yorks5stringer Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Just had an email notification about these, nothing in this price range that does a roasted neck and hand-stained body. As for the hardware, who knows? https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/products/search?p=2&q=fazley outlaw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo85 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Looks very interesting. It is not the right time, else I might have tried to order one. Putting good pickups, tuners and bridge if needed is not expensive on a P bass so I do not mind if they are bad stock - at least for that price. Then there is the risk of sloppy fretwork, the bass weighin a ton (I see it's ash) or some other weird thing. But I guess spotting that and returning is easy.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I read the name of the P copy as 'Pacemaker'. Slightly disappointed when I re-read it correctly. Also disappointed I don't need a P or J at the moment, these look good for the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddycall Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I can’t begin to comprehend how those can be built and sold for that price and everyone make a profit. Probably best no to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I know not really related to this but I picked up a second hand Harley Benton telecaster as I need the body for a project. The neck which I don't need is a lovely roasted maple one like the P bass above. The HB is only around £170 I think. Crazy! The above bass looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 5 hours ago, yorks5stringer said: nothing in this price range that does a roasted neck and hand-stained body. Gear4Music launched something similar earlier this year, £160 inc an OK gig bag. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/LA-Select-Bass-Guitar-by-Gear4music-Denim-Burst/3L4K Had mine a few months now and it's a decent wee bass, truth be told it's built to a very acceptable standard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 24 minutes ago, kodiakblair said: Gear4Music launched something similar earlier this year, £160 inc an OK gig bag. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/LA-Select-Bass-Guitar-by-Gear4music-Denim-Burst/3L4K Had mine a few months now and it's a decent wee bass, truth be told it's built to a very acceptable standard. I really like the look of of that, kind of an Aerodyne vibe going on. I don't know what the standard of finish is like, but it would be an excellent base to mod, if needed. Tuners, bridge and a pickup wouldn't cost much, and then give it a fret level and dress and roll the fingerboard edges. You would have a seriously nice bass for very little outlay. As I say, if it even needs it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lw. Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 What's the story with a lot of the more affordable basses coming out with roasted maple necks rather than just normal maple? Does it let them use cheaper woods as the roasting will take it up in hardness or is purely because previously roasting was a higher end option so now the mass producers are adding it too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 53 minutes ago, Lw. said: What's the story with a lot of the more affordable basses coming out with roasted maple necks rather than just normal maple? It's a cheap cosmetic process. Nobody apart from real high end boutique are doing actual torrefied. Lightly toasted necks are described as "roasted" , the punters take this latest buzz word and fill in their own blanks. Can't say I'm too surprised, marketing depts knew there wasn't much mileage left in "T*ne W**d" 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 I have two Fazleys, An acoustic that was obscene value for money and a telecaster copy that was £55 new and again amazing apart from slightly meh pickups. Only ‘issue’ I found was the strings supplied were bloody awful. If I was looking for something cheap I would happily buy another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 128 quid at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 15 hours ago, kodiakblair said: Gear4Music launched something similar earlier this year, £160 inc an OK gig bag. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/LA-Select-Bass-Guitar-by-Gear4music-Denim-Burst/3L4K Had mine a few months now and it's a decent wee bass, truth be told it's built to a very acceptable standard. Got to say I'm rather taken with this one. Like the binding a lot. I don't need a PJ bass, I really don't. No. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Chicago-Select-Bass-Guitar-by-Gear4music-Reverse-Red-Burst/3L4I?_gl=1*faqu6*_ga*MTY3ODc0OTk3OC4xNjYyOTY5OTg4*_up*MQ.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 They look very tempting but I mustn't. I have lots of basses. If I bought one of those my three G&L's might lynch me for mixing with outlaws and being a traitor. Starts thinking about what he has already to release the GAS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo85 Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 17 hours ago, kodiakblair said: It's a cheap cosmetic process. Nobody apart from real high end boutique are doing actual torrefied. Lightly toasted necks are described as "roasted" , the punters take this latest buzz word and fill in their own blanks. Can't say I'm too surprised, marketing depts knew there wasn't much mileage left in "T*ne W**d" 😃 I know nothing about all this but effectively it is interesting that, at leadt that's my impression, roasted maple remains a niche, with the majority of basses on sale non-roasted. If it was a clear advantage, and doable at Sire, not to mention Fazley prices, one woukd assume it would become the industry standard above say £600 or something like that. But I guess it is all more complicated than that (eg many would not want their jazz bass neck brown) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Paolo85 said: But I guess it is all more complicated than that (eg many would not want their jazz bass neck brown) Putting aside appearance for a moment, it's complicated; more so depending on the process used. There's 'torrefication' where timber is baked at 250C for 20 hours, heat then gets turned up to 400 degrees. It gets cooled down with a fine mist of water. Another is 'thermally modified'. 4 or 5 methods of this, steam/pressure/nitrogen/oil. Some of these processes take between 3 and 7 days to complete. Finally there's 'roasted', has none of the cellular changes the other methods introduce but the wood is nice and brown 😀 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 There's also "roaster", which is a Glaswegian term of endearment... https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=roaster 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Thanks a bunch. A whole new seam of affordable basses for me to mine. Ever used Bax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 11/09/2022 at 17:56, kodiakblair said: Gear4Music launched something similar earlier this year, £160 inc an OK gig bag. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/LA-Select-Bass-Guitar-by-Gear4music-Denim-Burst/3L4K Had mine a few months now and it's a decent wee bass, truth be told it's built to a very acceptable standard. Just been looking at this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, stewblack said: Just been looking at this As usual I'm crap at taking photos 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Is that real binding? I have a g4m guitar where the binding seems to have been painted on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 48 minutes ago, velvetkevorkian said: Is that real binding? I have a g4m guitar where the binding seems to have been painted on. I'd say real binding judging by the thickness either side of the pocket. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 First G4M bass I've been really tempted by. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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