Item: SCESTS5
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customer reviews
51 People rated this product :
8 out of 10
5 People wrote reviews
9 out of 10
"Great bass, great price!"
Feature:
The finish and hardware on this rig is top-notch. beautiful craftsmanship. I really like the satin finish.
Quality:
While the overall quality of worksmanship, and hardware are excellent, I did have some issues.
The neck felt a thick as a baseball bat. Plays very slow. Not like the one I tried at the store at all!
My hand cramped trying to get around it, fingering at the first five frets was a chore. There was a thinner spot in the neck at fret 11 than at fret 5, so I sanded 4mm(!) off of the neck, to even it out along its length, and now it plays much faster and more accuratley.
I do not reccomend surgery to one's brand new bass like this, but Schecter does not offer to customize this bass, and it was neccessary to the playibility for me. Now it feels like a fast, lean machine.
Value:
For the $600 I paid, it's alot of instrument. I just wish the QC had been higher on the neck issue.
Sound:
The overall tone of this Bass is great, but the active pickups can be a little thin, as i run the middle tone almost all the way up, to add warmth. A passive option pickup would fix this.
Ease of Use:
After 25 years of playing 4-string, this is my first 5. so it did feel strange at first, read further to see what I had to do to make it "mine".
Simple, straight forward tone adjustment. If you can't dial a tone with this thing, you suck.
Support:
I waited 3 months to get this Bass, and had to call Schecter to find a distibutor with one in stock, the original order I placed in November still had not been fulfilled.
I had to customize it myself, ' cause Schecter won't, so there goes my warrantee.
Overall:
Like my last, and only other bass, I intend to play this for decades. I will modify it to suit me, rather than search and spend to find the perfect rig. Fundamentally a good rig.
Submitted: 3/9/2007
Style of Music: Rock, pop, improv.
9 out of 10
Sound:
I'm a contemporary jazz bass guitarist, and this bass is has a good feel to it. It's light and it produces a great sound. I was very glad to have played this bass at one of my gigs, complimentary of a friend. I love it, I plan to buy one soon.
Submitted: 1/20/2006
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