bartelby Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 I wasn't really sure whether to put this in the reviews sections or not. But as it's not so much of a review, more like an information post I thought I'd put it here. I got this bass delivered on Tuesday and took it to band practice on Thursday. It sounds and feels fantastic. The B isn't quite as good as the last 5 string I had, but that was a 35" Ibanez with 18v electronics...... At rehearsal the lack of shielding became noticeable, so I ordered some copper tape and fitted it all today. I've used to opportunity to strip the bass down and photograph what I found. So what makes this bass a Deko? Well once the strings were off the cheap nut was obvious: I also noticed the satin finish didn't quite go all the way around the headstock, and from just by the G's tuner to round the curve of the headstock it was missing : This was the total amount of shielding that was done by the factory: The pickups came out of their covers without any persuasion and are just generic pickups: With everything cleared off the body there's a large patch of foggy and orange peely finish, but the dodgy area is entirely covered by the pickguard, and the cavities are full of crap: The neck pocket had obviously had some post finish work done to it: Once I cleaned out all the dust and bits of wood from the neck pocket and cavities I did all the shielding work (forgot to take a photo before putting the J pickup back in): While the pickguard was off I gave it another couple of coats of spray. Everything went back together nicely and there is noticeably less noise thanks to the new shielding. I need to set up the action and intonation as all the crap in the neck pocket was acting like a shim. There's a lot more air under the strings now, but the saddles were raised up quite a lot. None of the things I've found made the bass "unplayable" as Thomann advertise. All that's needed is a good clean, some shielding and a good set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Liking the colour I have to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Doesn't look at all bad - quite impressed to be honest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) - Edited February 22, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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