showed your solution to your bruised ego.
That is absolute FRAUD! Thanks for your honesty! Aly Express from China is the real deal believe it or not. I have some in a 6 string bass. But PRS pushing this product is BS. Not buying.
It's crazy, right? Gretch did something similar, and like PRS it's an entirely pointless misrepresentation. At least in the case of PRS they have a dummy coil, which provides some hum cancellation, but their misrepresentation is exploiting the ignorance of new players.
Thanks for the review. That was my first thought as well. The pickups are weak. But I would like replace it with what you have on yours. The rest is excellent.
@@sarethroeun5165 I just added a link to the Big Split 4 pickups. Nordstrand makes the same pickup with a choice of two different casings. You want the EMG 35 casing to fit the KingFisher.
Let me get this straight. You aren't a bass player. You've never played a bass before. You have nothing with which to compare this bass. You thought the pickup were "weak" so you dismantled the bass to determine there are one set of pole pieces but 2 coils and replaced the pickups with something you thought would be "better." Right? Did you make before and after recordings to show the improvement in output? Is output the determining factor in a good bass tone? Watching the PRS Kingfisher PRS demo, the bass sounded great. Your tone with the upgraded pickups is not. Are you sure you 'improved' the sound? I don't think so. I'm a bass player that has recently started playing more guitar. I've fixed one. I've built one (parts caster). I've learned to do basic fret work. I've also learned I can't make a decent guitar tone to save my life. I think you mirror that last sentence. You have no idea how make a tone, attempted to reverse engineer a bass and 'improve' it with absolutely no knowledge on the subject. You also accuse PRS of being "dishonest." Are they being dishonest by added a dummy coil to create a humbucker instead of ( by Fender's method) combining two pickups to create the humbucking? No. I wish you luck on your bass journey. I look forward to hearing bass tones you record.
Partly yes, partly no. I made the disclaimer about my newness to the instrument openly, but I didn't dismantle the bass *because* I thought the pickups were weak. I was disappointed with the pickups, and then I looked through TalkBass and other discussion forums and saw that experienced bass players were also disappointed with them. There was discussion on TalkBass about the pseudo-humbucker design, but unlike the Gretch that started the discussion, nobody had taken apart the PRS pickups. So I decided it would be a fun project. And yes, I think PRS is being dishonest. Perhaps you'd prefer a differnt word, such as "evasive" or "cagey". Fair enough. What they aren't being is transparent, and that to me is a huge disappointment, because PRS (led by example from Paul) has generally been *very* transparent about their designs and process. It's one of the many things I admire about the company. I regret not doing a before-after comparison, but I hadn't planned to make a video until after the new pickups were in the bass.
This guy has no clue about bass tone or how passive pickups work. He starts his video by simply saying he knows nothing about the instrument or bass tone. Why make the video by going on what other people said in "forums". Hell, if we all did that, everyone would be playing super high end everything. LOL.
How silly to put dummy coils on this bass... how much money did they save by doing this? You probably would have gotten a better bass with a Harley Benton.
I doubt it. The build quality, fit, and finish are all superb, plus it's neck-through construction. The dummy coils *are* silly, but I still love the instrument.
Well, I do *now*, though I was just starting at the time. The truth is, though, one doesn't have to be a great player for this deception from PRS to be an issue.
Your exactly right. This guy is definitely NOT a bass player. And his constant use of "these ones" really makes me question his ability to judge anything. I would expect a more correct use of the English language from someone in his age bracket.
You are obviously an experienced guitar player. What you are not is a bass player. The only deception here is that the second row of posts are not magnets. The pickups do cancel hum, do they not? The fact that they have a volume that did not meet your expectations is really due to the fact you did not try one out in advance. This is an entry level instrument, built to a price point, as you are well aware. BTW, I do not own a SE bass, but have played several examples. I just feel you are being overly critical of an instrument that you have no experience with.
i agree with you 100 percent on this he clearly is not understanding what a humbucker is
I AM a bass player. And I just got this bass as a present. For the money, it is an exceptional bass. I saw this video and having now played it for a few months have come back to this video to call out this dishonest review. First of all there are several "humbucker" designs/wiring's and this one is one of them. Just because it is not the one you were thinking of doesn't make it dishonest. He even says, "not a full humbucker" but a humbucker all the same. Not only do these pickups sound great (when you have the right settings for a passive bass). All passive basses are "weak" compared to an active bass simply because you need to have a pre-amp on a Passive bass to have an Oranges to oranges comparison. Kudos to PRS for the engineering that gives this good an instrument at that price point.
