{"id":151,"date":"2024-07-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=151"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:39","slug":"bass-of-the-week-harpy-instruments-toucan","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-harpy-instruments-toucan","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Harpy Instruments Toucan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harpy-Instruments-Toucan-Bass.jpg?resize=1200%2C486&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Harpy Instruments Toucan Bass\" width=\"1200\" height=\"486\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-102494 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>Harpy Instruments is a company that describes itself as a family of musicians who enjoy building unique, playable basses. \u201cOur goal is to build interesting, quirky instruments that add a touch of fun and creativity to the art of music-making,\u201d they share. <\/p>\n<p>They accomplished that goal with their Toucan Electric Bass, a cool nod to vintage designs of the \u201950s. Each bass is uniquely built with a selection of woods, stained veneers, and birch plywood. Harpy utilizes a J-bass style Mighty Mite neck that they modify for further comfort. <\/p>\n<p>As cool as it looks, the design centers around its pickup configuration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the heart of the updated Vintage 50\u2019s single coil pickup in the mid and forward position. We are literally pickup forward,\u201d they write. \u201cThis exceptional pickup system, which faithfully captures the warm, punchy tones that defined the sound of the \u201950s with a modern touch. The pickups deliver a rich, deep resonance that forms the cornerstone of this instrument\u2019s sonic identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-wrap\">\n<div class=\"carousel-gallery carousel-sync-main\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harpy-Instruments-Toucan-Bass-Body-2-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harpy-Instruments-Toucan-Bass-Body-Detail.jpg?fit=984%2C656&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harpy-Instruments-Toucan-Bass-Pickups-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harpy-Instruments-Toucan-Bass-Body-Back-1000x667.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-main -->    <\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-nav\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-nav -->  <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-wrap --><\/div>\n<p><!-- .section --><\/p>\n<p>Hear the bass in action in the company\u2019s demo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channelid=\"UCuHKXHw5P891LFZOmrpFWEw\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><\/div>\n<h2>Harpy Instruments Toucan Bass Features:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post-callout\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harpy Instruments is a company that describes itself as a family of musicians who enjoy building unique, playable basses. \u201cOur goal is to build interesting, quirky instruments that add a touch of fun and creativity\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":989,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-151","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}