You missed that it has a J pickup under the belt buckle there I mean...PJ is already a well-loved bastard, sure we can improve it! HA HA HA awwww womp womp
This is if a random Chinese company made a jackson, then realised that they accidentally copied a rickenbacker, half way through. And kinda just went 'uhhh sure?'
it reminds me of this bong I bought off Wish that was a "travel" model that rolled up and it became the trick bong because every time you would try to use it the thing would literally collapse and you'd aspirate water as well as get it everywhere. If the water could have ever been used, it would have been a bad joke. But since the water was always clean because it's an unusable bong, it was always funny as hell. I did get it to work but only after stuffing a toilet paper tube inside of it to keep it from collapsing. I wonder what this bass does to people who try to play it? Is it kept around the house just to prank people?
Like or hate you really gotta hand it to Jackson for having what will likely be the single most talked about piece of gear for this year. I'm dying to try one honestly.
As a bass noob, this is the one that spoke to me the most. Like pretty much all the basses in the bass section of guitar center look the same, and then theres this neon orange monstrosity that sticks out like a sore thumb. I love it.
@@5.56Chronicles Solar is going to wipe out the fat part of the market in metal basses. Especially if they start to offer fretless options. Get a good workhorse set of electronics on them that everyone knows and they'll fly off the shelves. Every metal guitar is starting to look like a Solar because most of the appointments and design/style notes that 85%-90% of the people in that market want, are on his instruments, and the only real upcharges are for OEM Evertune, and it's a reasonable upcharge to have the feature preinstalled. Get some detuners on those basses and they'll sell even harder.
Funny you say this cause I just bought an Aria sb-1000cb this last Friday as well as bought an orange Jacksonbacker today....plus getting a Rickenbacker bass with my tax return
This bass actually plays fantastic. It has a smooth feel, thin neck, and low action. The action is damn near perfect. The one I played was a fire burst color and I plan on purchasing one
I love your videos, man. I'd love to see your take on a video in which you feature not ugly basses, but basses that you actually hate or just would not buy. Keep up the awesome work!
I just bought one and it’s fucking dope! The neck is so smooth and just glides. My only gripe with it is the pick up cover that goes over the jazz pickup kinda gets in the way and makes the picking surface area feel a little cramped
Dude, I bought one today. I got it in Orange or “Rocket Red” and it’s freaking awesome! I literally LOVE the design… head and all! 🤷🏽♂️I believe very much many people will say they hate it then Jackson will stop making them and then they’ll become a collector’s item. Kinda how people didn’t realize how some 80’s Nintendo games would cost a small fortune today!
@@pariahgaming365 yeah I can’t put it down so light weight even with on board EQ which is awesome got it sounding like some “rage against the machine” atm
Dude I wandered into guitar Center today and discovered this bass for the first time, I was just morbidly fascinated with it... And honestly to hear that everyone else is talking shit on this bass, kind of makes me want to get it even more
I guess I just like weird basses, because I fell in love the second I laid eyes on that green thing. It checks all the boxes for me, PJ pickups, weird rick inspired pickguard, hideous color and pointy headstock.
I thought they were the weirdest thing ever, but i finally got to play one last week and it's actually really nice. The neck is super good and the pickups are hotter than hell.
Imagine going to see a local band and when you arrive the stage is loaded with this Jackson, a Gibson Firebird X, a PRS Silver Sky and a Fender Acoustasonic.
I bought the hideous rocket red version. I received a great deal because they weren't selling. That said - It plays Great! Sounds great and stays in tune for ever. Jackson head stock is classic.. haha
I'm so glad you said the headstock from the new spectra would've been a ton more attractive.... its actually amazing how much better it looked with your photoshopped image with the spectra headstock on it
I have a 2015 and a 2017 cbnxt satin black and transparent red flamed top. Both of mine are the classic dual humbucker layout and look good like 80s and 90s basses. The bridge is awesome like a bad ass 2 kind of and i like the stock Jackson branded emg copies. I put gotoh gb707 tuners on both basses (bigger posts,better gear ratio&quality, more like vintage). They are basically neck thru fenders, a "super p" like the term super strat. Both of mine also have rosewood boards.
