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NBD! Eagle "Super Bass" (Nice P Bass Knockoff)

Draculea

Draculea

Oct 2, 2011
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Mexico City
#1
So after a few months with major GASsing over one of these I finally got it: a Super Bass by Eagle basses (not such a known brand I know), but a fine bass nonetheless. I got a great deal on this, the equivalent of $110 US. What can I say, at first I thought these basses were a joke, but a closer inspection at the shop allowed me to see the build quality is actually quite good. The neck fits the pocket like a glove, and its finish, as well as the finish on the body, are almost flawless. Looks like the builders are using good woods for the bodies too, I could check that with a bass the same model with a sunburst finish, the grain was very nice, looked like ash or something similar.

I was also amazed at the great tone this bass has. On both sound and feel it is on the samel level as a Squier, and even some Fenders I've played. It needed a small setup, but I could manage to set the action relatively low, with little to no fretbuzz on some spots. However the fretboard is not perfect and it might need a fret leveling at some point. A nice detail is the grain on the FB, very nice one. Also, I had never had a bass this color, and it's growing a lot on me. The tuning machines don't turn very smoothly, but notnhing that cannot be fixed with a little bit of oil.

Anyway, here she is, in all her glory. Sorry about the pics not being top notch, I might take some during the next couple of days with some sunlight.

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#5
Thanks! There were more color options such as blue (which I don't particularly like on P bass based models), metalic red (but I already own a red transluscent sixer) and sunburst (as you can see from the pic, my SR375 M is brownburst), black (my first and second bass were black, didn't want to go down that road again) so this cream like color was the way to go. I was GASsing for a white bass, but this color will do until I get another bass which will be possibly white.
 
#6
Had to take back the bass, as it had a huge crack on the paint on one of the sides, the lower one when playing. It's a part that I overlooked even though I thought I had inspected the whole bass back at the shop. I got a new one since the crack wasn't my fault, unfortunately they didn't have the same color and I had to go with a sunburst one. Pictures to come as soon as I have time to take some during the day. The fret work on this one is actually better, but the grain on the rosewood was nicer on the other one.
 
#7
This is the bass I got since the other one was flawed. I think these pics are better too, day light makes a lot of a difference.

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Just a regular P style bass, but I like it a lot and it also looks good. I'm tempted to put a tort guard on it some time. Something I noticed, the neck seems to be something in between a P and a J (leaning more towards j though), and it's really comfy.
 
#10
landau roof said:
Shame, that yellow was nice.

Are those built in Mexico or Asia (or elsewhere)?
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It was indeed a shame, but no more models on that color available neither at that particular store or others around. That crack on the finish was pretty bad, and it was getting worse just by looking at it, so I made sure this one didn't have any flaws, and it doesn't.

I think those are built in Asia, China probably because they're very inexpensive, no info on the bass to confirm this though. There are some other models from that very same brand that are not knockoffs, with features such as a passive/active knob. Not too keen on those though, I don't dig the models design wise, but they do seem to sound faitly good, and the bridge pickup is like a third or a quarter of an inch from the bridge.
 
#11
neren said:
grain might have been nicer on the first fretboard, but you have some lovely grain showing through the burst on this one! congrats!
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Thanks :) I was thinking the same about the grain. I cleaned the FB a bit and it had some dust which didn't allow the grain to stand out that much, and a bit of teak or tung oil should do the whole trick.

On another note, my wife said she liked it, but that it supposedly looks very similar, almost the same, to my Ibanez SR375M because of the "....burst" finish. We all know that's far from the truth.
 
#16
After doing some research on what wood grains look like, my bass seems to be made of alder. Pretty consustent, solid and a bit heavy. I can't believe I got this bass at such a low price. I have taken a closer look at the finish and its almost flawless too. Considering cheap beasses don't usually have good necks, this one has fairly good fretwork, I could set the action lower than I thought I was going to be able to, so it plays wonderfully. I really missed the sound of a passive bass in my arsenal, and I'm planning on getting myself a jazz model, maybe this very same brand if I find one that is good enough. If money is not a problem I'll get me a Squier CV or a MIM Fender Jazz. Bottom line is, I'm pretty happy with the bass and it made me aware of how much I like passive and simple electronics. Now I can switch from passive to active basses, ranging from four to six strings, which is a good thing.
 

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