Shine musicman copy

[shaundixon666]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shine-Bass-Guitar-MusicMan-Copy-/260951338887?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cc1e96f87


What do you guys make of this? Never really heard of shine basses before.

[brensabre79]

I think Shine is an own brand of a factory that makes stuff for well known makes (like when you look on the back of your Squier / Fender / Epiphone etc. to find it is made in Korea / China / indonesia etc.)
I would expect that a number of these basses have similar quality variations to the aforementioned makes - i.e. be careful they could even be ones that were rejected by Epiphone / Squier / SUB or whoever as not being worthy of the name for whatever reason (quality of finish etc.).
With these I would say its best to try or at least get some kind of guarantee that if you don't like it you can return it...
It could be an absolute bargain too - you just don't know until you try it...

[2x18]

A friend of mine had a Shine P-Bass --- I told him to change the N on the headstock to a T

[casapete]

The bass in question is a generic far eastern copy of a MM Stingray. Originally Korean, most (if not all?) of their
output (like so many others) is now made in China.
Looks okay to me, and as long as you're not expecting it to sound exactly like a USA Stingray (!), it looks like
it may be worth a punt for a hundred quid. If you don't like it you should n't lose much selling it on.
Good colour / pickguard combo too............

[mcnach]

Shine basses are ok. Just that.
I have a Shine telecaster-shaped bass that is quite nice to look at, and plays well. But nothing exceptional.

[chrismuzz]

I liked my old Shine 6 string, it was really comfortable if a tiny bit neck heavy, and sounded great when recorded. Only got rid of it because I wanted to stick with my Peaveys