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So I just pulled the trigger on a Eastwood Classic 4

learning_towalk

learning_towalk

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#1
I'm pumped to get it...my question is

is there anyway of tuning it BEAD without any floppy'ness of the B... I'm not expecting it to be as tight as a 35" scale but playable...

Here's a pic

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Thanks
 
#4
My own Eastwood Classic 4:

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arrived at home half february. A wonderful instrument, trust me.

Now: against all the prejudices one can have in mind, this one below...


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...is a Manne 30" six string (Low B, mind you!) that seems to play in an excellent way (make a search on the Manne site for additional news). Frome the site:

"MOAB short scale 30" 6 strings
Black Korina Body, Burl Poplar top
Manne bridge , Manne Soapbar pickups, EM active circuit .

Unusual short scale six strings with perfect response also on the low B string and a warm and live full range eq spectrum. The body was reshaped to match the shorter scale."

Compliments for the Eastwood: you won't be disappointed :) V.
 
#9
Thanks for the info on the bridge!

I am looking forward to getting this bass...I have 6 gigs in the next 2 weeks...so hopefully I will be able to give a nice long review...

The white ones are nice, really dug the orange...but I'm a sucker for the aged walnut look...It's very classy IMO

Avezzano...do you have any sound clips?
 
#11
Anyone know if the new bridge is really a vast improvement over the old? I just bought one of them direct from eastwood and it came with what I believe to be the old style bridge. I'm wondering if it is worth it (or even possible) to ask for the new style bridge from them to replace it.
 
#12
Mikeydb said:
Anyone know if the new bridge is really a vast improvement over the old? I just bought one of them direct from eastwood and it came with what I believe to be the old style bridge. I'm wondering if it is worth it (or even possible) to ask for the new style bridge from them to replace it.
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What did they change? I've heard there was one, but the pics I've seen look the same as the floating bridge they've always had (which by the way works fine on basses I've tried with them).
 
#13
It looks like the one in the original post is screwed directly to the body. Mine looks just like the one in Avezanno's pictures (floating on a wider piece of wood). It almost seems to me like the floating bridge would be better as it allows for finer adjustments to the intonation.
 
#14
The bridge on mine seems to be in a fixed location and fits into brushings on the body...ala gibson tune-o-matic bridges...

The older bridge is a floater that is held down by string tension ala Hofner

I too think either one would work...but one of you guys that own one currently could you tune it up BEAD for me and tell me how it sounds/how the intonation is? :hiding:

:D
 
#19
Mikeydb said:
It looks like the one in the original post is screwed directly to the body. Mine looks just like the one in Avezanno's pictures (floating on a wider piece of wood). It almost seems to me like the floating bridge would be better as it allows for finer adjustments to the intonation.
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I see that now, thanks. And yeah the floating bridge would seem to be better for adjusting intonation. If there is any problem with where the factory attached the new bridge it looks like very limited saddle adjustments can be made.
 
#20
so, sorry for being late:

- "could you tune it up BEAD for me" sorry man: I don't want to mess around, now that this bass is absolutely "perfect" for my picky attitude! But, trust me: lots of "tasty" low freqs around, even if... only down to E!!! :)

- "Intonation could be a real issue with a fat B. Even tapered would be tough to intonate looking at" frankly don't know: but if you carefully look at the design of the complex bridge/tailpiece, you'll notice that the string just passes on top of the saddle (that is just... 1cm of fretwire, btw!) therefore there should not be major issues in using a low B. Just try: good or bad it cannot hurt in either ways; I would not certainly put a 130 anyway, also because of the tight slot at the nut (look at pic below)!!!

- "samples": unluckily I have no clips; but here below you have a real show of the incredible potential of this little "growl monster" and about its huge Q/P ratio!!!

Note: Ed Friedland self says on his site that his own sample is an axe he could not just send back to the factory after the review! His axe decidedly seems more on the orange side than mine!!! Invalid Link Removed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmSUjhcJaPo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ox8WilszQ

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- "colors": I guess it's a sort of "lottery"! They just offer walnut white and orange; so I ordered it (and then I was waiting for) an orange one with chrome hardware, as in the Eastwood site! Instead it came at home what for my old eyes is a very beautiful red with in addition golden hardware! Simply gorgeous, wonderful, dangerously addictive (still have to decide myself the right adjective): I like it even more as it came. My wife thinks (she knows, now!) I am getting just stupid about this bass. A real Gretsch "lawsuit worth" replica. It is made in China, but I well know about the good quality of these, 'cause I already have my Stylist B1 and it is excellent (paid 320 euro in the shop brand new, feb 2008!).

- "bridge": I don't know if my one is the old version, but it is fully functional and offers some degree of adjustment, since the saddles have three slots each to be seated in and, being it not fixed, I can move it a hair toward the nut or the bottom, so really find the right intonation is easy. The only thing I did: I had my friend young luthier here in my town shaving the bottom of the bridge 1,5 mm, so I can actually lower the action even more.

- "I'm wondering if it is worth it (or even possible) to ask for the new style bridge from them to replace it." I think that it would definitely be possible to install a fixed bridge (once you are there, maybe you want to just buy the Gretsch original one: more versatile and completely metallic). But really be careful about the right placement: once you drill... it's done! Better installed by a good luthier, in case. But: really you want to do this? Why? The old one is just as good as it gets. Just change the strings one by one and it won't move or give you troubles....

Killer bass: versatile and plenty of low frequencies with lots of usable sound options. In addition, the tone control really... works on this bass: it dramatically changes the timbre!!!!! My one and only love, actually!!! There is only one thing I would love more than the Classic 4 actually: a Classic 5 (EADGC)!!!!

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