I love the page on their website. Some of my favorite excerpts: "...designed for one express purpose-BRINGING THE THUNDER TO YOUR MUSIC" "...CLASSICALLY BRUTAL STYLE" "Ups the ante in the style realm" "the perfect weapon for the musician who requires nothing less than the latest in high-performance bass technology." Move over Dingwall, Le Fay, Fodera, Spector, and Mayones. Here comes the jackson Prickenbacker in Absinthe Frost! In all seriousness though, I am interested to hear how it sounds! if you can you should get the red one to give it that aliexpress Rick vibe.
FYI, Guitar Center stocks these. I've been to three different Guitar Centers in the last six months, and they've all had at least one of these in stock. The picture of the "Rocket Red" looks almost orange. That's not an error. It really is that color.
This was like a poke in the eye... .. with a booger. I'm actually currently building a bass, multi-laminate neck of primarily maple, with a bird's eye Sugar Maple fret board (VERY hard Rock Maple), the American made Hipshot bridge, a maple body (though not heavy); with a book matched beautifully figured Walnut top, and a body shape that was very loosely, distantly, inspired by a Rickenbacker 4003. As for the pickups and electronics, I wanted it to be close to that Ric sound but not totally that Ric sound, so I'm still very much undecided as to pick up and any electronics preamp to go into it. I have a geezer Butler J pickup that I wouldn't mind loading in here, I wouldn't mind loading the Geezer Butler PJ said then it's entirety in here because it sounds so fucking good, but at the same time, I've been looking at a lot of different aftermarket Rickenbacker replacement pickups (I've looked at at least six or seven of them, probably more, and everyone I talked to had a different opinion on which of them are good, which of them are just okay, and which of them are actually very, very good).
The reason I want one is cause it looks so aweful its cool! Then played one at the music shop and Amazing sound, and feel! Edit: Just bought the orange one! This definately grew on me to the point of love and obsessed
Patrick, I do think it is an intriguing instrument for a variety of reasons. I've been working on several original basses, one of which is drawing on the 4001 and 4003 as an influence. Maybe you'd like to check it out as opposed to this Jackson. If you really want to try a good Jackson bass, get yourself a David Elleffson or about two or three other signature artists that have really decent Jackson bases. Otherwise I'll try to email you on possibly either including my build in the, "what do you bass" series or actually getting the bass to you for you if you're not too far from me. I've been playing bass and guitar for little over 30 years and building instruments for about 25 so I might know a little bit about what I'm doing
I personally play Jackson. I am a huge fan of the Kelly Bird basses as well as their concert basses. I personally dig the headstock. Just fells more "metal" to me and just something that attracts to me. Now, this bass is ok. Not a fan of the green one but the black, yes. If some work done to it, I think it would look awesome. I say give jackson a try. They have a david ellefson model that looks more like a fender. OR there is a chris beattie concert bass with the spectra style headstock. First bass was a spectra and I loved it and then I got my KB. I recommend the spectra as well. Maybe those sig models and the spectra may be something you would like. Idk. 😂
As I said on the comment in the community type you replied to, if it had the same pickup setup as the Yamaha Billie Sheehan signature with a mudbucker in the neck and p bass in the bridge it would have been an instant buy for a lot of people.
Hahah it’s funny cuz last night I was looking into some jackson basses and this was the first thing I saw, my immediate reaction was “what the fuck is that, I want it” and then I just scrolled to the basses I was looking for 😂
I'm not gonna lie I wanted to hate that bass but I played one yesterday and it sounded so damn good. It played like butter i was genuinely surprised, because I'm a deathmetal bassist and I just felt at home on that bass.
What a trip. I see one on Talkbass for a ridiculously low price of $375 shipped, "but" it's the non-Ric version. I never heard of these until now. I find it strange since people HATE the Ric bridge and that's the first thing they change, so I HOPE Jackson made it LOOK like a Ric bridge, but made it functional.
