Fender Mark Hoppus Jazz Bass

Infobox Guitar model|title=Mark Hoppus Jazz Bass


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manufacturer=Fender
period=2000 — Present
bodytype=Solid
necktype=Bolt-on
scale=34"
woodbody=Alder(2000-2006), Ash(2006-present)
woodneck=Maple(Precision Bass width)
woodfingerboard=Rosewood, 9.5” Radius (241mm)
pickups=Seymour Duncan SPB-3 Quarter Pound P-BassThe Mark Hoppus Jazz Bass was introduced by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation in 2000. It was first seen in the blink-182 music video for "Adam's Song". It has a Fender Jazz Bass body with a string-through body design and bridge system and Fender Precision Bass neck and pickups. The model uses only a single volume knob and no tone knob.

Bass Colors

Signature Bass Colors

* Metallic Red (As seen in the music video "Adam's Song" with Fish inlays. It is arguably the first prototype Mark Hoppus Signature Bass.)
* Surf Green
* Candy Green (Very similar to the Surf Green bass but is of a somewhat of a more vibrant shade of green and not as light as the other green bass. Named "Lettuce".)
* Daphne Blue
* Hot Pink (There are arguably 2 hot pink basses: One with skull and crossbone inlays on the fretboard and another with standard dot markers on the fretboard.)
* Olympic White (With a black pickguard.)
* Shell Pink (As seen in the music video "First Date". Note that this is not a custom color but rather the consumer model that was used in the video.)
* Red/Pink/Yellow/White Plaid Design
* Graffiti Yellow (As seen on AOL Sessions.)

With +44:
* Hot Pink (Skull and crossbones bass from Blink-182 Era, but eventually retired from use in the early days of +44.)
* Honey Blonde Ash
* Olympic White (With a tortoise shell pickguard.)
* Sunburst (With a tortoise shell pickguard.)

Design

After having extensively used Ernie Ball Music Man Sting Ray basses in the early years of Blink-182, Mark Hoppus began to rely more on Fender Precision Basses towards the late Dude Ranch - early Enema of the State period. The first custom Fender Precision Bass was the Metallic Blue Precision Bass with one volume knob as seen in the music video "All The Small Things" and "What's My Age Again?". Mark Hoppus later collaborated with Alex Perez of the Fender R&D Department and developed the his signature model consisting of the distinct Jazz Bass body, first seen in the music video "Adam's Song".

New Model

In 2006, after the hiatus of Blink-182 and with the start of +44, some changes were made on the bass model. The pickups are still the familiar Seymour Duncan Precision Bass Quarter Pound pickups, but they have been reversed in order to give a thicker sound to the D and G string as according to Hoppus. The body on the new model is lighter because it is made of Ash instead of Alder. The Fender decal now used on the headstock is no longer the decal found on American Basses. Instead the decal that is used on current signatures is that of the 1970s-era Fender Precision Basses.

Appearances

Here are some appearances in music videos:{| class="wikitable"
-! Color! Music Video! Band! Year
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Metallic Red
Adam's Song
Blink-182
2000
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Daphne Blue
Man Overboard
Blink-182
2000
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Hot Pink
The Rock Show
Blink-182
2001
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Shell Pink
First Date
Blink-182
2001
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Hot Pink
Feeling This
Blink-182
2003
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Olympic White
Violence, Stockholm Syndrome. [Bonus Video's on Enhanced Cd]
Blink-182
2004
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Graffiti Yellow
Aol Sessions (including Go, Feeling This, Violence, ect.
Blink-182
2003
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Hot Pink
Down
Blink-182
2004
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Hot Pink
Always
Blink-182
2004
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Olympic White
When Your Heart Stops Beating
(+44)
2006
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Olympic White & Sunburst
155 [Band Made Tour Video]
(+44)
2007
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