Recent content by PraiseTheLard

Resurrection but my old budget Epiphone Rock bass is one of the brief maple body, maple neck ones. Heavy as hell. It has a LOT of punch on the highs, very bright with a really sharp attack. Like, can sound like slap bass just normal finger picking. It also has a deep low with a ton of...

Backing up the general sentiment as I have one of those old bargain epiphone rock basses that had a full maple construction and big brass saddles on it. Has an ridiculous punch on the highs and will sustain notes for practically forever. It will, however, teach you to bow pretty handily. My...

Hopefully I'm not a problem for necroing this, but ages ago, this thread helped me ID my long-suffering bass. I have one of the brief models made from 86-88 that is entirely maple. While these things were never expensive (I think they were Kmart specials at one point), I encourage anyone who...