I played one of these today at a GC, and I liked it. It had the black paint job, seeing the green one in this vid is pretty off-putting, but that style of green on anything is off-putting, (instruments or otherwise). The tone was pretty decent, I generally don't like PJ configurations, it's either a p, or a humbucker. I guess Jackson's demographic is metal, and I personally don't care for the aesthetic of Jackson's headstock, or shark fin inlays. I really like the bridge on this bass tho, it kinda fits in with Leo Fender's bass bridge ideology which I agree with. IDK, if someone gave me the black version I would keep it.
I’ve seen this bass recently. Honestly I don’t think it’s that bad looking. I can understand how some people say It’s looks weird, but it’s an interesting fusion of a Jackson concert and a rickenbacker bass. As for the spectra bass, I think it’s a great bass. I’ve tried one out and I thought it sounds awesome.
Mom I want a Rickenbacker.
Mom: We have one at home
*Rickenbacker at home*
It's like a rickenbacker and a P-Bass had a bastard kid and it hit every branch on the ugly tree on the way down.
Dude hahaha nailed it
Ya Dr Thunder called and want their bass back.
You missed that it has a J pickup under the belt buckle there
I mean...PJ is already a well-loved bastard, sure we can improve it! HA HA HA awwww womp womp
And yet....I'm strangely attracted to it
i think it looks badass idk i wouldn't change a thing about it except when i get one I'll take the pickup guard off
"The Rickson Jackcisionbacker can't hurt you, it isn't real"
The Rickson Jackcisionbacker:
This is if a random Chinese company made a jackson, then realised that they accidentally copied a rickenbacker, half way through. And kinda just went 'uhhh sure?'
it reminds me of this bong I bought off Wish that was a "travel" model that rolled up and it became the trick bong because every time you would try to use it the thing would literally collapse and you'd aspirate water as well as get it everywhere.
If the water could have ever been used, it would have been a bad joke. But since the water was always clean because it's an unusable bong, it was always funny as hell.
I did get it to work but only after stuffing a toilet paper tube inside of it to keep it from collapsing.
I wonder what this bass does to people who try to play it?
Is it kept around the house just to prank people?
the point being that usually they don't even have that much thought, they just get a picture and boss man say "make some" so they do.
Like or hate you really gotta hand it to Jackson for having what will likely be the single most talked about piece of gear for this year. I'm dying to try one honestly.
I love it and i am 100% getting one and actually worried they are gonna be hard to find
Sweetwater keeps having to restock
I tried one the other day wow absolutely amazing. I want one.
As a bass noob, this is the one that spoke to me the most. Like pretty much all the basses in the bass section of guitar center look the same, and then theres this neon orange monstrosity that sticks out like a sore thumb. I love it.
I don’t care what y’all say that jackson bass is fucking cool especially in red
I use Jackson basses all the time. Started on them and never looked back. I jut love em
it looks badass i hadn't heard of it before seeing it I'm really surprised it's so hated and all
Alright so there are 2 things I want to see in 2021 from this channel a review of the solar basses and a review of the jackson😂😂😂
I second the Solar basses.
@@5.56Chronicles Solar is going to wipe out the fat part of the market in metal basses. Especially if they start to offer fretless options. Get a good workhorse set of electronics on them that everyone knows and they'll fly off the shelves. Every metal guitar is starting to look like a Solar because most of the appointments and design/style notes that 85%-90% of the people in that market want, are on his instruments, and the only real upcharges are for OEM Evertune, and it's a reasonable upcharge to have the feature preinstalled. Get some detuners on those basses and they'll sell even harder.
I like that weird stuff exists otherwise we'd all just be playing P & J basses
I got mine. It sounds exactly as it looks, a Jackson PJ bass trying to be a Rickenbacker and I love it.
That thing is hideous, I can’t wait to buy one
You’ll love it got the piano black finish in Xmas day amazing quality and with the EQ in board sounds like any bass and tone you want
Thank you so much for featuring my comment in your video! Love your work and gear reviews 👍🏻. Keep em coming.
The ric look works for a ric because the pickguard matches the body shape. The jackson superstrat/dinky shape does not work with it
Exactly!
I don't really think the shape is the problem, it's really just the headstock.
@@marvintimke3978 the photoshop he did with the other headstock looked better, yes
The person that designed the SuperMetalPointyGuy© headstock got promoted to executive level and everyone at Jackson is afraid to offend them, right?
he's got the best stabbys
80s style headstock is the best
Am i the only one that really likes how it looks?
