SQOE basses?

[Brian18242]

Just noticed guitargutiar is now stocking these basses. Anyone familiar with them?

 

Love the look of the headless

 

 

[Bassassin]

Just had a look at these on GG and if I was in the market for a passive J, I'd be down there tomorrow morning.

 

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/230811411491027--sqoe-sjb800-sunrise-fade

 

 

£189? Get in the bin, Harley Benton.

 

Unfortunately no sign of that headless, though.

[Brian18242]

They honestly look too good to be true! 

[Pea Turgh]

There’s a Mustang, too:

 

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/231027414957027--sqoe-sjb400-white

 

[Brian18242]

Seriously, those prices are ridiculous!! I just wonder how they play? Slightly more expensive, but the headless looks brilliant 

[BassApprentice]

Cool, but odd at the same time - seem to be based out of Philippines/Malaysia with very little online presence. Probably our of a factory that makes basses for many other brands and have decided to take those designs for themselves. 

The mustang does look cool as a base for changing bits, don't like the Stingray style bridge on it.

[Brian18242]

Yes, very little online footprint, surprised Guitargutiar has picked them up? Don't see Thomann stocking them as yet. Tempted to order the headless direct from Malaysia but high risk if it turns out to be a piece of junk

[hooky_lowdown]

Not sure about the Established date, but a good array of Mustang colours, seems only White in the UK, playing it very safe there.

 

[spacecowboy]

 

from the headstock…

 

Sqoe Guitar Design Studio Spain

est 1883!?!?

 

 

[Brian18242]

I don't believe guitargutiar have any more plans to stock. It's very strange, great price, very little information online, and non of the big outlets stocking.

 

I may purchase the headless direct even with shipping comes to roughly £350

[Baloney Balderdash]

I can't seem to find the headless bass there, tried to put both the brand and model name/number in the search bar to no avail.

 

The other models mentioned in this thread does show on a search of the brand, but not that headless one in the OP.

[Bassassin]

 

I want a blue one.

 

Shop in Thailand selling them, can't find any shipping info on the English version of the site but 9600 Baht = £220.

 

https://www.musicplant.co.th/en/product/82298-80664/sqoesebs990

[Kyndainverse]

They have them on their reverb store
https://reverb.com/uk/shop/music-plant-1?make=sqoe-1

[PaulThePlug]

Oh My... Nice...

https://www.musicplant.co.th/en/product/82040/umedaujb4norathep-masaeng-signature

 

[Al Krow]

1 hour ago, Kyndainverse said:

They have them on their reverb store
https://reverb.com/uk/shop/music-plant-1?make=sqoe-1

 

Nice design and obviously very competitively priced! Seem to be currently only doing 4 strings in the headless range?

[asingardenof]

14 hours ago, spacecowboy said:

 

from the headstock…

 

Sqoe Guitar Design Studio Spain

est 1883!?!?

 

 

 

I gather they're designed in Spain, which may mean they're some sort of offshoot of an established guitar maker. Washburn and Gretsch were founded in 1883 but this may just be a coincidence.

[tauzero]

2 hours ago, Al Krow said:

 

Nice design and obviously very competitively priced! Seem to be currently only doing 4 strings in the headless range?

 

Yes, I wonder if they'll do a 5er. 

 

I was searching for Sqoe headlesses and happened across a webpage about headlesses which was obviously written by an imbecile. If you want a laugh (Fender being a leading manufacturer of headless basses, headless basses having short string length, headless basses mostly being cricket bats, and many other examples of complete ignorance) have a look at https://www.bassox.com/headless-bass-guitars/

[spacecowboy]

7 hours ago, asingardenof said:

 

I gather they're designed in Spain, which may mean they're some sort of offshoot of an established guitar maker. Washburn and Gretsch were founded in 1883 but this may just be a coincidence.

That’s interesting! Would make sense to have such a system specific date! 

[TheGreek]

The body on the headless looks Wal-ish.

The knobs are in weird positions. 

[tauzero]

On 08/11/2023 at 20:32, TheGreek said:

The body on the headless looks Wal-ish.

The knobs are in weird positions. 

 

That might just be the way he's sitting.

[Sven]

Bump to this topic, I'm more or less in search of a good option for an headless, but something more in line with the current modern designs such as Ibanez etc rather than the 80s Steinberger inspiration.

For example, a big plus is to have a Bolt On neck, because I may look into modifying into a removable neck (with inserts and so on) and of course the neck throught design of Steinbergers and Hohners and such are not an option.

 

I came accross this topic and the SQOE design and I stopped dead on my tracks, I looks stunning and perfectly suited as a cheap option to go into DIY mode without much risks.

Did anyone order one of those ?

[BassApprentice]

Obviously depends on budget - but the new Cort Space range at £700ish could be another answer for you.

Not talking down the quality of SQOE basses but Cort a bit more of a known quantity.

[Bassassin]

The Corts are nice but (fortunately for my GAS) there doesn't seem to be a 4, at least not yet.

 

That's also about twice the price of a Squeee - or would be if you could buy one anywhere1

[tauzero]

https://reverb.com/uk/item/74428855-sqoe-sebs990-headless-bass-2023

 

£360 inc p&P, not sure what the implications for VAT and duty are.

[tauzero]

And it could be worth getting in touch with Guitarguitar and seeing if they could get one in, they do other Sqooo models.