Mr Grumpy
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Cost $260 new which isn't cheap, but for Korea is a good price.
First impressions are good: lightish, plays easy, sits nicely on the knee, well finished. Compared to other basses of the same money she seemed better quality. Compared with more expensive basses she didn't appear out of place.
I like the old style tuners, and they seem stable thusfar. The nut seems ok.
Some marks underneath the finish, but on a cheapo bass that's not an issue.
A quick sound review - bearing in mind that I've never played bass righthanded before, and am quite new to bass anyway:
Surprisingly thumpy through a Yamaha THR10 on the bass setting! The active eq is not that exciting on the treble side, but really adds a thump on the bass side - like normal flat eq that goes up to a kinda OD or light distortion, but it's all very tight. Nice.
I've done zero setting up, the open E was a bit flat and the others were intune, so I suspect the shop set the guitar up for me (I asked them to order the guitar for me, and once it had arrived I told them what time I'd be in to test it out - ready on a stand for me, plugged in and playing great. The fella knows I spend money because I've been in twice and bought stuff twice, so I think he makes an effort). Frets are all good, and the sounds are clean. Actually, there's not much noise, the rounds sound like flats!
The bass is neck heavy, but your arm rests nicely on the body to keep it straight while playing. I've yet to find a really comfortable place to put my thump.
Pleasantly surprised thusfar.
First impressions are good: lightish, plays easy, sits nicely on the knee, well finished. Compared to other basses of the same money she seemed better quality. Compared with more expensive basses she didn't appear out of place.
I like the old style tuners, and they seem stable thusfar. The nut seems ok.
Some marks underneath the finish, but on a cheapo bass that's not an issue.
A quick sound review - bearing in mind that I've never played bass righthanded before, and am quite new to bass anyway:
Surprisingly thumpy through a Yamaha THR10 on the bass setting! The active eq is not that exciting on the treble side, but really adds a thump on the bass side - like normal flat eq that goes up to a kinda OD or light distortion, but it's all very tight. Nice.
I've done zero setting up, the open E was a bit flat and the others were intune, so I suspect the shop set the guitar up for me (I asked them to order the guitar for me, and once it had arrived I told them what time I'd be in to test it out - ready on a stand for me, plugged in and playing great. The fella knows I spend money because I've been in twice and bought stuff twice, so I think he makes an effort). Frets are all good, and the sounds are clean. Actually, there's not much noise, the rounds sound like flats!
The bass is neck heavy, but your arm rests nicely on the body to keep it straight while playing. I've yet to find a really comfortable place to put my thump.
Pleasantly surprised thusfar.
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