Therapist: Voice modulated Patrick can't hurt you
Voice Modulated Patrick: *I WANT ONE*
It’s weird how you totally saved it for me with that headstock switch.
if you get in contact with Jackson, could you tell them to change the headstock?
This hybrid looking bass is a real bad ass...love it! In black , of course (no green/orange)
I finally made it into one of Patrick's videos. Life complete
Loved your alternative headstock version, that I'd love playing too.
Thanks for the shoutout my friend!
It looks so cool! Love at first sight here lol I love weird mashups! Fender's whole Alternate Universe series is a dream come true
I love this bass, especially in that color. I would love to play it
It's a good bass, I've played one before
This bass is when you play like David Ellefson, but you wanna be Cliff Burton so bad.
Funny you say this cause I just bought an Aria sb-1000cb this last Friday as well as bought an orange Jacksonbacker today....plus getting a Rickenbacker bass with my tax return
This bass actually plays fantastic. It has a smooth feel, thin neck, and low action. The action is damn near perfect. The one I played was a fire burst color and I plan on purchasing one
I've never seen something I've hated but wanted so badly
I honestly love it, definitely looks different.
I love your videos, man. I'd love to see your take on a video in which you feature not ugly basses, but basses that you actually hate or just would not buy. Keep up the awesome work!
It's like that girl at the dance that no one wants to dance with but you keep locking eyes with her across a dark gymnasium/dance floor.
Oh man! hahaha
Great Video, I was waiting for it
I love it! 😍 I'd order o e today but I want to hear it first!
I love it. When I was a young punk, Jackson's (as well as Charvel) were unobtainable.
Wait! I've seen this episode of Friends, when Rachel makes the meat pudding cause two of the pages stuck together!
I just bought one and it’s fucking dope! The neck is so smooth and just glides. My only gripe with it is the pick up cover that goes over the jazz pickup kinda gets in the way and makes the picking surface area feel a little cramped
I wonder if there’s a chrome pickup ring that would fit the bridge pickup?
This looks like something you could find on Wish
Only just learned about this bass today. I think the green one is absolutely gorgeous and I really want one.
I bought a Rick in the beginning of December. The Al Cisneros 4003ac. If I ever make it down to Texas I’ll let ya use it for a video.
Dude, I bought one today. I got it in Orange or “Rocket Red” and it’s freaking awesome! I literally LOVE the design… head and all! 🤷🏽♂️I believe very much many people will say they hate it then Jackson will stop making them and then they’ll become a collector’s item. Kinda how people didn’t realize how some 80’s Nintendo games would cost a small fortune today!
I also got one the piano black on Black Friday for $500 I agree it’s a one year production run will be worth twice the retail in couple years
@@OMARA.OFFICIAL I just recorded with it today and I couldn’t be happier with the results!
@@pariahgaming365 yeah I can’t put it down so light weight even with on board EQ which is awesome got it sounding like some “rage against the machine” atm
Dude I wandered into guitar Center today and discovered this bass for the first time, I was just morbidly fascinated with it... And honestly to hear that everyone else is talking shit on this bass, kind of makes me want to get it even more
I guess I just like weird basses, because I fell in love the second I laid eyes on that green thing. It checks all the boxes for me, PJ pickups, weird rick inspired pickguard, hideous color and pointy headstock.
It’s a Lemmy-out-of-here bass!
I thought they were the weirdest thing ever, but i finally got to play one last week and it's actually really nice. The neck is super good and the pickups are hotter than hell.
am i the only one that absolutely LOVES them?
Me too buddy
No!
If it wasn't green I wouldn't have even looked.
Jackson: *relieved noises in NAILED IT*
Imagine going to see a local band and when you arrive the stage is loaded with this Jackson, a Gibson Firebird X, a PRS Silver Sky and a Fender Acoustasonic.
I bought the hideous rocket red version. I received a great deal because they weren't selling. That said -
It plays Great! Sounds great and stays in tune for ever. Jackson head stock is classic.. haha
Thanks for the amazing content Patrick!
