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Published on 04/28/04 at 15:00I was on my usual weekly trip down to the music store and I see this on the shelf. Only £300.00 not bad. I thought this would be handy investment as my idol is mark hoppus and also my band plays Blink type music.
I like the sleek colour (shell pink) and the easy to play P-Bass neck. I was also surprised that he configured this to a J-Bass body, which was pretty ingenious as Fender have great ideas for body styling. As I picked this up off of the shelf, I realised it was fairly heavy, quite noticably heavier than my ibaanez edb. As I started to play, what can i say! I was impressed, it had a very full sound but wasn't ruined by to litle or much tone.
I wasn't very impressed with the weight. It is a great bass guitar, and that really is all that is wrong with it. This bass guitar is drfinitly an accuired taste. If you are playing Metallica covers then this is definitly not for you.
It had a great body and a really good paintjob to it. The neck was a great length. The pick-up qualitys is very good, with me havin quality, and a crisp sound, when I play the high and low notes. if the tone setting does not suit you, remember ou have the amplifier settings to play around with. This is best played with a Mesa Boogie amp, which i very recently bought after finding out Mr Hoppus uses one aswell.
Great guitar, pick-ups, body, colour choices, neck, shape and sound. Te are not many guitar that can really compete with the level of sound this 2 pick-up bass has to offer.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I like the sleek colour (shell pink) and the easy to play P-Bass neck. I was also surprised that he configured this to a J-Bass body, which was pretty ingenious as Fender have great ideas for body styling. As I picked this up off of the shelf, I realised it was fairly heavy, quite noticably heavier than my ibaanez edb. As I started to play, what can i say! I was impressed, it had a very full sound but wasn't ruined by to litle or much tone.
I wasn't very impressed with the weight. It is a great bass guitar, and that really is all that is wrong with it. This bass guitar is drfinitly an accuired taste. If you are playing Metallica covers then this is definitly not for you.
It had a great body and a really good paintjob to it. The neck was a great length. The pick-up qualitys is very good, with me havin quality, and a crisp sound, when I play the high and low notes. if the tone setting does not suit you, remember ou have the amplifier settings to play around with. This is best played with a Mesa Boogie amp, which i very recently bought after finding out Mr Hoppus uses one aswell.
Great guitar, pick-ups, body, colour choices, neck, shape and sound. Te are not many guitar that can really compete with the level of sound this 2 pick-up bass has to offer.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com