Another entry for the £500ish short scale, from Eastwood this time.
https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2019/04/14/eastwood-guitars-now-shipping-newport-bass/
That looks insane.
I have trouble justifying a new bass these days as I have all my basses (pun intended) covered, but I could definitely make an exception for something like this!
Talking of Musicmasters.... For your price range look out for the Squier Musicmaster Vista. Great little basses from the late 90s that punch well above their weight.
Welcome! If you aren't keen on the shape or colour - would it be a good idea to look at 1024/2024s? As you can see, they are going for silly cheap sometimes!
Bought some White Nylon tapewounds from Isaac and he sent them quickly and arrived even quicker!
Pleasure to deal with and would buy from again.
Thanks!
Rubbish situation all over by the looks of it.
Tweets always do better with engagement so if we could all like/retweet the OPs tweet it might gain some traction
The standard Cutlass is readily available online - I'm sure if you contacted MusicMan they would happily build that bass for you. Might not be cheap though!
Having had both the Harley Benton and SUB Ray 5s I would personally go for one of these over the Vintage purely on looks. The hardware and pickup on the Vintage will be plenty good so just depends on what you like!