I'm so glad you said the headstock from the new spectra would've been a ton more attractive.... its actually amazing how much better it looked with your photoshopped image with the spectra headstock on it
Jackson's design crew : Ray charles and Stevie Wonder
3:18 "look look i made this in photoshop"
Yes Patrick good job, I'm gonna put it here in the fridge so we can look at it every day
It literally looks like a Jackson bass with big knobs if you just take off that metal plate.
I want it till I see that ugly headstock
That metal plate is probably plastic.
Ayyyy I've been waiting for the hulk bass video 😂
I does look something Fronkenstien and Igor would make in a broken down castle lab somewhere!
I have a 2015 and a 2017 cbnxt satin black and transparent red flamed top. Both of mine are the classic dual humbucker layout and look good like 80s and 90s basses. The bridge is awesome like a bad ass 2 kind of and i like the stock Jackson branded emg copies. I put gotoh gb707 tuners on both basses (bigger posts,better gear ratio&quality, more like vintage). They are basically neck thru fenders, a "super p" like the term super strat. Both of mine also have rosewood boards.
I love the page on their website. Some of my favorite excerpts:
"...designed for one express purpose-BRINGING THE THUNDER TO YOUR MUSIC"
"...CLASSICALLY BRUTAL STYLE"
"Ups the ante in the style realm"
"the perfect weapon for the musician who requires nothing less than the latest in high-performance bass technology."
Move over Dingwall, Le Fay, Fodera, Spector, and Mayones. Here comes the jackson Prickenbacker in Absinthe Frost! In all seriousness though, I am interested to hear how it sounds! if you can you should get the red one to give it that aliexpress Rick vibe.
I freaking want one. The green one, ofc
I love it and the headstock kicks ass🎉
FYI, Guitar Center stocks these. I've been to three different Guitar Centers in the last six months, and they've all had at least one of these in stock.
The picture of the "Rocket Red" looks almost orange. That's not an error. It really is that color.
Why is this the first time TH-cam recommend me this channel
I love this bass, immediately fell in love with it and bought it so quick. Easier than the $x,000 price tag for a 4001
OMG, You set off my Alexa. I had to rewind and set it off again. I sent FB messengered you the clip. Her reply had me rolling!!!
And you're right. It looks way better with Jackson's other headstock design.
I played one in the store and it somehow captures the clank. I have no idea how but it does.
You have to get this monster on the channel!
I think it’s a nice visual change from the usual old man sunburst jazz/p bass look. Embrace the pointyness!
The "Prickenbacker" is a perfect name for this model, someone needs to use it for a copy bass
I love this bass so much. The swiss knife of basses.
In the end this bass sounds amazing 😄
This was like a poke in the eye...
.. with a booger.
I'm actually currently building a bass, multi-laminate neck of primarily maple, with a bird's eye Sugar Maple fret board (VERY hard Rock Maple), the American made Hipshot bridge, a maple body (though not heavy); with a book matched beautifully figured Walnut top, and a body shape that was very loosely, distantly, inspired by a Rickenbacker 4003. As for the pickups and electronics, I wanted it to be close to that Ric sound but not totally that Ric sound, so I'm still very much undecided as to pick up and any electronics preamp to go into it. I have a geezer Butler J pickup that I wouldn't mind loading in here, I wouldn't mind loading the Geezer Butler PJ said then it's entirety in here because it sounds so fucking good, but at the same time, I've been looking at a lot of different aftermarket Rickenbacker replacement pickups (I've looked at at least six or seven of them, probably more, and everyone I talked to had a different opinion on which of them are good, which of them are just okay, and which of them are actually very, very good).
Jackson: Well, Harley Benton is doing it, we can too
Me: yeah but. they did a good job
I just played one the other day at Guitar Center. They play and sound awesome. I want one!
The reason I want one is cause it looks so aweful its cool! Then played one at the music shop and Amazing sound, and feel! Edit: Just bought the orange one! This definately grew on me to the point of love and obsessed
Jackson basses particularly the Dave Ellefson signature is a wonderful bass. It’s served me well for many years.
I played one and then I bought it. It plays well and has good sound
I'd like a more traditional headstock shape, but apart from that it looks a nice bass and very functional. Good job Jackson!
