Hi all.
As promised, here's a bit of a review of the bass.
UPS did a bit of a round-trip with the bass, from Germany to Finland to Denmark??? and back to Finland. Perhaps they wanted it to arrive the day they promised
. My bass was just 60km away on monday...
Well after handing down 327€ the package was mine. No visible signs of mishandling or damage in the outer box like we have had the misfortune to read in several threads.
Anyway, like expected from Thomann, well double packed in heavy cardboard.
Inside of the Thomann box was this:
Wrapped in plastic with a poster and an "owners manual".
Plastics off, this blonde beauty was waiting inside:
The finish is immaculate, no dings or scratches anywhere.
The fretjob feels good, no sharp ends, like this price range instruments often have.
What had escaped my attention was that the LTD's seem to have brass nuts, cool.
A bridge that looks like a high mass brass one but I highly doubt that:
There seems to be quite a bit room for intonation adjustment, so BEAD tuning shouldn't be a problem.
The serial number seems to point the manufacturing month to be 06 2009, if the serial numbering on the LTD's follow the regular Epiphone numbering system, so speculations about these being NOS are shot. These are brand new production.
Like it should be, the bass was detuned for the trip. Setup is lower than I'd like, but as I set up all my instruments myself anyway, no biggie.
The sound through SWR WM10 is a bit different than my Thunderbirds, as the pickups are in different locations. The pickups seem to be the same as in the T-Bird though.
No mentionable neckdive with a suede strap. As a matter of a fact, it's way less than with a T-B with it's strap button in the standard location.
The bass is rather large as far as the dimensions go. I'm no dwarf myself, but the bass looks huge, at least when i wear it high. For smaller people, the reach all the way to the first fret may be a struggle. It's relatively light though, 4.35Kg.
As it happens, we have a rehearsal today. Can't wait to hear my new toy through the main rig, and the comments from my bandmates will be interesting too. They do know that I ordered the bass, but that was in February.
Regards
Sam
As promised, here's a bit of a review of the bass.
UPS did a bit of a round-trip with the bass, from Germany to Finland to Denmark??? and back to Finland. Perhaps they wanted it to arrive the day they promised
. My bass was just 60km away on monday... Well after handing down 327€ the package was mine. No visible signs of mishandling or damage in the outer box like we have had the misfortune to read in several threads.
Anyway, like expected from Thomann, well double packed in heavy cardboard.
Inside of the Thomann box was this:
Wrapped in plastic with a poster and an "owners manual".
Plastics off, this blonde beauty was waiting inside:
The finish is immaculate, no dings or scratches anywhere.
The fretjob feels good, no sharp ends, like this price range instruments often have.
What had escaped my attention was that the LTD's seem to have brass nuts, cool.
A bridge that looks like a high mass brass one but I highly doubt that:
There seems to be quite a bit room for intonation adjustment, so BEAD tuning shouldn't be a problem.
The serial number seems to point the manufacturing month to be 06 2009, if the serial numbering on the LTD's follow the regular Epiphone numbering system, so speculations about these being NOS are shot. These are brand new production.
Like it should be, the bass was detuned for the trip. Setup is lower than I'd like, but as I set up all my instruments myself anyway, no biggie.
The sound through SWR WM10 is a bit different than my Thunderbirds, as the pickups are in different locations. The pickups seem to be the same as in the T-Bird though.
No mentionable neckdive with a suede strap. As a matter of a fact, it's way less than with a T-B with it's strap button in the standard location.
The bass is rather large as far as the dimensions go. I'm no dwarf myself, but the bass looks huge, at least when i wear it high. For smaller people, the reach all the way to the first fret may be a struggle. It's relatively light though, 4.35Kg.
As it happens, we have a rehearsal today. Can't wait to hear my new toy through the main rig, and the comments from my bandmates will be interesting too
. They do know that I ordered the bass, but that was in February.Regards
Sam
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