yorks5stringer

Thanks at last for an objective and nuanced review of the Glarry Bass (in stark contrast to the posting from July 5th below which smells of paid-for reviews), or maybe you were just unlucky.....? Well, it's been a week today that I received my Glarry Burlywood Precision Bass and I have to say that I am a believer. I am simply amazed. Not a sharp fret on this baby. No flaws on the finish and the back of the neck is satin finish like I prefer them to be. The neck is straight as an arrow with no buzzing...quite playable out of the box. Width at nut is 1.67", 0.86" front to back C shape and 1.03" at 12th fret transition to D shape. The pups were very quiet and I raised them up a bit and they did get louder, but they seem to be low output. No noise. The knobs were great with no static and firm to turn. For an entry level bass this thing is simply amazing. It is also about 6.5 lbs. on my analog 'health-o-meter' bath scale. Very light, so this is also worth looking into for gigging musicians with some back issues who know how to do some minor mods. It shipped from a New Jersey warehouse to my front door in two days via Fed-Ex. Really quick!

If this has been released as a single can't see it getting many plays as the intro is not really radio friendly and the song takes too long to get going. Not unpleasant and very recognisable as The Who however.

I bet you couldn't come up with an album title like that nowadays: 'Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy'?

Useful back ground to the P bass. I would take slight issue at the use of a photo of the Beatles when talking about how the British Invasion popularised the P Bass in the USA, as I'm pretty sure Paul McCartney was a Hofner then Rickenbacker user.

I guess so: someone wanting £160 for a £85 new price bass (unless the bed, duvet , envelope and plastic bags are thrown in too) is being ambitious.....

I've got 2 gigs with one band this weekend and 1 with the other. If the timings had worked out I could have actually done three gigs on Saturday and one on Sunday but have had to drop one on the Saturday evening. Luckily the main band understand and can operate without a Bass and look my absence as an opportunity rather than a problem. They know my absence is very infrequent and I can usually do short notice gigs for them as the other band is only a once a month thing. 3 of our 5 piece band are in other bands but these other bands are not as busy as the main band and we've done a few gigs with at least 1 of them missing. We don't have a drummer anyway and the band can adapt without either lead guitar, banjo or bass if necessary as the 2 singers who play guitar and harp can carry the rest. It's a nightmare when booking gigs for the band leader knowing you could be a band member missing, but we are structured so we can operate with different size lineups and just treat the songs according to the instrumentation. Appreciate this cannot work for all types of band and music. Going back to the OP's point, if I was just in my main band I think I'd go crazy: I really need to do different types of material and the challenge of learning a new 40 minute set monthly is very stimulating for me.

Yes I did that but could'nt escape music. I bumped into Fish, Seal, Walter Trout and the Wailers, all doing the same thing.

He looks very different now on Dickerson's Real Deal.....

Questions, let me know. Err , Why?

Might be worth trying your Rumble 100 at rehearsals and seeing if that works before you shell out on a 500? If you are going through the PA for gigs you might be able to get away with just the 100 as you will get sound through monitors anyway. The temptation is always to go out and buy some more gear but maybe just wait and see how things pan out first? (Disclaimer: its much more fun buying more gear however!)

Looks the same as this, another Japanese Jazz but as a non export, with body coloured headstock.

Just watched an interesting long interview with the Eastwood guy on YT. I suppose the handy thing about the Eastwood Basses is you can cut your Bass strings to length on the many sharp body edges😀

Teignmouth?

Glad you've made a decision and enjoy playing the Bass👍

Understand the OP's point, but just as there is 'buyers regret,' so is there 'sellers regret' too and sometimes you just have to 'suck it up'. Needless to say, in other news we now have a babbling fatberg of dishonesty as PM who hardly sets a good example...

Given Basses are/were manufactured in India (Squier, Chowny) one would have thought there may be a better choice, even 5 stringers? Is there no website like Ali Express?

Cool, just been looking at the one for my Telecaster Bass, thanks! Ironic that Fender themselves did not keep some of manuals and are asking us to let them have copies!

You think he'd be called Mark and not Frank....?

Don't they all just go to basses on The Repair Shop?

My sweet lord....

Yes, I only quickly skimmed the info and upon re-reading it is clear. Just seemed too good to be true?

Is this price delivered to the UK or from a UK warehouse or does postage and taxes have to be added?

JHS import HK gear and I've always found them helpful: have you tried asking them?