jd56hawk Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) $629...under £500. (Looks good with the purple Orange amp.) Edited January 18 by jd56hawk 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 This is starting to turn into one of those "are you paying attention?" type clicky quizzes - click on the colour, not the word type thing. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan63 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 most that have tried this bass find them overpriced neck heavy and offer nothing that many other cheaper PB pickup instruments offer cheaper better 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowf Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 36 minutes ago, Aidan63 said: most that have tried this bass find them overpriced neck heavy and offer nothing that many other cheaper PB pickup instruments offer cheaper better Yeah, but... PURPLE. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 3 minutes ago, mowf said: Yeah, but... PURPLE. Hmm...Opal Fruits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 That's an awesome colour. That scratchplate looks like a home-made bodge, though. Not sure what they were thinking. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I was at NAMM with @Silvia Bluejay when they launched these (in orange, not purple, natch) and I was dead keen to try one. They were $329 IIRC. When I played one, frankly it was a bit 'meh'. It was a perfectly acceptable cheap Chinese bass, but it had no Wow factor at all. If they're now $629 (just five years later) then I'd be inclined to wait for a pre-owned model to be listed for sale by a disappointed owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd56hawk Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 (edited) 2 hours ago, neepheid said: This is starting to turn into one of those "are you paying attention?" type clicky quizzes - click on the colour, not the word type thing. I actually like that "click on the color, not the word" exercise. I'll post it occasionally on Facebook. 1 hour ago, Aidan63 said: most that have tried this bass find them overpriced neck heavy and offer nothing that many other cheaper PB pickup instruments offer cheaper better Maybe, but neck dive is such an easily-solved solution I haven't considered it a problem since my first Thunderbird. As for the price? I'd pay $600 for one before I'd pay $900 for one of those humdrum Fender Player Precisions. 59 minutes ago, Bassassin said: That's an awesome colour. That scratchplate looks like a home-made bodge, though. Not sure what they were thinking. Plenty of unusual pickguards out there. I've always wondered why Fender went with this half-assed one. I really like the art deco Kay pickguard, though. Edited January 18 by jd56hawk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 15 minutes ago, jd56hawk said: Plenty of unusual pickguards out there. I've always wondered why Fender went with this half-assed one. I really like the art deco Kay pickguard, though. I'd argue ('cos that's how I'm wired) there's nothing remotely unusual about a standard Tele-shaped plate - originally fitted to the world's first mass-produced electric guitar! I do quite like that Kay design though. I can be a bit weird about scratchplates - for example the standard Rickenbacker 4001/4003 shape looks like a slapped-on afterthought & is far less integrated & sympathetic to the design of the bass than the original 50s plate. I'd bet a quid Roger Rossmeisl had nowt to do with the redesign! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd56hawk Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 13 minutes ago, Bassassin said: I'd argue ('cos that's how I'm wired) there's nothing remotely unusual about a standard Tele-shaped plate - originally fitted to the world's first mass-produced electric guitar! I do quite like that Kay design though. I can be a bit weird about scratchplates - for example the standard Rickenbacker 4001/4003 shape looks like a slapped-on afterthought & is far less integrated & sympathetic to the design of the bass than the original 50s plate. I'd bet a quid Roger Rossmeisl had nowt to do with the redesign! I really like this one, but it looks like whoever designed the other one started to do it right but then came up blank when he tried to finish it, so he just decided to cut it short...that straight bottom just doesn't look right. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 4 minutes ago, jd56hawk said: I really like this one, but it looks like whoever designed the other one started to do it right but then came up blank when he tried to finish it, so he just decided to cut it short...that straight bottom just doesn't look right. I like that - it's a variation on the batwing design from the Thinline Tele. And what's weird is that the Thinline Tele was designed by Roger Rossmeisl after he left Rickenbacker! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 It all seems a bit Spinal Tap to me: But my Orange bass is Purple! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 It's the Glenn Hughes signature... hence the colour! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 7 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: It's the Glenn Hughes signature... hence the colour! The bass has quite a nice shade of deep purple 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 I love the look of these, though I reckon a tort guard would work better. What puts me off is 34" scale length. While most of my current basses are 34" the O Bass looks like it's going to have balance issues because of the small body/long neck combo. Happy to be corrected if anyone with real world experience of one knows better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Cato said: I love the look of these, though I reckon a tort guard would work better. What puts me off is 34" scale length. While most of my current basses are 34" the O Bass looks like it's going to have balance issues because of the small body/long neck combo. Happy to be corrected if anyone with real world experience of one knows better. It comes with a black scratchplate too. I think the white works well, tort on purple might be a bit much... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Black works better. White always looks a bit cheapo to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 8 hours ago, ahpook said: Hmm...Opal Fruits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Certainly eye catching - and I'm known to buy gear on looks alone. Seems its aimed at people like me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 12 hours ago, TheGreek said: Certainly eye catching - and I'm known to buy gear on looks alone. Seems its aimed at people like me. I hear that. I think the original one looked very cool.... this one is absolutely beautiful, love it. I know about all the reviews, cheap, nasty, uncomfortable..... but man it looks lovely. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 21 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: It's the Glenn Hughes signature... hence the colour! Oh blimey I need one now….. love Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 That looks beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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