May 20, 2020
All in all, a great buy. The bass is well made for the price, feels nice (some people don't seem to like the thicker neck, but I find it very comfortable), and the yellow looks vibrant and awesome. My only issue with the bass is that even with the bridge completely lowered the action is still fairly high, but I was able to make the grooves deeper with a needle file, so not a huge deal to me as I like to modify things anyway. As far as the bass goes, I am very happy with my purchase and I believe ...
All in all, a great buy. The bass is well made for the price, feels nice (some people don't seem to like the thicker neck, but I find it very comfortable), and the yellow looks vibrant and awesome. My only issue with the bass is that even with the bridge completely lowered the action is still fairly high, but I was able to make the grooves deeper with a needle file, so not a huge deal to me as I like to modify things anyway. As far as the bass goes, I am very happy with my purchase and I believe it is a great value for the money.
I did not have an amp, as it was misplaced when I was moving, and even then I do not need anything fancy and expensive to mess around in my room, so I spent a little extra to get the amp package so I would at least have something. It's decent for the price and works quite well with the bass it came with, but definitely struggles when I plug in my modded goth thunderbird and I find I have to roll the bass knob almost all the way down or else it becomes a crackly mess of sound (my old amp did not have this issue, so I know the thunderbird is not broken). I also suspect the amp may not be grounded properly, as both of my basses sound like they have grounding issues on this amp but not any other amp I have since tried them on. I will have to open the amp up at some point and check for a loose wire. I'm not going to deduct a star for this simply because I knew it wouldn't be a top of the line amp and if the grounding issue is a loose wire, that could just as easily have happened in shipping.
I am very happy with my purchase overall and feel it was well worth the price. If you are just starting, this is a great little kit to get you going and of you've been playing a while this would serve as a nice travel/practice bass or a platform to experiment with modding without too much financial impact.
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