MichaelDean Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 (edited) These look fun! 30" scale, two humbuckers, matching headstocks, roasted maple neck, laurel fingerboard, poplar body. The website claims a weight of around 3.6kg and £449. Controls are apparenlty Volume, Tone, Master Tone. Seems like a possible mistake on the website - unless they've done the Keanu wiring? https://www.shergoldguitars.com/the-basses/telstar-bass.html Edited November 12 by MichaelDean Spelling 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted November 12 Author Share Posted November 12 I think it must be a mistake with the controls based on this YT video. Must be VBT or VVT. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 They look really nice, may well end up with one of these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 (edited) The equivalent skinny stringers seem to be highly regarded for the price bracket,as a lover of all things tele shaped I've been tempted myself, purely based on the aesthetic. Edited November 12 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 Nice Precision type tone from the 2 pickups together/pick playing part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrienp Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 Interesting looking bass. Wonder what the bridge string spacing is? It looks like 19mm, given the standard parts bin type bridge. The only let down for me is the slab body with no contouring (as far as I can tell from the pics). Reasonable price point though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 Looks great. But I think it falls into the trap that lots of short scale basses tend to, in that the pickups are too widely spaced so that the bridge is a bit nasal and the neck is wooly. Together it's a bit hollow. I will need to check one out for myself obviously but I'm not loving the sounds in the demos. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 12 Share Posted November 12 26 minutes ago, ped said: Looks great. But I think it falls into the trap that lots of short scale basses tend to, in that the pickups are too widely spaced so that the bridge is a bit nasal and the neck is wooly. Together it's a bit hollow. I will need to check one out for myself obviously but I'm not loving the sounds in the demos. If there is the option to wire both pickups in series then it has the potential to sound excellent. My old Burns Sonic had pickups in similar positions and due to the nature of the selector switch having both on wired them in series. This was the only sound I used because it was so good. On the other hand I really don't like the "Telecaster" style shape and from my experience I don't find it particularly well suited to bass guitars. I don't know why this new iteration of Shergold simply don't reissue their old models with less dense wood for the bodies. Surely that's what their target audience wants? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 It seems that they've forgotten to make any left handed versions. Another one off the list then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 23 hours ago, MichaelDean said: I think it must be a mistake with the controls based on this YT video. Must be VBT or VVT. Now that is how you demo a bass. Neck pickup fully open with a pick sounds glorious. 20 hours ago, ped said: Looks great. But I think it falls into the trap that lots of short scale basses tend to, in that the pickups are too widely spaced so that the bridge is a bit nasal and the neck is wooly. Together it's a bit hollow. I will need to check one out for myself obviously but I'm not loving the sounds in the demos. That's just why I like it! That pickup placement works very well for me on a shortscale. But then, I'm a sucker for old school plonky tones 😄 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 On 12/11/2024 at 16:03, BigRedX said: On the other hand I really don't like the "Telecaster" style shape and from my experience I don't find it particularly well suited to bass guitars. I don't know why this new iteration of Shergold simply don't reissue their old models with less dense wood for the bodies. Surely that's what their target audience wants? I'd agree with both of those opinions. I assume they were probably trying to make the design sufficiently different from the Wilcock Mullarkey; itself very derivative of the original Shergold body design, with the DNA that led to the Wal Pro basses. A bass version of their new Masquerader guitar would be quite tasty, mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 1 hour ago, Shaggy said: I assume they were probably trying to make the design sufficiently different from the Wilcock Mullarkey; itself very derivative of the original Shergold body design, with the DNA that led to the Wal Pro basses. Crazy isn't it mate, they could have done something so iconic given those three legacy connections, and they produce something that looks like a B- school project 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 On 12/11/2024 at 12:46, Cato said: The equivalent skinny stringers seem to be highly regarded for the price bracket,as a lover of all things tele shaped I've been tempted myself, purely based on the aesthetic. The guitarist in my fun band has one, he loves it and even for a duff guitarist like me it seem to play really well. The original Shergolds were based on the old Hayman designs (2020?). