Bohemian Guitars - Oil Can Bass: Any users?

So I recently found these and fell in love! I ordered one and arrives tomorrow. The price is very cheap and for my current Blues band. It is just perfect.

Comes with a few different designs and with Maple or Rosewood neck.

Current price in Australia is between $260-280 USD.

Bohemian Guitars - Guitars, Gear, & Good Times



Here's the write up:

The hollow metal body delivers a unique tone, offering an open sound with a rich, “metallic” top-end. The body is reinforced with a wood frame, ensuring strong structural integrity and offering more low-end resonance tonally. This means you can gig with this instrument without any concerns, and this bass will certainly turn heads!

The maple neck provides a fast attack with plenty of bite, meaning notes will clearly “pop” and cut through the mix. The rosewood fretboard adds a strong mid-range character, with the dual single coil pickups providing a punchy, full-bodied tone.
A volume control for each pickup lets you blend the perfect sound, with a single tone control letting you roll down for a jazz-style vibe.


Product Specs:


Model: Hot Sauce
Body: Metal hollow body w/ removable back panel. Basswood frame for increased amplification and structural integrity
Neck Wood: Maple
Neck type: Bohemian Through-Body
Fretboard: Rosewood
Headstock: Lime
Finish: Natural
Frets: 20
Nut Width: 1 11/16"
Width at 12th Fret: 2 1/8"
Width at 21st Fret: 2 3/8"
Neck Thickness: 7/8"
Scale Length: 30"
Hardware: Chrome
Tuners: 2R 2L screw in w/ removable keys
Bridge/Tailpiece: Hardtail Topload
Pickups: Single Coil, Single Coil
Electronics: Volume, Volume, Tone
Self-standing: This model has a built in stand.
Inspired by South Africa. Designed in Atlanta. Produced in China.

 

Oil Can Bass, Markbass Amp, Sunglasses, Megadeth shirt and The Steve Miller Band. What's not to love, right?

 

Hey All,

Sorry for the delay. Shipping took 8 days compared to the usual 2. It should arrive today and will post a review tonight.

 

So, preliminary views are in.

It's one cool looking bass. It's a lot heavier than I anticipated but certainly not heavy. The neck goes through the entire body/can and it very solid.

The fretwork is average, but not awful and I requested the setup with Thomastic Infield Flats which sound great but the action was left very high.

The sound is pretty good but I had all intentions of a pickup upgrade to a set of EMG's to contract my Precision for gigs.

I will give a proper review once I have played it a bit more and fix the action.

One awkward part, is the body is much thicker than I expected. Definitely needs to be played on a strap, which I would normally do anyway.

Short version:

It's a nice bass for the price and is pretty consistent for the price range. It looks amazing and is really cool. Not likely to get many gigs or play live and is certainly not dethroning my PBass anytime soon.

Nice to play. Smooth neck. So cool to look at.