merello Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 Bought a Musician Sub in black and maple. Tried the RW board walnut and honey burt ones too and they played marginally better BUT......did not look as cool as the black and maple one. Is this wrong? Psychologically I think it is my (first) love of Jean Jacques Burnel and Geddy Lee that always leads me to this combination of body and neck. May get photos up later but meanwhile... Quote
ezbass Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 Hard to beat that combination. The nicest thing about those SUB necks is, as they're 'unfinished', you can easily make them more playable. Congrats. Quote
Dood Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 One of my bass students, who is about to turn up actually, has the white version with the RW neck and it's a super instrument. I'd like one of these too - in the colours above for sure! Quote
merello Posted September 27, 2015 Author Posted September 27, 2015 [quote name='dood' timestamp='1443370220' post='2874180'] One of my bass students, who is about to turn up actually, has the white version with the RW neck and it's a super instrument. I'd like one of these too - in the colours above for sure! [/quote] Yup - tried that one too. IMO beats any other budget bass I have tried into a cocked hat. Over the last few weeks I've tried everything from Squire (inc cDimension) to Ibanez. Not a bad bass amongst them but the growl, necks and frets of the Sub won me over. Initially I was thinking about putting £300 down and paying up another 3 or 4 hundred to buy a Sterling or a Lakland and although both of these were a lot classier, the budget one did all that I needed. Quote
gafbass02 Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 (edited) I just picked up a mint green one and it's utterly floored me. I've owned around a hundred basses including several stingrays and as an instrument it's just incredible. I've played a few walnut ones in shops that didn't impress, but the one I got is impeccable. The action goes crazy low and it feels and sounds great. The sound is middier than my ray, but very useable. [URL=http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpeg.html][IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpeg[/IMG][/URL] Edited September 27, 2015 by gafbass02 Quote
merello Posted September 28, 2015 Author Posted September 28, 2015 [quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1443392775' post='2874400'] I just picked up a mint green one and it's utterly floored me. I've owned around a hundred basses including several stingrays and as an instrument it's just incredible. I've played a few walnut ones in shops that didn't impress, but the one I got is impeccable. The action goes crazy low and it feels and sounds great. The sound is middier than my ray, but very useable. [url="http://s34.photobucket.com/user/gafbass02/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpeg.html"][/url] [/quote] Loved the look of the mint green but I'd need to order and wait. Had a wee jam at work today and loved the deep growl. How good must the Sterlings be? How brilliant the USA versions? Quote
gafbass02 Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 Tbh I prefer the sub to the sterling in the same colour I had once before! The neck on it was very badly made, it holds up pretty well against a US too. Quote
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