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 13 Share Posted November 13 5 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said: The original Shergolds were based on the old Hayman designs (2020?). Less based on and more an evolution/rebranding of, they were the same company 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 (edited) 18 hours ago, Chienmortbb said: The guitarist in my fun band has one, he loves it and even for a duff guitarist like me it seem to play really well. My memory of the older Patrick Eggle instruments is that the guitars were very decent indeed; the basses (Milan etc) looked nice but were sonically pretty bland. These don't even look nice; a shame as the original Shergolds always looked classy. Edited November 14 by Shaggy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted November 14 Share Posted November 14 Oh....I have a Fender Cabronita Thinline in Shoreline Gold guitar looking for a sibling.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 Another new Shergold Bass, 34" scale this time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 They look ok but to me the spec doesn't seem much better than a standard Harley Benton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 Love the look - wishing this everything short scale “thing” would go away though, I find them borderline unplayable. a 34” version comes along; I’m back interested… Weirdly, they’ve obviously bought the names - has someone else got the rights to the body shapes? Surely the Marathon is their most famous bass, why not a modern reissue? Miss mine 🤦🏻♂️ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 (edited) Oh. Totally missed the 34 Libertine?! wahooo! Boo. Wish I’d missed them. 4 aside headstock nonsense, not Shergold-y at all. bleh. Edited December 4 by AndyTravis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 9 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Weirdly, they’ve obviously bought the names - has someone else got the rights to the body shapes? Surely the Marathon is their most famous bass, why not a modern reissue? Miss mine 🤦🏻♂️ The new ones are all designed by Patrick Eggle (who used to make those PRS-ish guitars back in the day) and are original designs. I'm sure they'll come out with some reissues eventually, but they're pushing the new stuff right now. Personally, I'd have thought doing things round the other way would make the most sense, but it's up to them! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 13 minutes ago, Russ said: The new ones are all designed by Patrick Eggle (who used to make those PRS-ish guitars back in the day) and are original designs. I'm sure they'll come out with some reissues eventually, but they're pushing the new stuff right now. Personally, I'd have thought doing things round the other way would make the most sense, but it's up to them! Yeah - I’ve met him a couple of times, saw the guitar versions at the Birmingham guitar show in March. They kept the 3+3 headstock for the guitars, just don’t think the shape of the 4 aside is nice at all, shame as the bodies are nicely designed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 1 hour ago, AndyTravis said: Yeah - I’ve met him a couple of times, saw the guitar versions at the Birmingham guitar show in March. They kept the 3+3 headstock for the guitars, just don’t think the shape of the 4 aside is nice at all, shame as the bodies are nicely designed. The old Shergolds had big paddle headstocks - most modern guitar makers wouldn't do that now because they're more aware of balance and ergonomics, and big headstocks make instruments neck-heavy. I'm sure there'll be either a reissue series or a series of updated versions of classic models eventually, but I don't think that's what they're interested in right now. They want to be relatively contemporary, and basically sell a ton of instruments to British indie bands. There's always the Wilcock range if you want something that looks a bit like an old Shergold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 4 Share Posted December 4 26 minutes ago, Russ said: The old Shergolds had big paddle headstocks - most modern guitar makers wouldn't do that now because they're more aware of balance and ergonomics, and big headstocks make instruments neck-heavy. I'm sure there'll be either a reissue series or a series of updated versions of classic models eventually, but I don't think that's what they're interested in right now. They want to be relatively contemporary, and basically sell a ton of instruments to British indie bands. There's always the Wilcock range if you want something that looks a bit like an old Shergold. I miss mine - wasn’t head heavy, or at all heavy…my Casady with rounds does a very similar sound…but my lord it was a cool bass. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 (edited) Or you buy an Eastwood Hooky. It says something when Eastwood, notorious parts bin guitar makers, are building a more accurate version of a classic Shergold instrument than the company that now owns the name. Edited December 5 by BigRedX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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