![]() Its direct replacement, no adjustments needed to the bass other than the action etc needing setting up. And just so much presence.Īlso, I'd love to read a review of this bass. There's a visceral resonance that a solid-body just can't have. Once you pick up a (semi)hollow-body there's no looking back (imho). It really does need flats! I have D'addario chrome flats on my two fretless basses, and the Elite stainless steels on this feel surprisingly different - more slippery - almost as if they were somehow flatter. I don't usually like a gloss neck, but that wasn't a problem. But I like the simplicity of the controls - numbered dials for tone and volume, and a 3-position tone switch so you can easily change sound - say between verse and bridge. I don't have the technical knowledge of many BC peeps to do a proper review. In fact I gigged it within two hours of buying it from our gig on Sunday □ So the JC satisfies my lust for a hollow-body that I can pick up any time, and gig. I'm coming to this from being lucky enough to have a 1966 Gibson EB2, and unlucky enough that it lives with my son (drummer and occasional bass player) in Nashville, and realistically I'll never be able to get it back to the UK, or to gig it if I did (too fragile and valuable). Overall for me, a flawed bass but the first bass ive owned that im prepared to live with them, as i love the tone so much. I got a nice wide strap, so neck dive isnt a problem, but i do find the edge of the body cuts in to my right forearm after a while. The new one is more comfortable though, as i play mostly with a pick so tend ot rest my hand on the bridge. I ordered a new bridge in a state of panic, but i was happy with the old bridge. The bridge popped off 30mins in to owning it, but a bit of superglue has worked well and ive not had it come off again. I guess im just not used to non Fender shaped basses. I think ill get a fret dressing in the new year. I love the neck, although i cant quite get the action i want. ![]() Not the actual playing of it on the neck, just sitting down or standing with it. I love the bass, but its the most uncomfortable bass ive ever played. Still, i might check that website to see if it confirms this. it also has a large sticker inside stating it. The rest of the label is like that in your photo with the Norlin, Made in Japan, etc.Im lucky, as mine is a 20th Aniv model, so i know when it was made. I have an Epiphone that was given to me, that has the model name blacked out and handwritten says FT-130 MPL. I had to recut and compensate the saddle insert, however, as it wasnt set for the B-string or low EA strings at all and the radius did not match the board. I mention all this because Im actually a fan of well-done adjustable saddles - they make life for the average player much easier. The actual Gibson-style pin-bridge adjustable units used ebony or rosewood in a configuration that roughly matched an archtop guitars adjustable layout and thus didnt dampen the guitar as much (the caveat here is that the ceramic saddles were just awful). The bridge has an adjustable saddle, though its of the usual import style where a softer plastic saddle is inserted into a metal base. The board and bridge both seem to be stained maple and the board is bound.ĭespite the tiny bit of neck hump after the join with the body, a bolt-on neck is really handy when you have to set your action.Īll I needed to do was shim it up to get some good back-angle. This has a 1 1116 nut width, 14 radius, and modern-feeling C-shaped neck. The truss rod was installed nicely (not sunk too far into the neck and buried under the 1st fret like some Japanese guitars from the time) and works well. ![]() Tone-wise, this sounds fine flatpicked or fingerpicked, but wont win any contests with a real deal 000-18 or similar.Ĭompared to even similar solid-topped Japanese variants (Takamines, for instance) of the same vintage, this guitar will sound thinner and more mid-range in character. The interesting bit is that Matsumoku kept the 24 34 Gibson scale length when it conjured-up its zero-fret, bolted neck for this model. The bolt-on neck construction has yielded the frustrating ever-so-slight neck hump after the joining fret - something my own Fender Redondo and many old bolt-ons also deal with.
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