I saw one of these in a shop when i was looking for a thunderbird they are basically jazz copies with blank headstocks and pickup covers. i didnt play it, i just had a quick glance at it (i was looking for something else) BUT now that ive seen these SX copies(which i cant find in the UK) im starting to wonder if the ones i saw were any good. anyone had any experience with these?
With blank headstocks how can anyone have a clue which basses you are talking about. Did you happen to get an brand name for this nameless bass?
well i thought that there couldent be that many basses in shops out there with blank headstocks. as far as i could remember, i didnt see any sort of writing. it was hanging on a rack next to loads of other basses so i didnt see it very clearly. it was quite cheap, and it looked like any old jazz copy, BUT it had pickup covers which i thought was quite weird. there were quite a few in the shop. there were some precisions aswell.
I own an SX Jazz which I believe is a good bass for the $100 I paid for it. It isn't as good as my USACG bass, but it didn't cost me $800 either. I've always believed that a bass is just like any other tool. If a musician likes the feel and sound of an instrument, it is a good instrument regardless of the name (or lack thereof) on the headstock. In the end, only you will know if one of these basses is right for you.
Could be a warmoth parts bass, they don't put anything on their headstocks. Not very likely. I think tplyons is more likely to be right.
there were quite a few of these on ebay UK last year being sold by a seller called tech-mate heres a lefty thats on the go just now i got the candy red/matching headstock P version for the start of my oldschool fretted P project pretty good value really bit heavy and the electronics are pants i put my customary dimarzio dp122 into it and strung it with chromes and fitted my usual metal thumbrest over the end of the neck then i stripped the overly tinted finish off the back of the neck and got a custom decal made for it - "Froover PeeBass" i dont play much fretted but when im in the mood for some 60s soul tones it comes up with the goods for about £100 theyre great beater basses once youve tweaked them a little cheers Lucy
Or just because vanity. I´ve met couple of guys who sanded their headstocks because the didn´t want people to know how cheap their guitar/bass was.
