So, I actually managed to win one of these in an Instagram competition very recently and it’s just arrived with me.
Overall I’m actually really impressed, I need to weigh it, as it feels heavier than the advertised 8lbs, but weight can be deceptive.
I love the finish (but then I’m a sucker for gold basses). It’s finished perfectly all over I’d say, with the only minor exception being the open truss rod access, which is a little rough inside (par for the course?!). Love the roasted neck, and the rolled fingerboard edges make all the difference.
Bridge is actually solid, almost a Badass vibe to it. Tuners are fine, work perfectly well, but they kinda *look* cheap….IMO they’d come across better if they had some Shergold branding on the gear enclosure…but that’s just me with my Marketing hat on haha, very minor point.
It actually came very well setup, no case or gigbag though, fairly usual at this price point though. Extremely playable out of the box.
The pickup locations are pretty new to me, so I’m gonna have fun seeing what I can make work on gigs, but just playing about at home, through my HX Stomp (Regal preamp naturally), the bridge soloed sounds cool, roll the tone back a bit for a slightly more plumby (because shortscale) Jaco bark. Neck pickup with the tone all the way off is dub city, which I love, but both pickups together with the tone up full or just slightly rolled off sounds great and will be very useable I think.
More to come, nice to own a shortscale again after I sold my Serek.
Cheers
Si