Pea Turgh Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Ooh, there’s lovely! G&L, single HB, short scale, Mustangish. Just the ticket me thinks! Quote
Pea Turgh Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 There appear to be no nice colours though Just those minging stripy ones on the website. Quote
martthebass Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 Very nice, but at best part of £1750 I think I’ll be sticking to me Mustangs, at least for the foreseeable. Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted February 13, 2020 Posted February 13, 2020 There's a 'tribute' series version of the fallout guitar, so I wouldn't be surprised if a more affordable version of the fallout bass is available sometime in the future - maybe even with some nice colours. Quote
scalpy Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Pea Turgh said: There appear to be no nice colours though Just those minging stripy ones on the website. British racing green? I'm G&L fanboi so love the colours and love Ed Friedland's reviews so the above video was great. Interesting what he says about notes on the G string having more weight. Quote
Woodwind Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 1 hour ago, wateroftyne said: Eighteen hundrit pund? Wow. Lovely as that "tone rolled off" sound is (despite a lot of it coming from the big block of foam under the strings) that price is absolutely insane 1 Quote
dannybuoy Posted February 14, 2020 Author Posted February 14, 2020 US Fender P basses are around £1600, with which these are competing. But they're overpriced too! Fender prices have shot up more in the last 10 years than most other products in existence. 1 Quote
Woodwind Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 1 minute ago, dannybuoy said: US Fender P basses are around £1600, with which these are competing. But they're overpriced too! Fender prices have shot up more in the last 10 years than most other products in existence. Yeah I wasn't really dissing G&L specifically, I'd happily state Fender and Musicman basses are equally insanely priced 🤣 Quote
martthebass Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 1 hour ago, dannybuoy said: US Fender P basses are around £1600, with which these are competing. But they're overpriced too! Fender prices have shot up more in the last 10 years than most other products in existence. I was thinking more of it competing against the Fender American Performer Mustang which is about £900. Granted there's more bells and whistles on the Fallout but they are both essentially 'retro sound' passive shorties. Quote
dannybuoy Posted February 14, 2020 Author Posted February 14, 2020 Obviously I've never compared them in the flesh, but the American Performer is a 'budget' line compared to the usual American Fenders which cost a good 50% more. No idea where the G&L sits but would've thought it closer in build quality and therefore price of the American Professional range. They all cheaper than Musicman basses though! Quote
drTStingray Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 (edited) That G and L bass sounds great - especially with Ed Friedland playing it. Interesting that a lot of country players are using short scale basses. @dannybuoy the Stingray short scale is around/just over £2k, but the SBMM short scale Stingray is around £700. Edited February 15, 2020 by drTStingray Insane autocorrect Quote
No lust in Jazz Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 Once upon a time you could import a Serek custom build for less money than this Love Ed's playing and general approach 1 Quote
gjones Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 You can't tell the difference between pickup settings, when he's got the tone rolled down and a bit of sponge tucked under the strings. Quote
Lfalex v1.1 Posted February 15, 2020 Posted February 15, 2020 20 hours ago, dannybuoy said: US Fender P basses are around £1600, with which these are competing. But they're overpriced too! Fender prices have shot up more in the last 10 years than most other products in existence. They've been recouping the cost of that CMA fine in advance... 1 Quote
Pea Turgh Posted February 15, 2020 Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: They've been recouping the cost of that CMA fine in advance... They got fined by the Country Music Awards? Is there no end to their tyrrany?!?!?? Edited February 15, 2020 by Pea Turgh 1 Quote
Lozz196 Posted February 15, 2020 Posted February 15, 2020 10 hours ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: They've been recouping the cost of that CMA fine in advance... A lot of forward thinkers on the board.... Quote
bigsmokebass Posted February 16, 2020 Posted February 16, 2020 I want to like it but being the build I am and having hands like baseball mitts, I just don't think I'd get on with a short scale. On the other hand, I really love the design and only wish for G&L to release a 34" scale for us man apes 😂😂 Definitely seems like short scales are all the rage atm. 1 Quote
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