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$67 Glarry P-Bass

#521
lukatch said:
Looks like the same body wood as my €84 Cherrystone brand P/J bass that I bought just out of curiosity and it turned out to be a very nice bass. Light weight, nice chunky neck, good tone, and through a Sadowsky outboard preamp you'd never guess it's a cheap Chinese bass. I replaced the strings, shimmed the neck and the rod needed a half turn, and the neck is dead straight since then.


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Got a link for Cherrystone?
 
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GLARR2.jpg My Glarry p bass has completed the transition to GLARR - dark ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 54.
EMG Geezer signature pup / all electronics. Was my first experience with the no solder gimmack - very cool!
Black pick guard that does not fit so well - but good enuff.
Cheap-O black tuners from Wham-O (or was it Ronco?)
Extra string holdy thing on headstock - beacause they sent me (4) and I ordered (1)?
Old heavy bridge I had from days gone by - way more mass
My first ever set of flat wound strings
Self setup with low action
While not impressive - he has earned his place as the man-cave bass (no worries about others playing).
He is here. He is Glarr.
 
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MF-Winzlow said:
View attachment 3538548 My Glarry p bass has completed the transition to GLARR - dark ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 54.
EMG Geezer signature pup / all electronics. Was my first experience with the no solder gimmack - very cool!
Black pick guard that does not fit so well - but good enuff.
Cheap-O black tuners from Wham-O (or was it Ronco?)
Extra string holdy thing on headstock - beacause they sent me (4) and I ordered (1)?
Old heavy bridge I had from days gone by - way more mass
My first ever set of flat wound strings
Self setup with low action
While not impressive - he has earned his place as the man-cave bass (no worries about others playing).
He is here. He is Glarr.
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Lol! Great! Welcome Glarr!!:laugh:
 
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Yup - Glarr was almost Larr, arry, larry...and every combo that acetone would provide. Glarr plays well for a bass that is now totaled under $200 - the fun I have / will have with Glarr is way more...maybe even $245.50.. :)

I also got the Glarry Jazz bass...he is next up for shenanigans.
Side note: I emailed Glarry...told him Glarr demands a maple neck / fretboard brother - and he should cost less than $80. He sent me a link for and after market neck - so it looks like I have leverage...?
 
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MF-Winzlow said:
Yup - Glarr was almost Larr, arry, larry...and every combo that acetone would provide. Glarr plays well for a bass that is now totaled under $200 - the fun I have / will have with Glarr is way more...maybe even $245.50.. :)

I also got the Glarry Jazz bass...he is next up for shenanigans.
Side note: I emailed Glarry...told him Glarr demands a maple neck / fretboard brother - and he should cost less than $80. He sent me a link for and after market neck - so it looks like I have leverage...?
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It could be arr for the pirate!:)
 
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#533
CatchaCuda said:
I've been enjoying my P bass so much that my curiosity got the best of me. I asked them if they had any plans to offer a 5er.

"Hi,

Our 5 string bass is estimated to be on sale at the end of this year or at the beginning of next year.


Kind Regards!
Glarry Service Team"
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Thanks for making the enquiry @CatchaCuda .

I've recently been selling off unused instruments and have parted with 2 MM basses and 2 Fender guitars so think I could afford a 5 string Glarry. It would stand next to my computer desk along with my El Cheapo kit P bass and see daily use.
 
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Bubble said:
I put a set of Fender 7250M strings on it (Glarry Jazz Bass) and was shocked at how much volume boost I got. At my normal settings I only needed to barely pluck and got big boom out of 'em. There is a lot of midrange boost also, for how I like it I had to scoop some mid out to get that deep "invisible" bass effect.
Everything gets boosted and it leaves me in need to reduce what I need to instead of boosting what I'd like.
Maybe not believable but true, a tremendous boost in output.
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A good bass with bad strings wont sound as good as a bad bass with good strings IMHO -same goes for drums & their skins!
 

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