Stub Mandrel Posted Sunday at 22:26 Posted Sunday at 22:26 (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 Sunday at 22:26 by Stub Mandrel 8 Quote
MichaelDean Posted Monday at 08:11 Posted Monday at 08:11 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 Monday at 09:38 Posted Monday at 09:38 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 Monday at 10:10 Posted Monday at 10:10 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 Monday at 10:21 Author Posted Monday at 10:21 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 Monday at 15:44 Posted Monday at 15:44 Look like they’ve been designed for the Jetsons. 1 2 Quote
PaulThePlug Posted Monday at 15:59 Posted Monday at 15:59 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
NickA Posted Monday at 19:00 Posted Monday at 19:00 Made by political prisoners in China perhaps? 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted Monday at 20:06 Author Posted Monday at 20:06 1 hour ago, NickA said: Made by political prisoners in China perhaps? Like iPhones and Epiphones? 2 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted Monday at 21:46 Author Posted Monday at 21:46 1 hour ago, neepheid said: Phew, they're shorties. Indeed. Blessed relief. Quote
Alanko Posted Tuesday at 09:35 Posted Tuesday at 09:35 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 Tuesday at 11:07 Author Posted Tuesday at 11:07 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 Tuesday at 11:12 Posted Tuesday at 11:12 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 Tuesday at 12:26 Posted Tuesday at 12:26 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 Tuesday at 12:38 Author Posted Tuesday at 12:38 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 Tuesday at 13:31 Posted Tuesday at 13:31 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 Tuesday at 14:24 Author Posted Tuesday at 14:24 (edited) Maybe not quite... Edited Tuesday at 14:26 by Stub Mandrel Quote
lemmywinks Posted Tuesday at 14:27 Posted Tuesday at 14:27 1 minute ago, Stub Mandrel said: Yeah I don't like that either, see also: 1 Quote
Pea Turgh Posted Tuesday at 15:10 Posted Tuesday at 15:10 Headstocks all look stupid if you look at them for long enough. 1 Quote
tauzero Posted Thursday at 12:48 Posted Thursday at 12:48 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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