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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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$89.00
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10.0
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Description:
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5 String Jazz Style
Sunburst Finish
Maple Neck
Rosewood Fingerboard
Alder Body
Made in China
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bassist3
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Registered: January 2005
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Review Date: Sun January 16, 2005
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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solid fit and finish, excellent fretwork,great tonal pallete
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Cons:
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none so far
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This instrument is totally acceptable! I have been playing since 1966 and have owned way too many basses. This bass is as good as any 5 String that I have owned and is better in some respects.All of the extended range basses I had previously have been from \"high end\" manufacturers(Alembic,Conklin,Tobias,Musicman,Warw ick, Zon, Modulus). I always keep my old PBass in the mix and I can not speak to all SX instruments, only this one. The fit, finish, fretwork and tone of this instrument is just plain solid! I can not fault the bass in any respect. She is fun to play and has a very workable range of tone(my band is blues,R&B and Funk oriented). If you can latch on to one like this...GO FOR IT!
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peakdesign
Registered User
Registered: August 2008
Posts: 133
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Review Date: Wed March 31, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $89.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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cHeap and works fine
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Cons:
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white pickguard
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Yes, this Lake Placid Jazz style SX Essex bass is just fine. For the money a 5 string is hard to believe. A couple rough spots on the finish, maybe it was almost but not quite B stock. But it sounds killer, play well, looks great. Just the bass to put "the great levelers" (Rotosound Steel Roundwounds) on! It was sort of a sacrificial bass, and it's working great in spite of such abuse as playing B-52 songs on it and using it in porn photoshoots. It came with D'Addario Nickel roundwounds, which are fine, but not for me. I contemplated putting Thomastiks on it , but the Rotosounds have the advantage of being cheaper than the bass. The only thing is the white pickguard, which is just plain fugly. So I covered it with s
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