Why would anyone bother to buy a sub-$200 bass, only to put more than $200 worth of pickup upgrades into it?<\/p>\n
These are good questions, and we have good answers.<\/p>\n
The SX Ursa 2 from Rondo is a bit of a special thing in the bass world, as it is one of the very few 6-string electric bass guitars with a Jazz Bass shape using a Jazz Bass configuration.<\/p>\n
Now before you say, “There are tons of basses like that!” Not really. You can find 4 and 5-string Jazz Bass clones everywhere. But in the 6-string department, that’s not-so easy to come by.<\/p>\n
Also, neither Fender nor Squier to date has ever made a regular production run 6-string Jazz Bass model using a traditional shape and layout. The only two that ever came close were the Fender Bass VI (not a traditional Jazz Bass) and Fender Steve Bailey VI 6-String (not listed on Fender’s web site anymore so assumed out-of-production, had non-standard pick guard and non-standard output jack among other things.)<\/p>\n
In other words, the 6-string SX Ursa 2 is for most players the only<\/em> 6-string Jazz Bass option available that keeps the traditional Jazz Bass shape and control layout.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Jazz pickups that the 6-string SX Ursa 2 uses are unique to the instrument. You could arguably say they’re proprietary. <\/p>\n Not only is a pickup upgrade set next to impossible to find for one of these things, but it’s even tougher to get a set that has a traditional Jazz Bass tone to them.<\/p>\n But we have something that will work.<\/p>\n Above is the Nordstrand Big Single 6 specifically made for 16mm bridge string spacing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Is this a drop-in solution? No. You will need a routing template. This acrylic template<\/a> will work for that, or you can use this one<\/a> which will also work.<\/p>\n It is for those that want a 6-string Jazz Bass that looks like a Jazz, has controls like a Jazz, plays like a Jazz (give or take,) and sounds like a Jazz.<\/p>\n After upgrades, you still end up with a 6-string Jazz Bass that has great tone for significantly less than you would pay for a custom build.<\/p>\n Of course, you would have to actually like<\/em> the 6-string SX Ursa 2 and get along with its neck and playing characteristics before installing a bunch of upgrades into it. Fortunately, the 6-string Ursa 2 is cheap to buy new, so you don’t have to spend a lot to try it out. If the bass agrees with you, now you have a good pickup upgrade option.<\/p>\n We answer a lot of questions from SX bass owners that are looking for upgrades, and we’re more than happy to answer any question you would have. Contact us<\/a> by email or phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You probably have two immediate questions just from the title of this article alone, that being: Why are we talking about the SX Ursa 2 6-string from Rondo (also in sunburst), a sub-$200 bass guitar? Why would anyone bother to buy a sub-$200 bass, only to put more than $200 worth of pickup upgrades into … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[41,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Problem: What to do for a pickup upgrade?<\/h3>\n
Solution: Custom pickup without breaking the bank<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nWorth it?<\/h3>\n
Got questions?<\/h3>\n