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Possible Headstock Issue
ADDITION TO PREVIOUS REVIEW.
Okay, I need to warn you, this bass weighs 11.4 pounds 5.2kgs, when I received it I thought it was heavy and having owned it for a fair while I need to tell you that this makes it almost unplayable. ( I am 6'4" ) 17 stone and not weak. I really can't use it, I'm really sorry, it sounds great and having spent money sorting out the neck I want to get value, it is also great looking and I'm fed up. I just ordered a Yamaha bass from Thomann because I have Bass work coming up. To put it in perspective, the heaviest basses are usually around 9 pounds and many are 6-7 pounds, 11.4 is just impossible and should carry a health warning.
ORIGINAL REVIEW
This is a great looking and sounding bass, it weighs an absolute ton but it is very solidly screwed together.
I did a fair amount of research before buying and the neck and the set up was always reviewed very positively so I am a little disappointed because I have been unable to stop the strings buzzing. I slackened the truss rod and raised the hight of the bridge saddles but nothing has helped so today I took the bass to a luthier.
His first glance told him that the angle of the strings over the nut was far too flat and he is pretty sure that here is where the problem lies, he showed me that the headstock is almost leaning forward from the neck so the e and a strings without string trees have no angle at all even with the strings wound to the bottom of the posts.
I'm sure that this can't be part of the design as Thomann know what they are doing so perhaps it is a manufacturing fault but I would check it out before you order.
Okay, I need to warn you, this bass weighs 11.4 pounds 5.2kgs, when I received it I thought it was heavy and having owned it for a fair while I need to tell you that this makes it almost unplayable. ( I am 6'4" ) 17 stone and not weak. I really can't use it, I'm really sorry, it sounds great and having spent money sorting out the neck I want to get value, it is also great looking and I'm fed up. I just ordered a Yamaha bass from Thomann because I have Bass work coming up. To put it in perspective, the heaviest basses are usually around 9 pounds and many are 6-7 pounds, 11.4 is just impossible and should carry a health warning.
ORIGINAL REVIEW
This is a great looking and sounding bass, it weighs an absolute ton but it is very solidly screwed together.
I did a fair amount of research before buying and the neck and the set up was always reviewed very positively so I am a little disappointed because I have been unable to stop the strings buzzing. I slackened the truss rod and raised the hight of the bridge saddles but nothing has helped so today I took the bass to a luthier.
His first glance told him that the angle of the strings over the nut was far too flat and he is pretty sure that here is where the problem lies, he showed me that the headstock is almost leaning forward from the neck so the e and a strings without string trees have no angle at all even with the strings wound to the bottom of the posts.
I'm sure that this can't be part of the design as Thomann know what they are doing so perhaps it is a manufacturing fault but I would check it out before you order.
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Just a cheap bass
This bass is good for its price, but it's not the great deal everyone is talking about. It's a cheap quality bass, it sounds bad and it's super heavy.
Probably better than other bass on the same price range, but not a miracle bass. I would have been happier if I bought a second hand bass for the same price.
Probably better than other bass on the same price range, but not a miracle bass. I would have been happier if I bought a second hand bass for the same price.
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Received bass in a highly damaged condition.
When I received this bass, it had a huge gash to the top of the head stock. It was apparent that it had been damaged during shipping, on a conveyor of some sort apparently. It's a cool bass, and frankly it would probably be fine to order. It's pretty retro, and the fact that it's made out of ash is a huge bonus. But, the value proposition kind of disappears if Thomann can't guarantee that it will get to you in an undamaged state.
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