How is it? Good times, I'm hoping!

@@andrewshaw8396 It pretty much sucks. The pickups are very weak. I put single coil sized humbuckers in it but didn't help much. I really wanted to love this thing but just don't. I wish I would have saved my money. The tuners are really bad also. I pau different strings on it and even that didn't help much.

@@mooreoutdoor9841 Oh man! That does suck! 😧Sorry to hear it, mate. I was hoping you were going to sing its praises and tell me how you're killing Wichita Lineman! 😁There don't seem to be any, "it's okay" opinions - it's either great or rubbish! 🤷‍♂Thanks for letting me know, anyway - much appreciated. Cheers! 👍👍

@@andrewshaw8396 I wish I could have told you something good. It just sits on the wall. Sometimes I bring it down and goof with it but it just can't seem to find a us for it. No sustain at all and very weak sound. Just not very useable. I took it a couple of times to try to jam with friends but it just doesn't compare with the abilities of a real bass or real guitar.

@@mooreoutdoor9841 All a part of 'life's rich tapestry', I suppose. I've got a Stagg Electric Upright that should be hitting ebay soon as it's not been out of its case for a year. I had a Dean 12 string bass for a while too - sounded great but weighed a ton and a huge effort to play. (And the guitar player HATED it!)The truth is - you never know until you try! Some you win, some you lose. Better luck next time, mate! Cheers. 👍

Thank you for watching, hope to see you more often in the comments section!

Oh nice! Yeah I prefer the Subzero first of all because I think it looks better but I made it play better too and put in a SD Mark Holcomb pickup in the bridge which is killer!

Hey yeah so I didn't keep this one because I also have the white 30" Subzero baritone (video veeeeeeeeery soon!) and I prefer that one. I still have the Paradigm and I like it a lot! Thanks for the kind words!

@@geirisk8 awesome, mate! Oooh love the white Sub Zero Rogue6 one! 👍👍

Same feeling i got from my first 30" scale one. 😁👍 It's weird and very interesting these instruments. My string action also too high.. still getting used to bass string thickness type of strings on this beast lol

Hahah yes exactly!

Honestly I never tried it properly as a bass but the sounds from it are really great and if you play it through bass equipment, I'm sure you can make do with it. I was considering it but then I sold this one in favour of another baritone that I'm releasing a video on soon. Maybe I should explore the "bass" aspect of it in another video. I'm not really a bassist though haha!

@@geirisk8 Thats would be cool....most videos ive seen about the HB Guitarbass or the Subzero version all tend to focus on it being a downtuned/baritone "metal" guitar....it would be great to see a video demonstrating its versatility and range of sounds....or perhaps, there isnt a range of sounds, and its just a low tuned guitar :-/ Would be good to know if it can stand up on its own and actually replace the bass guitar in a band or on recordings...... Deep down, i think ill go for a bass........basses to bass things, guitars do guitar things.....guitarbasses are just a quirky oddity

Oh that's nice, I'm gonna check it out! I have another video up soon on the Subzero 30" baritone which has humbuckers. I decided to keep that one instead of this one. The single coils do make the tone interesting in my opinion.

My guess it's that Fender simply re-used what they had laying around, first strat pickups, later jaguar pickups for the VI. The Mustang Bass, Bronco Bass, the XII and Maverick had also the same pickups (the last ones even feature identical necks with less holes)