Great video! Really interesting how they're representing these. I would think that wiring a single coil in series with a dummy coil would reduce the output for sure. Well done!
Thanks! Love your stuff.
Great insights! I was considering the kingfisher as well as a PRS guitar player.
Even after the mods it's still possibly a good deal. I don't regret the purchase. I regret being misled about the instrument.
Nice work, too. Not inflammatory or anything. Just straight up. I appreciate that.
Thank You for the video and all the links. greatly appreciated..
Fantastic review Greg, Thank you 🎸🎸🎸
Your disapointment is a nice surprise for me and sparkled my interest in trying out this bass. I prefer single coils and in my case, single coil+dummy coil sounds very interesting to me. I do find it misleading from their part. But the moral of the story, instruments bought sight unseen is always a huge gamble.
Fair enough!
Thanks for sharing your review and mods. I installed the Nordstrand pickups and they really sound great. Question:The Prs pots are very limited as they only seem effective when dimed out. Did you have to do any mods to install the aftermarket pots and what brand did you purchase? Thanks again for sharing.
I did replace the pots. I don't remember the brand, but IIRC the paperwork for the big splits included some recommendations for pot specs.
@@GregTuckerKellogg Thx Greg, Was just wondering if any drilling or routing was needed using a pot requiring larger diameter volume knobs'
@@LouisC059 oh yes, I forgot. I did have to embiggen the holes for the shafts on the better pots. I was worried about chipping the finish, but I worked carefully and used some masking tape before drilling them out and it wasn't a problem. But it led to another issue, which is that the pot shaft diameter was larger and I replaced the knobs to fit.
I didn't need to do any routing, but if you wanted to add a preamp you might need to.
I tried this bass,KILLER neck through,plays like butter,string through,quality bridge rings for days,Swamp Ash bright tone, great price but the pick ups are made in Indonesia,they belong on a Squier!
I guess Americans wind wire on a frame better than Indonesians?
I would do all of these mods, but I'm not paying retail for a "project" bass.
It's on my wish list I will probably buy one soon despite this non-bassist's opinion.
I don't care two whits how it's done. Every demo I've heard sounds great.
It takes great hubris for a self-proclaimed non-bassists to make a determination on tone and show a complete shit tone as an "improvement" without including a stock tone for comparison.
Nordstrand Big Splits are awesome. Good choice!
Thanks for pointing this out. I was thinking of getting this bass but now I'm not sure. This whole thing just confuses me though. It seems like it would be more effort to have two different pole pieces rather than having them all be magnetic. Genuinely can't figure out why they would do this
I assume it's because they can shave a little cost by including as many alnico magnets.
You should have gotten a Cort A series … hehehe …
Technically, it is still a humbucker (if the dummy coil does cancel hum) but one without a wide aperture for the pickup. 😊
But seriously, the bass has its own signature sound. A phat tone with some warmth to it. It’s different but very workable.
Well, some people like the sound of say a Gibson EB bass.
Great video... I had this bass several years ago but sold it because I didn't like the sound, not enough output. Now I know why. I loved the rest of the bass. I now have the Kestral and it sounds as I expected but if I decide to keep it long term, I'll upgrade the pups. WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST I USE?
Thanks!
As your your question, I'm a bass newbie, so I'm probably not the best to ask. :-) But the Kestrel takes standard-sized jazz pickups, if I recall, and I can tell you I'm insanely happy with the Nordstrands. Nordstrand makes pickups in standard jazz pickup size.
I have a 2018 Kestrel. Excellent overall build quality and playability. Two things I improved.
Replaced pups with Sonic brand (hand wound, one man shop). I choose the noiseless Js. Not the cheapest pups out there, but worth it. Best $ I have ever spent on a bass mod. The noiseless is especially nice for running neck only P tones.
Second easy and CHEAP improvement was a light knock down of the gloss finish on back of neck. 15 minutes with scotch brite type material my luthier had. The original wasn’t super sticky, but the feel after the knockdown is a game changer. So much better.
