Opinions on "OLP" basses?

[BigBadaBoom]

I am watching this OLP bass on ebay and may try to snag it for cheap are they any good? I've never even hared of them. What do you guys know about these OLP's?

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[BigBadaBoom]

Need some opinions guys it ends in less than an hour???

 

[FingerDub]

If you are willing to put in some work, maybe. I think alot of people end up putting a new pickup in as well as getting it set up. I don't know how much money it is, but I'd look for a used Ray 34 in the $350 range those are really fantastic basses for the money and almost just like a MM. Especially if you have to put in some money into it to make it sound good and playable.

 

[Pickebass]

It's a good bass for less than $150. If you can find one of the SUBs at GC they are a good value at a similar build quality.

They are usually passive and each coil has a volume. Electronics are fair to passable

 

[BigBadaBoom]

Hmmm, pickup swap wouldn't be that difficult maybe Ill go for it

 

[noagreement]

I've always wondered the same about them. Looks like there is not much of a bidding war. For what it's worth, I have seen a couple of used ones on Craigslist for ~$150 locally. That one on ebay looks brand new.

 

[imdkoz]

I have an OLP MM5 with a SGD pickup and EMG BTC preamp. Sounds great.

 

[Luke19Boarder]

I got one for free when I was in college. I got it set up, replaced the pickup, repainted it, and it was my main player for a number of years.

 

[bassbenj]

I have one, it is an excellent basis for a stingray clone. Mine is the passive 5 string. As is it's pretty bad because the wiring is odd and the controls interact in strange ways. So most everybody rewires it to be more stingray like and so the controls aren't so hard to adjust to get a "Ray sound out of it. But to really score you need to add a Sting ray preamp to it. THEN you really have something (One of the last OLP models did have an active preamp) Best is a john Eash ($$$), and I have an original Leo Fender copy by Uncle Fluffy from TB for mine. Note that a standard preamp just doesn't do it as a stingray preamp has special characteristics. I didn't even change the pickup. With an electronics rework it becomes one killer Stingray clone. Of course this assumes that you love what a real Stingray has to offer.