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MGR/Jason Chong « Hamer Cruise Bass »
Published on 10/24/04 at 15:00I wanted to upgrade to a 5-stringer so i saved a decent amount of cash. I live in Singapore. Went to a music stall called Music Plaza, under Yamaha and was browsing through when i spotted this beautiful 2-tone sunburst Hamer bass hanging on the shelf. I bought it for SGD$450 cos it was cheap, i wanted it to be a temporary bass guitar before i get a higher end bass.
Smooth attack, punchy lows and warm highs. Plays as though it cost twice as much. Gotoh tuners, maple body, rosewood fingerboard. Balanced output when you blast the volume and tone controls, sounds pretty much like a Fender to me. Nice action and beautiful finish. Excellent intonation, hardly goes out of tune.
Heavy! I can't stand more than half an hour with this monster on my shoulder. Even with a wide strap, the weight will get to your shoulder. Cutaway not deep enough, i can hardly reach the upper frets(e.g. 20th, 21st and 22nd frets). Even though the highs are nice, it gets lost in the mix when you're playing on the higher register. Doesn't really come through that well.
Very stable neck, i always put my guitar on a stand next to the window(singapore is a tropical country, i know it's wrong but this goes to test how well the guitar can stand temperature changes). With heat and cold on it, the neck stays extremely stable. Excellent. Fret work not too good though, i have to level it when i lowered the action because it started to buzz. Tuners not balanced, i had to turn much more on my D tuner to tune my D string compared to the other tuners.
Though there are certain flaws here and there, the Cruise Bass makes an excellent, low-cost bass that sounds twice as much as it costs. The electronics are not very reliable though, mine failed me not too long ago when its resonance went out of it and even though i blasted the lows and mids, it still sounds completely flat. Changed to Alembic pickups after that and the sound blew me away. Good guitar to do your modifications on since its low cost. You can play around with the pickups since it does not cost that much, but still worth the keep. I don't think i want to sell mine, sounds too good to leave me.
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Smooth attack, punchy lows and warm highs. Plays as though it cost twice as much. Gotoh tuners, maple body, rosewood fingerboard. Balanced output when you blast the volume and tone controls, sounds pretty much like a Fender to me. Nice action and beautiful finish. Excellent intonation, hardly goes out of tune.
Heavy! I can't stand more than half an hour with this monster on my shoulder. Even with a wide strap, the weight will get to your shoulder. Cutaway not deep enough, i can hardly reach the upper frets(e.g. 20th, 21st and 22nd frets). Even though the highs are nice, it gets lost in the mix when you're playing on the higher register. Doesn't really come through that well.
Very stable neck, i always put my guitar on a stand next to the window(singapore is a tropical country, i know it's wrong but this goes to test how well the guitar can stand temperature changes). With heat and cold on it, the neck stays extremely stable. Excellent. Fret work not too good though, i have to level it when i lowered the action because it started to buzz. Tuners not balanced, i had to turn much more on my D tuner to tune my D string compared to the other tuners.
Though there are certain flaws here and there, the Cruise Bass makes an excellent, low-cost bass that sounds twice as much as it costs. The electronics are not very reliable though, mine failed me not too long ago when its resonance went out of it and even though i blasted the lows and mids, it still sounds completely flat. Changed to Alembic pickups after that and the sound blew me away. Good guitar to do your modifications on since its low cost. You can play around with the pickups since it does not cost that much, but still worth the keep. I don't think i want to sell mine, sounds too good to leave me.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com