ssab Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Hi all, Rocket / BC300-NS (About a £100 ) Anybody Know anything about these guitars ? Ive seen a fretless going cheap and was thinking about having a go at beginning fretless playing. Are they a an ok beginner bass or are they just rubbish ? Any thoughts greatfully appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerley Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I bought one last week and for £100 it is good (a fretless) as long as you don't mind a bit of fettling though! (I enjoy messing around with basses so it is a bonus for me in a really odd way) The nuts were loose on the tuning machines, a spring was not on one of the screws under the J pickup so it rattled and it also hummed a fair bit. And the sanding of the headstock was not as smooth as it could be and was left totally raw. However neck fit was pefect. Within a few hours it was a lot better; - Removed tuning machines and sanded headstock and applied a couple of coats of oil - Sanded fretboard to give super smooth finish and applied lemon oil - Copper shielded cavity which removed all noise (even when solo'd on J pickup) - Filed nut slots to get strings lower (although I do this on all basses) For such a cheap bass it actually sounds very good and the pickups are both fine with good variation between them and a tone control that actually does something. Level of mwah is easy to control with action going low enough to give more than I require. If someone bought it who was not up for sorting it out they may have been dissappointed with it and just dismiss it as even for £100 you shouldn't really expect to have to do any work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssab Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Kerley, Thanks for the info, not really up on messing about with Basses.( but i know a man who Can) I think i might treat myself to one . Once again thank you. Happy new year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerley Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 No problem. Reading my post back I probably made it sound worse that it actually was and you may get one that had better quality control. It is definitely a good enough instrument to start playing fretless with and gauging whether it is for you/how much you would use it without any great outlay. I have a one bass at a time rule (self imposed masochism/control thing!) and use the bass for everything rather than just 'fretless' basslines. The difficulty will be to stop myself spending any money on it as when I sell it it will always be seen as a £99 bass to the buyer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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