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David. I didn’t have to re-audition, they loved He’s a very talented luthier and his basses has the same hand wound custom MarcoBass
my playing, so they just asked me if I wanted are just on a whole different level. I’m going pickups features a maple neck, fretboard and
the gig. to put those basses up there with Pensa the body is Tulip wood and is passive. They
or Performance, any of those basses in my are both killer basses. The silver bass has a
[WM] I have seen you play a Jazz Bass with humble opinion. They play amazing, sound little more of an aggressive tone, our front of
a Maple Fretboard with TobyMac. It looks like a great, and he can do whatever you want and house guy, Pat Happenin really likes that one
vintage one. Tell us about it? then also things that you’re not even thinking for TobyMac’s live show, so I play that one in
about. His pickups are proprietary, he winds lieu of the red one for that purpose. They both
[ToddeFunk!] That bass is actually made by them and builds them himself, and he has his play well, but that red one, man it’s like butter,
John Scott of BluesMan Vintage Guitars. He own custom pre-amp for his basses. it’s like a Rolls Royce!
has a shop and retail space in Spring Hill, TN.
So, both of the Marco basses that I have are [WM] What kind of stuff do you use the
[WM] I see that Marco is making you a ToddeFunk! Signature basses. The red bass is a passive on and what kind of stuff do you use
Signature Bass too. That is quite an honor. Tell Marco deluxe which features active electronics the active on?
us about that bass and the relationship you and custom hand wound single coil MarcoBass have with Marco? pickups. The knobs are volume with passive or [ToddeFunk!] At this point I’m just using the
active engagement, balance, treble and bass. passive one on everything live for TobyMac.
[ToddeFunk!] I went over to Marco after The neck is curly maple as well as the fretboard Just minimizing bass switches in the show so
playing one of his basses he had featured at and has black binding with block inlays that I it’s more seamless, less moving parts is always
Summer NAMM in Nashville a few years ago. like so much. The silver bass is a TFL model, it good for live show production. I used to do a
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