Low End Bee Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Anybody got one or played one? [url="http://www.eastwoodguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.eastwoodguitars.co.uk/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 I've played a couple of the guitars. They are alright for the money, but the overall feel if one of a generic modern instrument made with generic modern parts that happens to have the approximate shape of something weird from the 60s or 70s. The bassist from another Nottingham band has an Eastwood Airline Map bass (short-scale version). The output seems very weedy - I always have to turn the input gain up to full when he uses my rig to get anything like the same volume from this bass as I get from mine. There are other companies making retro-look basses that do it much better. Which model are you looking at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1369228313' post='2086572'] I've played a couple of the guitars. They are alright for the money, but the overall feel if one of a generic modern instrument made with generic modern parts that happens to have the approximate shape of something weird from the 60s or 70s. The bassist from another Nottingham band has an Eastwood Airline Map bass (short-scale version). The output seems very weedy - I always have to turn the input gain up to full when he uses my rig to get anything like the same volume from this bass as I get from mine. There are other companies making retro-look basses that do it much better. Which model are you looking at? [/quote] Not the Airline map ones. Don't like the look of them. The HiFlyer short scale and Stormbird have caught my eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 If you want a Mosrite-shaped bass (HiFlyer) get in touch with [url=http://www.hallmarkguitars.com]Hallmark Guitars[/url]. Although it's not up on the web site yet they are making (and shipping) a Mosrite type bass. Have a look at the Hallmark section of the [url=http://www.mosriteforum.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=31]Mosrite Forum[/url] for more details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchDude Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Sorry for resurrecting this zombie thread, but has anyone played the Sidejack 32 bass? It look very nice, but I haven't found any comments on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 I'd have search in the [url=http://www.mosriteforum.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=4f874ea73d223b82f33942f6fc0958ab]Modern Mosrites & Clones section[/url] of the Mosrite Forum, and if you can't find anything join up and ask the question there. Personally I'd go for the [url=http://www.hallmarkguitars.com/basses/65-custom.shtml]Hallmark 65 Custom Bass[/url] instead. And does anyone else think the Eastwood have totally missed the point by naming the bass the "Sidejack" when it doesn't actually have that feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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