Thank you so much Greg for the insight on the pick-ups. I too like the PRS brand as I have a 6 string that I love to play, it's very good quality and workmanship for a SE brand. I have a Fender American P-Bass, and a Jackson X Spectra IV with true humbuckers. I played this PRS at my LGS through a Rumble 500. It sounded good as a play alone instrument so when I got home I ran it through my Rumble 800 HD with my 2x10 cab, hooked up my iPad to play along with some songs, (thats how I practice) and plugged in my new PRS Kingfisher. Boy was I disappointed. Very week pick-ups, I could hardly hear myself come through the mix with the music playing. My Jackson (on Passive), and my Fender P-Bass cut through with no difficulty at 60-70% volume. My new PRS I can hardly even hear at 100% volume.
I did see your comments on the TalkBass forums and I will also look into replacing these with the Big Splits. I think PRS has dropped the ball on this one.
I'm glad you found it useful. Thanks for sharing your experience.
One lesson for me from this is to be more skeptical of gear reviews on CZcams. Some individuals might be sponsored or given the instrument to review, and they aren't likely to say anything critical. Magazine reviews on CZcams are rarely willing to include critical comments because they need to maintain their relationships with the makers. Sellers that have CZcams channels are even worse because they need to sell instruments. And sometimes it's more subtle. @JonIsJustTooLoud is a great guitar player and seems like an absolutely sweet guy, and he's very careful to describe the exact details of his setup when demos instruments. I love his channel. But local Singapore stores lend him instruments to review, so there's a symbiotic relationship between him and the stores. In addition, I think Jon's just too *nice* to make critical remarks. It doesn't seem to be in his nature.
I just demoed this bass today alongside their Kestrel bass. I noticed that the output of the Kestrel was better than the Kingfisher. I was a little bummed because I really like the look of the Kingfisher a lot better than than the Kestrel. I appreciate your explanation because now I know I’m not crazy.
This bass was my introduction to PRS.
My conclusion: in the future, it might not be wise to purchase entry level equipment from PRS.
The whole description on the PRS site is bullshit! I love PRS guitars but this is just shocking and disappointing. I was thinking of buying another S2 but this leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
It's really maddening. To make matters worse, I can't find a *single* review that recognises the issue
I'll look forward to used ones in a few years. Quality plank to load up something serious.
Oh for sure. With the Big Splits it's a beast. I'm not sure if the recess could accommodate a preamp, but passive is just fine for me right now.
Fender did the same thing with the gretch bass
So what you’re really getting for a couple hundred dollars more is a maple veneer and a nice paint job 😂😂😂. I would love to have a Kestrel because it’s still a neck-thru bass with Hipshot hardware for a very affordable price. I just don’t like that it’s only available in sunburst.
The kingfisher is also 24 fret, but yeah.
Great explication sir!!!
Cheers from Italy!
I have the same bass, and I'm considering to change the pickup in mine.
Could you tell the model of these Nordstrand please?
Are there also other Friendships that makes these pickup for this bass?
I would really like one day how it sounds like...
Thank you very much for your answer.
😜
I got the "big split 4" pickups from Nordstrand. Thankfully they are a standard EMG size, so any standard EMG pickups with 19mm string spacing should do. But they nordstrands sound great.
The Grainger basses are extremely expensive. So a great company like PRS can't hit a price point in between that makes them money and produces a good product? I own a lot of Ibanez basses because of their age and sometimes the price. I watched this video to educate myself about PRS basses and I got some very important information. Thanks!
I have one. The pickups suck
A 2 band eq will do wonders.
I get being angry that you bought something blind with no knowledge and getting disappointed in your choice but people really need to look inward more when they complain about disappointment. I was not expecting anything and picked up one of these used and was stunned that there was a bad review out there that convinced the idiot who sold this to me to sell lol.
He was Also a new bass player so he knew nothing and trusted this review and I saved $800 Canadian dollars off buying new. It’s a passive bass, it’s going to have lower output. This is so easily solved by tweaking your amp settings or adding a pedal which almost every modern musician is fully capable of doing. For any beginner bassist out there who might do something stupid after buying one of these and watching this video please don’t listen to a review and use your ears and brain. Turn your amp up. Add some gain. Change the eq. Most bassists complain about output level drops when going from active to passive basses for different sounds. Now you can change basses and not have to worry about output drops but still get an aggressive tone. Pickups are just guitar microphones and people overthink this stuff a lot. Most people consider low output pickups the crème de la crème for tone because they can be shaped the easiest.
