Baúm basses

[splmurphy]

Has anyone played any of the Baúm basses? I've been looking at reviews for both the Nidhogg & Wingman and they are generally very positive! They are awesome looking instruments as well, particularly the Wingman. Anyway, I'm curious if anyone here has played one and what you think.

 

[Acoustic356]

Apparently this bass has not garnered any love here...

 

[petch]

The Wingman is a real looker alright. I've never heard of these before.

 

[Acoustic356]

The Wingman is a real looker alright. I've never heard of these before.

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They sell for nearly $2K. I have seen them for sale here on TB under $1000, so I'm not sure about the retail value.

I found a used one at a good price. Hopefully it will arrive next week. I may report back with my thoughts.

 

[Acoustic356]

Okay... I really was not impressed with this bass. It doesn't sound anything like the demos. It was like playing a less impressive J bass, where the neck pickup was a little to dark for my liking, and the neck was not impressive.

I did like the fact that it was light weight.

The 20mm string spacing was nice too.

I guess some people will like them.

 

[Bent77]

I guess it was good you don’t pay full tilt. I had looked at them before but shied away due to the price and not being able to try one. Hopefully if you sell it you break even

 

[Acoustic356]

I guess it was good you don’t pay full tilt. I had looked at them before but shied away due to the price and not being able to try one. Hopefully if you sell it you break even

I returned it to Guitar center.

It was also damaged in shipping.

 

[javi_bassist]

I have one. The Wingman. It is a really good sounding bass and very lightweight. I cannot really say anything bad about it

 

[T McClure]

With how much they advertise on Facebook, I always assumed they must sell some decent number to justify the ads, but then I pretty much never see anyone here or on Reddit or elsewhere talking about them.

I think their basses look really cool.

 

[Acoustic356]

With how much they advertise on Facebook, I always assumed they must sell some decent number to justify the ads, but then I pretty much never see anyone here or on Reddit or elsewhere talking about them.

I think their basses look really cool.

It's one off those YMMV things. It definitely sounds different in person than a lot of the videos. I compared it to my jazz basses, there wasn't enough of a difference to warrant the cost.

I would probably get one if I could get one of those TB $700 deals. I would be happy with a price range under $1000, new.