Any Shine owners out there?

[Sarah5string]

I've got a Shine SB55 5 string bass and to be fair have hardly seen any others!!! It's a cheap bass (£150 off ebay lol) but the sound out of it is fantastic and could easily rival better branded basses with higher price tags... I can't be the only one out there who owns a Shine??
Anyone?

[Sarah5string]

My baby

[paul, the]

I preferred the tone of my friend's Shine Hofner copy to Herbie Flowers' jazz.

[Sarah5string]

I've had 2 now. Both 5 strings... and I've loved each one.... would happily buy a shine over anything else

[Wooks]

I saw a wicked looking green 5'ver I think it was on the 'bay that I was going to have a punt on...then I bought my Warwick corvette $$ instead.

[Machines]

Never seen one in a shop - only ever web stores.

[bnt]

I thought about getting one of their Professional range a few years ago, possibly to assuage my long-term GASsing for an 8-string. However, they don't seem to make an 8-er any more, and their [url="http://www.saein.co.kr/2007/basses.php"]current catalogue[/url] isn't as interesting as it used to be. Oh well.

[peted]

A friend of mine had a semi-hollow birds-eye maple topped 5 string Shine. Sounded great but it was very heavy. Looked good from a distance but up close you could see that the neck pocket had huge gaps in it and the lacquer had been applied with a hose (very thick).

All those negative points faded though when you saw the price, cheap as chips!

[Galilee]

I've got a Shine 5-string, it was my first ever 5 and I used it exclusively for a couple of years. Excellent thing and amazing value. I played a Shine 6 string at the London Music Show and that was brilliant too. Something ridiculous like £160 it was.

[yorks5stringer]

I had briefly a Shine Telecaster- type( OK, I know they were actually Precisions) 4 String Bass which cost around £60 and I sold a bit later for the same. Had 2 passive MM type pickups and sounded good, well made , no issues, just not into 4 strings now. It was a good solid piece of wood too....

[Bay Splayer]

well made for what they cost but weak pups, imo.
i had this for a while but just couldn`t get on with 5 strings....[url="http://imageshack.us"][/url]

[Stan_da_man]

I used to own a Shne SB-56:


Sold it as I could not get on with 6 strings - still a good bass though.


I also used to have a Shine WSB704 before my sister bought it off me - better than OLP's IMO.

[paul h]

i had a shine 6'er.

played and sounded brilliant but weighed the same as fourteen london buses and the nut was made of butter.

p.

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='Wooks' post='241687' date='Jul 17 2008, 12:48 PM']I saw a wicked looking green 5'ver I think it was on the 'bay that I was going to have a punt on...then I bought my Warwick corvette $$ instead.[/quote]
Mine's green but you can't tell in the top pic but here's a better one.

Edited July 18, 2008 by Sarah5string

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='paul h' post='241926' date='Jul 17 2008, 05:14 PM']i had a shine 6'er.

played and sounded brilliant but weighed the same as fourteen london buses and the nut was made of butter.

p.[/quote]
Really?? I've found that my 5 weighs less than a lot of 4's I've tried! lol

[SJA]

loads of Talkbassers have that 6 string- it's sold in the US by Rondomusic as the Douglas WEB846
[url="http://www.rondomusic.com/product1197.html"]http://www.rondomusic.com/product1197.html[/url]


[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=264570"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=264570[/url]

Edited July 18, 2008 by SJA

[Wooks]

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='242429' date='Jul 18 2008, 10:00 AM']Mine's green but you can't tell in the top pic but here's a better one.
[/quote]
That's the baby...uhhmmm I like that green!

[Jambo63]

I have one of the Tele 4 strings - it is a little bit heavy - in a natural varnished finish. It plays not too badly but has a rocky sound which doesn't suit the Blues band I'm in, so have never played it live. I love its natural look.

I don't have any pics of mine but the link below gives a very good example of what it looks like.

[url="http://www.britnett-carver.co.uk/masimpsons/prods/132.html"]http://www.britnett-carver.co.uk/masimpsons/prods/132.html[/url]

Cheers
Fraser

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='Wooks' post='242512' date='Jul 18 2008, 11:09 AM']That's the baby...uhhmmm I like that green![/quote]
It's even better in real life and is light as a feather

[Wooks]

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='242560' date='Jul 18 2008, 11:41 AM']It's even better in real life and is light as a feather [/quote]
Too late I got me Varwick Corvette $$ on the way :wub: I think my GAS has to be supressed for the mo otherwise I'd be on the loook out for the greenie

[Sarah5string]

[quote name='Wooks' post='242772' date='Jul 18 2008, 03:00 PM']Too late I got me Varwick Corvette $$ on the way :wub: I think my GAS has to be supressed for the mo otherwise I'd be on the loook out for the greenie [/quote]
I'm still lusting after a Dean flying V...

[steve]

[quote name='Machines' post='241692' date='Jul 17 2008, 12:50 PM']Never seen one in a shop - only ever web stores.[/quote]

A shop near me used to sell them, I never tried one, and sadly the shop has now gone bust

[Wooks]

[quote name='steve' post='242879' date='Jul 18 2008, 04:39 PM']A shop near me used to sell them, I never tried one, and sadly the shop has now gone bust[/quote]
Sadly that seems always to be the case nowadays And it's bugger when it does happen!!