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NGBD - New Glarry Bass Day!
- Thread starter B-Mac
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Congrats on your new, dirt cheap, can't possibly be a player....but it is.... BASS.
I have the non branded P. Same mfg. I so understand your enthusiasm. LaBella Tapes were all the mods mine needed.
For the price they are surprisingly goodCongrats on your new, dirt cheap, can't possibly be a player....but it is.... BASS.
I have the non branded P. Same mfg. I so understand your enthusiasm. LaBella Tapes were all the mods mine needed.
There is another brand floating around called ‘Ivy’ that has a similar looking ‘Burlywood’ finish
After reading this thread I couldn't resist gambling on getting one of these just to have a bass around the house, even though I'm just a guitar player. I found mine through eBay, where it was called a "Vintage" brand (but no name on the headstock), and was $58, including shipping from Charlotte, North Carolina. I got the sunburst p-bass version, and this thing is seriously beautiful. It played well out of the box, but after a minor smooth and easy truss rod adjustment, and minor bridge height and intonation adjustments, as far as I can tell it's perfect! Sounds great through my Peavey Tour Series TNT 115 amp. When I ordered it, because of the crazy low price I expected that I would surely have to change the pickup out for an EMG Geezer pickup or something like that, but to me there is no need to make any changes, it plays and sounds great just as it is. And, according to my bathroom scale, mine weighs 7 lb, perfect for my worn-out 70-year-old back! I don't know how they do it for that price, but I'd feel good about recommending one of these to anybody! No affiliations.
The fret ends are great, very smooth, no sprout at all. I just wrote a real long post about it, and deleted it somehow before I posted it (while trying to upload more photos). The finish work is awesome, 3-tone sunburst on front, black the rest of the way around the body. The neck feels unfinished to me, and is very smooth with no stickiness at all. I can't think of anything bad to say about this bass, especially when you consider the $58 price tag including shipping from North Carolina to Florida. Actually, nothing bad to say regardless of price. I'll try to post a couple more pictures without deleting this text.
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Also note, for whatever it's worth (not much), that your "Glarry"-branded P-bass and my "Vintage" (un)-branded P-bass both have 11 pickguard screws, whereas the Cort and Stagg P-basses mentioned earlier, with similar headstocks to ours, have different numbers of pickguard screws (9 and 13 respectively). I don't really know why I brought this up, just sayin'!
Waiting on my Glarry, tracking says Monday. Worried maybe it's not a real Glarry, maybe counterfeit.
Every Glarry thread I've looked at, and this one mentioning very similar basses all come from New Jersey. Mine is coming from Chino California.
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Every Glarry thread I've looked at, and this one mentioning very similar basses all come from New Jersey. Mine is coming from Chino California.
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- Saturday , 10/05/2019
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My only real concern with my bass is that I'm not sure if the neck is very lightly sealed, or if it's raw polished wood. Either way, it feels great to me, but everything I've read about maple necks suggests that it's a bad idea to use raw maple, because it can be unstable unless it's been roasted. I'm tempted to put a light seal coat on it, but I hate to chance changing the feel. Does anyone have any opinions or experience with any of this? Do those of you that have one of these basses think the neck is raw wood?
Don't have mine yet. Not finished at all would be a huge plus to me, just because so many imports are like they were dipped in plastic. ... and, I have a bottle of Tru Oil already.
The back of the maple neck on my Glarry Burlywood has an extremely light satin finish that can be seen when held up to a light at an angle as it reflects a very slight sheen.
Now, as far as the source of the maple wood? Who knows. I would think that it is not North American Hard Maple, but some other maple sourced from elsewhere on the planet.
For my use its fine, but for a gigging musician lugging around to gigs I’m not sure unless it’s a backup bass....
...but in the house or in the studio or in the band practice location I’m sure it’ll be fine there.
Mine was $56 shipped
Great for beginner, bedroom bassist or someone who wants to give modding a try.
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Referring to the video, where the guy was missing some of his 5 bridge mounting screws, mine actually came with 7 bridge mounting screws!
Waiting on my Glarry, tracking says Monday. Worried maybe it's not a real Glarry, maybe counterfeit.
Every Glarry thread I've looked at, and this one mentioning very similar basses all come from New Jersey. Mine is coming from Chino California.
Fear not, Bob. My Glarry P was shipped from there, too.
Maybe you can send him the ones you have in surplus.
Hi,
Chino is not far from me. New fulfillment centers are going up all the time. As soon as Glarry makes a five string I just might have to try one.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Chino is not far from me. New fulfillment centers are going up all the time. As soon as Glarry makes a five string I just might have to try one.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
