BITE Guitars Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) A new review is out. Bass Gear Magazine scrutinized the BITE Jawbone Bass. They had a close look at the build quality and listened to its 1000mV growl. The result: 5 out of 5 stars! https://www.bassgearmag.com/bassic-review-bite-jawbone-pj-bass-review/ Edited April 2, 2020 by BITE Guitars 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITE Guitars Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) On 06/03/2020 at 16:06, jazzmanb said: It hasn't alienated all the Fender looky like players out there thus far with their slant on a different head stock .To be fair they've all wandered not too far from the blueprint fender style On 06/03/2020 at 15:19, Graham said: I liked the sound of the pickups in the demo video, which would be enough to make me long-list one ahead of playing one, now there's a headstock option that I don't find completely off-putting. On 06/03/2020 at 12:50, Pea Turgh said: Tony the Tiger stripes, obvs! On 06/03/2020 at 12:43, BigRedX said: So if you were why would you consider one of these over a proper Fender, or one of the established and respected copyists such as Sandberg, Maruszczyk, G&L, etc. On 05/03/2020 at 17:24, binky_bass said: A Bongo and its overall style is 100% different, and yes totally Marmite. But a 'Fender Copy' with a different headstock pretty much alienates 90% of the market. Sure 10% will dig it, but as a business do you want the 90% or the 10%? @Skybone We've manwhile introduced our 24-fret premium model Evening Star with our proprietary body shape: https://bite.guitars/product/evening-star/ 34" with figured top 35" XL scale with artwork Edited June 11, 2023 by BITE Guitars 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITE Guitars Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 On 05/03/2020 at 13:44, binky_bass said: Gotsta target your target audience! Even if people are conditioned to like something, (which on one hand I see your point, but on the other I don't 100% agree with as I don't own any Fender basses and I really love the look of all the non-fender headstock I do own (ACG, De Gier, Bee Bass, Conklin, Overwater, Aries, Yamaha, Warwick etc.)) you need to target what they like, be it due to conditioning or not. We're all conditioned in varying degrees, essentially 'conditioning' is what turns the blank slate you are born with into an individual personality. That being said, I still really do not like (personal opinion) the headstock Bite offer at all. It is (to me) clunky awkward, a bit ugly and really spoils the basses aesthetics and I wouldn't buy from them because of this and this alone. In my humble opinion of course. On 05/03/2020 at 15:46, jazzmanb said: I Spotted the bass on youtube being played by the tapping guy (very well) ,the headstock looked different so I knew it was a lesser known builder but given who was playing thought it must be a decent builder .I Don't love or hate the headstock ,its just different .Like all the nearly Fenders are.Different like a Bongo is,different like a Dingwall is . I really don't like the shape of a bongo or a good chunk of basses out there.Some costing 1000s but someone clearly does . I don't like the look of most of the Fenderlikes again some costing a lot of money but clearly some do .I Don't see why BITE and their headstock can't have a place . Some will like it some will not . On 05/03/2020 at 11:21, Stub Mandrel said: I think the point is to show what it would look like with a more conventional headstock. An option could be buying one and and chopping refinishing the headstock. .. or order the 4-in-ine headstock: https://bite.guitars/product/4-in-line/ 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITE Guitars Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 @wateroftyne We've meanwhile enabled customer ratings to allow for first-hand feedback: https://bite.guitars/customer-ratings/ and BITE Buddies including 5 test locations in the UK: https://bite.guitars/bite-buddies/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 @BITE Guitars - those headstocks look great! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 3 hours ago, BITE Guitars said: We've manwhile introduced our 24-fret premium model Evening Star with our proprietary body shape: https://bite.guitars/product/evening-star/ 34" with figured top It’s crying out for the top of the body to be shaped a bit like this ACG and follow the “bite” shape! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITE Guitars Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, LukeFRC said: It’s crying out for the top of the body to be shaped a bit like this ACG and follow the “bite” shape! Yeah, we had something like this our mind, but first, the ideal spot is hard to find, and second, it's hard to route, so we went with a plain accent line instead. What matters to us is that the accent line does not follow the body contour in parallel but has a life of its own. Edited June 11, 2023 by BITE Guitars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 2 hours ago, LukeFRC said: It’s crying out for the top of the body to be shaped a bit like this ACG and follow the “bite” shape! There's something in what @LukeFRC says. It would certainly be a talking point and make the bass stand out in a crowd of F copies. For my tuppence worth I like to see the 2+2 headstock shortened by a couple of inches and a similar amount from the lower horn. Are 5ers/6ers available? Any images? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITE Guitars Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 24 minutes ago, TheGreek said: Are 5ers/6ers available? Any images? 6ers no, 5ers yes: https://bite.guitars/product/5er/ 2+3 headstock 4+1 headstock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 11 hours ago, LukeFRC said: It’s crying out for the top of the body to be shaped a bit like this ACG and follow the “bite” shape! And for the headstock to be the same as on that ACG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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