Patrick, I do think it is an intriguing instrument for a variety of reasons.
I've been working on several original basses, one of which is drawing on the 4001 and 4003 as an influence. Maybe you'd like to check it out as opposed to this Jackson.
If you really want to try a good Jackson bass, get yourself a David Elleffson or about two or three other signature artists that have really decent Jackson bases. Otherwise I'll try to email you on possibly either including my build in the, "what do you bass" series or actually getting the bass to you for you if you're not too far from me. I've been playing bass and guitar for little over 30 years and building instruments for about 25 so I might know a little bit about what I'm doing
I was half expecting you to randomly hold one up and be like "Hehehe, you thought I wouldn't cop one" 😂🤣😭
I Have This Bass red sunburst I LOVE It.
The black and white one looks nice.
the fucking metal plate over the bridge has GOT TO GO!!!!!
I personally play Jackson. I am a huge fan of the Kelly Bird basses as well as their concert basses. I personally dig the headstock. Just fells more "metal" to me and just something that attracts to me. Now, this bass is ok. Not a fan of the green one but the black, yes. If some work done to it, I think it would look awesome. I say give jackson a try. They have a david ellefson model that looks more like a fender. OR there is a chris beattie concert bass with the spectra style headstock. First bass was a spectra and I loved it and then I got my KB. I recommend the spectra as well.
Maybe those sig models and the spectra may be something you would like. Idk. 😂
So... the only thing Rick I see is the pickup cover. What else from this construction should make it >sound< Rickish?
Am I the only one who actually really likes this bass?
As I said on the comment in the community type you replied to, if it had the same pickup setup as the Yamaha Billie Sheehan signature with a mudbucker in the neck and p bass in the bridge it would have been an instant buy for a lot of people.
I want a black and white one with that spectra headstock..... those spectra Jackson's are really comfortable
I like it!
Am I wrong?
Hahah it’s funny cuz last night I was looking into some jackson basses and this was the first thing I saw, my immediate reaction was “what the fuck is that, I want it” and then I just scrolled to the basses I was looking for 😂
I'm not gonna lie I wanted to hate that bass but I played one yesterday and it sounded so damn good. It played like butter i was genuinely surprised, because I'm a deathmetal bassist and I just felt at home on that bass.
Can’t wait for your solar Bass review
I’ve played one and tbh, it was really comfortable and sounded slightly less agro then a regular Jackson bass
Spector has indeed brought their A game!
What a trip. I see one on Talkbass for a ridiculously low price of $375 shipped, "but" it's the non-Ric version. I never heard of these until now. I find it strange since people HATE the Ric bridge and that's the first thing they change, so I HOPE Jackson made it LOOK like a Ric bridge, but made it functional.
I played one of these today at a GC, and I liked it. It had the black paint job, seeing the green one in this vid is pretty off-putting, but that style of green on anything is off-putting, (instruments or otherwise). The tone was pretty decent, I generally don't like PJ configurations, it's either a p, or a humbucker.
I guess Jackson's demographic is metal, and I personally don't care for the aesthetic of Jackson's headstock, or shark fin inlays.
I really like the bridge on this bass tho, it kinda fits in with Leo Fender's bass bridge ideology which I agree with. IDK, if someone gave me the black version I would keep it.
Patrick will get a signature Jackson made where it’s art in the form of a bass with a good headstock lol
I feel EXACTLY the way you do about this bass, which is to say I don't know what I think.
I actually kind of like it, but you're right, the 2x2 headstock would have fit much better.
The J Series head stock on that is so sick!!!! I love my JS series though.
Heyyyy Patrick!! Where they bought such a big blender??
It looks great in black. I want one.
I’ve seen this bass recently. Honestly I don’t think it’s that bad looking. I can understand how some people say It’s looks weird, but it’s an interesting fusion of a Jackson concert and a rickenbacker bass. As for the spectra bass, I think it’s a great bass. I’ve tried one out and I thought it sounds awesome.
So they took the 2018 model concert bass and replaced the bridge, pickguard, and knobs plus a cover of the neck pickup and charged more money for it?
2019 model concert bass with different pats for more money?