Thanks for your comment, and congratulations on picking up a used Kingfisher. It's amusing to think that the person who sold it to you might have been influenced by this review, which I never intended as a "bad review". I quite like the bass, still play it, and learned a lot through the process of the mods. The *way* I purchased it was silly, and I wouldn't recommend that to anyone, but that's entirely my responsibility. I don't regret getting it (and don't regret the mods). It's been a great learning experience.
I should make it clear that I wasn't angry. I simply didn't like the pickups and and was disappointed with how PRS represented them, which I thought was dishonest. It was, and I thought it was worth the effort to give a review that represented the situation honestly.
I’ll buy it if you still have it
Nevermind. You never really review it, specifically what it sounds like. That’s what a bass does; it makes sound.
You just showed your solution to your bruised ego.
That is absolute FRAUD! Thanks for your honesty! Aly Express from China is the real deal believe it or not. I have some in a 6 string bass. But PRS pushing this product is BS. Not buying.
It's crazy, right? Gretch did something similar, and like PRS it's an entirely pointless misrepresentation. At least in the case of PRS they have a dummy coil, which provides some hum cancellation, but their misrepresentation is exploiting the ignorance of new players.
Can you send me a link to the new pickups that you replaced it with? Thanks.
Thanks for the review. That was my first thought as well. The pickups are weak. But I would like replace it with what you have on yours. The rest is excellent.
@@sarethroeun5165 I just added a link to the Big Split 4 pickups. Nordstrand makes the same pickup with a choice of two different casings. You want the EMG 35 casing to fit the KingFisher.
@@GregTuckerKellogg thank you so much! Really appreciate it.
Let me get this straight.
You aren't a bass player. You've never played a bass before. You have nothing with which to compare this bass. You thought the pickup were "weak" so you dismantled the bass to determine there are one set of pole pieces but 2 coils and replaced the pickups with something you thought would be "better." Right?
Did you make before and after recordings to show the improvement in output? Is output the determining factor in a good bass tone?
Watching the PRS Kingfisher PRS demo, the bass sounded great. Your tone with the upgraded pickups is not.
Are you sure you 'improved' the sound? I don't think so.
I'm a bass player that has recently started playing more guitar. I've fixed one. I've built one (parts caster). I've learned to do basic fret work. I've also learned I can't make a decent guitar tone to save my life.
I think you mirror that last sentence. You have no idea how make a tone, attempted to reverse engineer a bass and 'improve' it with absolutely no knowledge on the subject. You also accuse PRS of being "dishonest." Are they being dishonest by added a dummy coil to create a humbucker instead of ( by Fender's method) combining two pickups to create the humbucking?
No.
I wish you luck on your bass journey.
I look forward to hearing bass tones you record.
Partly yes, partly no. I made the disclaimer about my newness to the instrument openly, but I didn't dismantle the bass *because* I thought the pickups were weak. I was disappointed with the pickups, and then I looked through TalkBass and other discussion forums and saw that experienced bass players were also disappointed with them. There was discussion on TalkBass about the pseudo-humbucker design, but unlike the Gretch that started the discussion, nobody had taken apart the PRS pickups. So I decided it would be a fun project.
And yes, I think PRS is being dishonest. Perhaps you'd prefer a differnt word, such as "evasive" or "cagey". Fair enough. What they aren't being is transparent, and that to me is a huge disappointment, because PRS (led by example from Paul) has generally been *very* transparent about their designs and process. It's one of the many things I admire about the company.
I regret not doing a before-after comparison, but I hadn't planned to make a video until after the new pickups were in the bass.
This guy has no clue about bass tone or how passive pickups work. He starts his video by simply saying he knows nothing about the instrument or bass tone. Why make the video by going on what other people said in "forums". Hell, if we all did that, everyone would be playing super high end everything. LOL.
is the bass coated with nitro lacquer?
They don't specify. My guess is it's poly at this price point.
wow … paul reed smith … BUSTED!
How silly to put dummy coils on this bass... how much money did they save by doing this? You probably would have gotten a better bass with a Harley Benton.
I doubt it. The build quality, fit, and finish are all superb, plus it's neck-through construction. The dummy coils *are* silly, but I still love the instrument.
The guy doesn't play bass guitar he's revieing seriously oh please come on
Well, I do *now*, though I was just starting at the time. The truth is, though, one doesn't have to be a great player for this deception from PRS to be an issue.
Your exactly right. This guy is definitely NOT a bass player. And his constant use of "these ones" really makes me question his ability to judge anything. I would expect a more correct use of the English language from someone in his age bracket.