http://www.epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=233&CollectionID=12 There is one coming into one of the music stores here where i live and the owner has been talking about it alot since he sold one during the christmas holidays and he is raving about it. I haven't played it nor have i actually seen it up close but I am wondering if any of you TB'ers out there know more about this bass. This guy is letting me borrow his GK 410's and i made it sound like i really want it but i really dont know since I want to really get a fender jazz and slap on a precision bass neck on it... hmm... It has 5 strings... also he sayed that since there is a C on the first fret of the B it makes bass so much better?! hmm... I googled this bass and found no real review of such i was hoping someone here would help me with that. Thanks.
It's a pretty new model. It got a good review in a German guitar/bass mag that I sometimes read (if that means anything these days.) Judging from the price, the Embassy is pretty much a beginner bass with passive electronics. Try it, you might like it, but I don't think you'll be blown away. Personally, I'm pretty based against Epiphones. My first bass was an Epiphone P/J copy which was really poorly-made. I mainly bought it because I thought it looked cool and because I liked the retro-ish look of Epiphone instruments at the time. (Slaps head.)
My Allen Woody signature is a very nice instrument--very well made and a good value IMO. Although I don't like the looks, I saw a kid play the x-treme goth bass at a store and it really sounded nice! I wouldn't dismiss epiphone out of hand.
