NBD Guy Pratt Betsy

[Mister RLP]

Found this review yesterday:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYV7vH_ZXmk

[uk_lefty]

On 19/06/2020 at 22:08, BassApprentice said:

Thanks for that @Mudpup

I'm coming round to pink/purple basses so one of these could be on the list. 

Could you rock the Sire without a pickguard, as in is the routing round the neck pickup neat enough to get away with it? 

I had a 1st generation Sire 5 and you definitely could have it 'naked' 

[Mudpup]

On 19/06/2020 at 22:08, BassApprentice said:

Thanks for that @Mudpup

I'm coming round to pink/purple basses so one of these could be on the list. 

Could you rock the Sire without a pickguard, as in is the routing round the neck pickup neat enough to get away with it? 

Here it is without the pickguard - looks pretty tidy i think :-) 

[LukeFRC]

10 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

Here it is without the pickguard - looks pretty tidy i think 🙂

That’s a lot of knobs

[BassApprentice]

That looks cool! I can see what @LukeFRC means too. 

[Mudpup]

54 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

That’s a lot of knobs

Yep 7!     Gotta be the knobbiest bass around....Hours of fun :-) 

[LukeFRC]

44 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

Yep 7!     Gotta be the knobbiest bass around....Hours of fun 🙂

I had 8 once with a acg preamp. No switch though.

what preamp is it? 
and pups changed too? 
 

Edit - hold on that’s the sire not the bass collection?!
 

Edited June 24, 2020 by LukeFRC

[Mudpup]

11 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

I had 8 once with a acg preamp. No switch though.

what preamp is it? 
and pups changed too? 
 

Edit - hold on that’s the sire not the bass collection?!
 

Yep its the Sire

[Mike Brooks]

I will be uploading a Betsy review video to my new YouTube channel in the next few days.

 

[LukeFRC]

11 minutes ago, Mike Brooks said:

I will be uploading a Betsy review video to my new YouTube channel in the next few days.

 

In 4:3 Still or 16:9  

[Mister RLP]

On 03/08/2020 at 12:03, Mike Brooks said:

I will be uploading a Betsy review video to my new YouTube channel in the next few days.

 

Looking forward to this and seeing what you think. 

[Mike Brooks]

Well it took a bit longer than 'a few days'.....trying to run a YouTube channel on your own is a job in itself...!

Anyway, I finally got this review out there....there will be some future 'Soundbite' demos as well along the way so keep checking the channel for extra videos. I hope you enjoy this, they really are fab basses for the money.

 

[Andermtc]

Thanks for the review.

 

Is anyone else waiting for a Betsy to be delivered?

Ive been waiting a while for mine, since early August,, apparently there are none of the correct EMG’s available currently to allow them to complete the builds..

[Mike Brooks]

Pleasure, no problem.

 

Mike

[Andermtc]

After a long delay I've finally got my Betsy.

Ordered back in July and planned for delivery in August it got delayed due to a lack of EMG pickups.

Noticed one difference to the original posters in that mine has a plain chrome plate on the back rather than the Bass Centre logo.

[ezbass]

28 minutes ago, Andermtc said:

After a long delay I've finally got my Betsy.

Ordered back in July and planned for delivery in August it got delayed due to a lack of EMG pickups.

Noticed one difference to the original posters in that mine has a plain chrome plate on the back rather than the Bass Centre logo.

A Betsy and an Ashdown rig, very Guy Pratt.

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 10, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[fretmeister]

I love the original EMG J pickups. I put a set in my Sandberg. Great J tone and completely hum free.

[horrorshowbass]

This or the Sire?

That is the question.....

[BassApprentice]

Well, here's the answer. There is almost new Betsy in the sales forum and the Sire is sold out everywhere for the foreseeable 😅

Thomann say they have the Sire available at short notice but almost every other sire is 6 weeks minimum. 

[horrorshowbass]

1 hour ago, BassApprentice said:

Well, here's the answer. There is almost new Betsy in the sales forum and the Sire is sold out everywhere for the foreseeable 😅

Thomann say they have the Sire available at short notice but almost every other sire is 6 weeks minimum. 

One left in andetons and also in stock thomann Ireland. Not my first rodeo. Like the emgs though.

[Mister RLP]

I like the EMGs in my Betsy so much I did think about a a set for my Fender Flea Jazz bass, too. Good idea or not?

[ezbass]

21 minutes ago, Mister RLP said:

I like the EMGs in my Betsy so much I did think about a a set for my Fender Flea Jazz bass, too. Good idea or not?

Why not? It’s completely reversible. It’d be interesting to see if the Flea is markedly different from the Betsy once the EMGs are in.

[Mister RLP]

31 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Why not? It’s completely reversible. It’d be interesting to see if the Flea is markedly different from the Betsy once the EMGs are in.

Good point. Question - would the EMGs be compatible with the stack knob controls? 

[BassApprentice]

Don't see why not, it's just a different layout of the same controls