Tribe P3 Bass Review – Is three pickups too many? – LowEndLobster Review
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EDIT: These are designed and engineered in Switzerland, but actually built in South Korea. There isn’t really any indication of the country of manufacturer. I’ve already reached out to Tribe and mentioned this and that they should really be more up front about this.
Hey everyone! Today we’re reviewing the Tribe P3 triple P bass from Tribe Guitars out of Switzerland. Featuring a beautiful matte white body housing THREE… yes, three alnico precision pickups, this is a very unorthodox offering. However, is three pickups the secret sauce or tonal overkill? Let’s find out!
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It's birdeye maple – singular.
Seeing this makes me happy
This seems like a product that isn't quite ready
Like a luthier made something for himself that he's happy with and didn't take the time to think about the little things that a consumer might care about
whats wrong with three volume pots?
It’s crazy that gen-X xtreme borderline Ed Hardy-looking fonts aren’t extinct in branding. Musical instruments have such a weird attachment to cringe
3 claws if that bass is 400$, but if that bass is thousand dollars it should be 1 or 2 claws rating
it/s better if the middle and bridge has reverse P
I like it. I’ve always wanted to build a 3 pickup Precision (J/P/MB). Ronn Moss from Player had a really cool 3 pup bass that you can see in the “baby come back” video. Looks like a Precision Elite (though they weren’t in production until the 80s) but with a mudbucker installed at the neck. Pretty cool.
I have an old (no idea how old, but may be 60s or 70s, no newer than 80s) one-off unbranded bass that I repaired and modded, I gave it 3 P bass pickups, each just with a volume knob, but no tone knob as for me P bass pickups are dark already. As I can dial out whichever I want to a variable extent. Even if I consider only 3 options for each pickup: off, around 50%, full on, I have some 19 options:
3 x only 1 full on
3 x only 1 off, other 2 full on
6 x only 1 off, other 2 on but 1 of them held back to around 50%
1 x all 3 full on
3 x all 3 on, 1 held back to 50%
3 x all 3 on, only 1 full on but the other 2 on 50%
That's about all the tonal variety I may want.
It's basically in a strat's wiring, so you could relatively easily add the common strat mod of a push/pull that adds the neck pickup to all positions (which makes position 1 into bridge and neck, and 2 into all together). I would have thought the most interesting combination for this pickup combo in a bass would be bridge + neck, which is unfortunately missing here the way they've wired it.
Seems kind of lazy and poorly thought out to just stick in a strat 5 way and call it a day, I agree with you that independent volumes would have been nice. There's all kinds of logical and intuitive/useful ways you could set up a control scheme for this bass, and the way they've done it isn't one of them
Something about the mids and highs. Sounds tinny.
One bird's eye is still birdseye. ????
There is plenty of room for 2 or maybe 3 more. Why not go all the way?
Over a thousand dollars? Pass
Back when I was still an EMG user, my favourite config was two 40P5’s. Does 3P = more? I was interested in this vid even before you started playing!
It looks like a custom re-branded Harley Benton bass
I would have added another pickup, even on the neck! ????
If they are lying about the neck being roasted and birds eye, it makes you wonder what else they are lying about ?.
They have a good selection of nice looking basses but for Korean made at these prices I would expect more quality control.
It's a bass for stratocaster players (guitarists), almost the same controls
That looks like a TAP OUT (mma inspired clothing) Logo
Position five has that Jaydee bridge pickup tone. The Jaydee pickups are comprised of mounting a miniature set of p-bass pickups into a large wooden cover.
Pickup selector suggestion:
3-way selector switch with a push-pull on the volume. You select middle and/or neck with the toggle, add the bridge pickup separately (it's a cool sound but personally the least practical on its own). Maybe a four-way selector with a dummy position allowing for solo via the push-pull then?
Nevermind. You do you.
The Swiss knife of basses
with black pickguard i can see only 1 pickup at bridge ,,,,lol ,,,,
20:48 those are some nice licks!
Now you can say i have big pp
Interesting bass but given the QC issues, not quite ready for prime time.
great review, being consistent in what you are playing through the different settings really gives you a good idea of how this sounds. cant believe that is not a given on 99% of instrument reviews
Lobster ????
Keep on rocking louder and betterrrr!
Nice! Bass!
3 claws because there is no 2&1/2
Because it is a Swiss Made, it should carry that Swiss meticulous eye for detailed perfection. The Swiss are not sloppy even if they try.
So I won’t let that Swiss name be used in vain, they can do better, it’s I. Their DNA.
Great video????????
Great sound. I hear ya about the clicking, I don't dig that either.
One word: Overkill.