New Gear: Fender Limited Edition Mark Hoppus Jaguar Bass

Mark Hoppus Jaguar Bass…

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today announces the Limited Edition Mark Hoppus Jaguar® Bass. This signature bass, featuring the same specs as the model Hoppus is currently playing on stages with blink-182, will allow players to replicate his tone precisely. Fusing Hoppus’s favourite parts of Fender® basses, a Jaguar® body with a custom Jazz Bass® style “C” shape neck, complemented with high output, reverse mounted Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound™ split-coil P Bass® pickups will enable players to produce the blink-182 bass tone they crave.

Mark Hoppus is a founding member of blink-182, a band that spearheaded the breakthrough fusion genre of pop and punk in the 1990s. Their unique sound and style were heavily influenced by 80s punk, skateboarding culture, and the vibrant backdrop of their home state, California. Starting as straight-up skate punk, the shape of their songs moved and changed with them as they navigated life, but it was their early years that galvanized Hoppus’s style of bass playing, an approach to technique and tone that reflected the band’s sense of fun and irreverence. And today, Fender honours this with a signature release.

The Mark Hoppus Jaguar® Bass is a tone machine featuring a rock-solid, shapely body that sports a maple neck with a custom “C” profile neck, beautiful slab Rosewood fingerboard with elegant white pearl dots, topped off with a set of lightweight vintage-style tuners. The 4-ply white pearloid pickguard is fitted with a Seymour Duncan® Quarter Pound™ split-coil P Bass® pickup custom mounted in reversed position, the final piece of Hoppus regaled pop-punk tone. A limited number of these bases will be produced, and they are offered in a traditional 3-Color Sunburst or Sea Foam Green.

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