Where does the tone come from?

[Jens Westerinen]

Scott, I think you are so right, but the question is "what has the most impact on the tone", so would you still argue that, say, the top wood colors the tone just as much as the pickups, or the placement of the them?

[Scott Pope]

I think body wood and construction methods have more to do with overall tone. I think if you experiment and put different pickups in the same bass, it will by and large still sound like the same bass, maybe a different flavor, but the same general sound.

[Jens Westerinen]

Ok, I understand.