Blue Moon

[cytania]

Well what dya know? This is acutally quite a playable bass;

[url="http://www.hobgoblin.com/local/bigpic.php?ID=GR5658A"]http://www.hobgoblin.com/local/bigpic.php?ID=GR5658A[/url]

I was wandering around guitar shops this lunchtime and the orange arcylic wonder is great fun. Easy modern neck, no fret buzz and good compact shape. Cheap too. Goes to show you never can tell...

[d-basser]

Damn I thought Hobgoblin ale were doing basses now

[Oscar South]

I love Hobgoblin shops, staff and other customers are generally really friendly and knowledgeable and they have the most interesting range of instruments to try out of pretty much any music shop. Sadly not enough basses though.

[BigRedX]

Obviously made by the same people who make the acrylic basses for [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESLEY-CLEAR-BLUE-ACRYLIC-4-STRING-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ300231059037QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4713QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262"]Wesley[/url].

[budget bassist]

yeah i've heard they're not bad, i thought about getting one... then something must have knocked some sense into me

[Bassassin]

[quote name='BigRedX' post='232868' date='Jul 4 2008, 06:42 PM']Obviously made by the same people who make the acrylic basses for [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESLEY-CLEAR-BLUE-ACRYLIC-4-STRING-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ300231059037QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4713QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262"]Wesley[/url].[/quote]
Like this 5er:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18465"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18465[/url]

Not terrific resale value, then... :ph34r:

Jon.

[cytania]

I guess what I'd find off-putting about this bass is looking through and seeing the folds of my jeans behind it. Wonder why they always use transparent acrylic? Guess I liked the neck, had just been round another shop with some Precision & Jazz clones that had awful feeling necks.

[cytania]

Nottingham Hobgoblin store now closed. We are now down to only 4 guitar stores (and two of those are out of the city centre). Credit crunch or just over-supply?

[Buzz]

[quote name='d-basser' post='232730' date='Jul 4 2008, 01:56 PM']Damn I thought Hobgoblin ale were doing basses now [/quote]

You're not the only one to get suckered in.