Stub Mandrel Posted May 25 Posted May 25 (edited) Cheap but good looking basses from gear4music. Nothing new about the configuration but nice new shapes. Short scale 30". Has anyone actually seen one in the flesh. About £200 a pop, could be worth upgrading? Edited May 25 by Stub Mandrel 8 Quote
MichaelDean Posted May 26 Posted May 26 They're brand new - I've had a look for Hartwood basses before because the guitars look cool and there weren't any and these say pre-order on them. The guitars have been getting decent reviews with the usual umbrages that you might expect in the price range. 1 Quote
three Posted May 26 Posted May 26 I like the sunburst! i’m not usually a fan of offset bodies but the scratchplate works brilliantly – obviously, this could be an example built carefully for the photographs but the guard follows the lines of the bass very neatly 2 Quote
Pea Turgh Posted May 26 Posted May 26 Love the Delta (top one). 40mm nut. I can live with that. Headstock not as cool as the body (but headstocks are always a funny one to get right). Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted May 26 Author Posted May 26 2 hours ago, MichaelDean said: They're brand new - I've had a look for Hartwood basses before because the guitars look cool and there weren't any and these say pre-order on them. The guitars have been getting decent reviews with the usual umbrages that you might expect in the price range. Their guild-style semi is really nice looking. Quote
Grahambythesea Posted May 26 Posted May 26 Look like they’ve been designed for the Jetsons. 1 2 Quote
PaulThePlug Posted May 26 Posted May 26 The bottom one has something... Love the plate... Think that would suit the classics of Shell Pink, Sea Foam Green or a Fiesta Red... Nice take on the fret markers. 3 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted May 26 Author Posted May 26 1 hour ago, NickA said: Made by political prisoners in China perhaps? Like iPhones and Epiphones? 2 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted May 26 Author Posted May 26 1 hour ago, neepheid said: Phew, they're shorties. Indeed. Blessed relief. Quote
Alanko Posted May 27 Posted May 27 Google suddenly started showing these to me over the weekend when I was looking for unrelated bass stuff. The sunburst bass could be an interesting modding platform. I've not seen another bass with a P pickup right at the end of the neck. Basses with extreme neck pickups (Gibson, Rickenbacker, Guild etc) tend to have fairly unique pickups with few aftermarket replacements on offer. Any pickup in that location is going to be pretty deep and rumbly, but being able to try a Bartolini, Dimarzio, Seymour Duncan etc to tune and tame the rumble is a pretty fun idea. 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted May 27 Author Posted May 27 1 hour ago, Alanko said: Google suddenly started showing these to me over the weekend when I was looking for unrelated bass stuff. The sunburst bass could be an interesting modding platform. I've not seen another bass with a P pickup right at the end of the neck. Basses with extreme neck pickups (Gibson, Rickenbacker, Guild etc) tend to have fairly unique pickups with few aftermarket replacements on offer. Any pickup in that location is going to be pretty deep and rumbly, but being able to try a Bartolini, Dimarzio, Seymour Duncan etc to tune and tame the rumble is a pretty fun idea. My thought was that it would be a great bass to drop an unusual pickup in. A shame it's short scale. Quote
neepheid Posted May 27 Posted May 27 4 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: My thought was that it would be a great bass to drop an unusual pickup in. A shame it's short scale. Like the Lace Aluma-P I put in the G4M P bass I bought last year... Quote
lemmywinks Posted May 27 Posted May 27 I have a Hartwood branded semi rigid gigbag for my mini acoustic bass, very cheap and good quality. Always thought they were an in house accessory brand for G4M but you can buy them elsewhere as well. The basses look quite cool and offer a nice variation on the yawnsome J/P copies. Headstocks are awful though. Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted May 27 Author Posted May 27 7 minutes ago, lemmywinks said: Headstocks are awful though. Very marmite. I like that style, also Sire, Kay(!), Lakland, Lull, Harley Benton and Musicman amongst others with varying degrees of 'hook' and 'belly'. Quote
lemmywinks Posted May 27 Posted May 27 52 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Very marmite. I like that style, also Sire, Kay(!), Lakland, Lull, Harley Benton and Musicman amongst others with varying degrees of 'hook' and 'belly'. Just screams "generic cheapy" to me a bit like the Glarry headstocks, shame really as otherwise a bit of thought has gone into the overall styling. 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted May 27 Author Posted May 27 (edited) Maybe not quite... Edited May 27 by Stub Mandrel Quote
lemmywinks Posted May 27 Posted May 27 1 minute ago, Stub Mandrel said: Yeah I don't like that either, see also: 1 Quote
Pea Turgh Posted May 27 Posted May 27 Headstocks all look stupid if you look at them for long enough. 1 Quote
tauzero Posted May 29 Posted May 29 On 27/05/2025 at 13:26, lemmywinks said: Headstocks are awful though. I keep saying that. People will keep on wanting them though. 1 Quote
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