Editing Mark Hoppus (section)

==Musical style==
===Songwriting===
Hoppus primarily writes most of his songs on an acoustic guitar.<ref name="GC">{{cite web|url=https://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/markhoppus/|title=Mark Hoppus Talks About Touring, Basses and Success|publisher=[[Guitar Center]]|date=2002|access-date=April 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427000200/https://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/markhoppus/|archive-date=April 27, 2014}}</ref> He is self-taught, "and consequently I don't have the best technique", he remarked in 2004. "I think you would learn how to paint by painting, rather than reading books about painters or painting and I think it's the same with music. You learn by doing and getting influences from other artists."<ref name="smh"/>

===Equipment===
====Bass guitars====
For Blink-182's earliest concerts and demo recordings, Hoppus used a standard [[Fender Precision Bass]]. On the albums ''[[Cheshire Cat (Blink-182 album)|Cheshire Cat]]'' and ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'' and their respective tours, he switched to using a [[Music Man StingRay]] as his primary bass. While recording ''[[Enema of the State]]'', Hoppus used his StingRay as well as a Fender Precision and [[Fender Jazz Bass|Jazz Bass]].<ref name="GC"/> In a 2021 livestream on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]], he revealed he stopped using the StingRay as he thought they sounded too "clanky".<ref>{{Citation |title=The Reason Why Mark Hoppus Stopped Using Ernie Ball Stingray Basses | date=August 13, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ba2DlRW78 |access-date=2023-11-08 |language=en}}</ref>

After primarily recording with the two Fender basses, Hoppus worked with Fender to design a signature model, which consisted of a Jazz Bass body with a Precision Bass neck and pickup. This model debuted in 2000.<ref name="GC"/> In 2006, Fender manufactured an updated variant of Hoppus' signature Jazz Bass with the pickup, a [[Seymour Duncan]] Quarter Pound (SPB-3), reversed from its standard position, giving it a fuller sound.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://antisilent.darkbb.com/t49-mark-hoppus-fender-interview|title = Mark Hoppus -Fender interview}}</ref>

In 2015, Hoppus switched to [[Fender Jaguar Bass]]es with the same configuration as his 2006 model. However, he still occasionally uses his original signature Jazz Basses;<ref>{{Cite AV media
| author= Александр ШЕВЦИВ
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|title=blink-182 live at March Madness Music Festival 2017 |via= Ghostarchive|url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/G6KRx9dsZdY|access-date=January 1, 2023}}</ref> he notably used them extensively alongside his Jaguar Basses on the band's [[World Tour 2023/2024|2023 reunion tour]], and the ''[[One More Time...]]'' album and [[One More Time Tour|tour]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CodREhNSrre/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= | title=Mark Hoppus on Instagram: "Skully with five arrow Smiley Face and Finnish flag. Old school bass from the aughts, getting cleaned up, refurbished, and ready for tour. Can we get a W in the chat PLS." }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-02-10-mark-hoppus-is-refurbishing-an-old-school-bass-for-blink-182-tour/ | title=Mark Hoppus is Refurbishing an 'Old School Bass' for Blink-182's Upcoming Tour: See the Pics }}</ref>

In 2022, Hoppus teamed up with Fender to release a signature Jaguar Bass sold exclusively through his website Hi My Name Is Mark. To date, it has been released in his signature hot pink color<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.himynameismark.com/collections/guitar/products/hmnim-hoppus-signature-bass | title=HMNIM Hoppus Signature Bass }}</ref> as well as Daphne Blue,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.himynameismark.com/collections/guitar/products/hmnim-hoppus-signature-bass-daphne-blue | title=HMNIM Hoppus Signature Bass - Daphne Blue }}</ref> with each color being released in limited runs based on customer demand. In 2024, Fender officially released a limited edition signature Jaguar Bass in sunburst and Sea Foam Green colors.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/fender-announces-limited-edition-mark-hoppus-jaguar-bass | title=FENDER Announces Limited-Edition MARK HOPPUS Jaguar Bass | date=October 3, 2024 }}</ref>

Hoppus has been a longtime user of [[Ernie Ball]] strings and his instruments are strung with Super Slinky Bass strings (.45-.100).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ball|first=Ernie|date=June 10, 2019|title=Celebrating 20 Years of blink-182's 'Enema of State'|url=https://blog.ernieball.com/music/celebrating-20-years-of-blink-182s-enema-of-state/|access-date=January 1, 2023|website=Ernie Ball Blog|language=en-US}}</ref>

====Amps====
For live sound, Hoppus originally plugged his basses into three Ampeg SVT Classic bass heads running into two Ampeg 8x10 SVT bass cabs. Prior to the use of the all-tube SVT Classic heads, Hoppus used two Ampeg SVT-4 Pro heads which only feature a tube preamp.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ampeg.com/artists/artist.php?artistID=78 |title=Artist Profile – Mark Hoppus |publisher=[[Ampeg]] |access-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727025652/http://www.ampeg.com/artists/artist.php?artistID=78 |archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref> After the ''[[Neighborhoods (Blink-182 album)|Neighborhoods]]'' album release, Hoppus used New Vintage amplifiers and cabinets, specifically the Undertow 300 amplifier and NW 8x10 bass cabinets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Artists: Mark Hoppus – Blink-182, +44|url=http://newvintageamps.com/artists/|website=New Vintage Amplifiers}}</ref> In 2016, he began using [[Kemper Profiler]] amps in concert.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.kemper-amps.com/artist-gallery | title=Kemper Amps}}</ref>