Orange O Bass

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Playing this polarising bass for two years now, here's a short review.

My first impression was to hold a very sturdy built and looking bass. Fit and Finish were flawless. The action straight out of the box was high, neck had a slight backbow, but as I wanted to change strings anyway, a few little tweaks were not unexpected and no real issue.

There are Thomastik flats on  now.

Although these strings are known for having low tension,  the bass plays beautifully with a neck relief of 0,2mm and 2mm Action at the 17th fret (I've a lighter touch,so this might be not for all). So very good fretwork here.

The neck is very stabil. Over time we had a humidity range from 40 -80%, and there was no need to adjust the trussrod yet. It's a medium sized neck with 22mm at 1st and 24,5 at 12th fret. This might sound a lot but it feels really nice.

The tuners are good. No complains here in regard of staying in tune, but they are heavy and so they increase the neck dive, that can't be denied.

The pots are not just on and off switches, they react to every slight turn. You might get heavy Rock sounds as well as motown without getting muddy.

After two years now without being biased of the impression of a new aquisition, the o bass is my actual number one.

The overall look of it might be not everyone' s cup of tea, but as I always loved  Les Paul basses, the o bass is a GAS killer to me