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unregistered, on july 21, 2005
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Purchased from: 5
Features: Get boutique quality at an unbelievable price! For starters you'll get an all neck-through-body design laminated from mahogany and maple with Imbuya side wings topped with a rosewood fingerboard. This combination gives the Grind Bass 4 BXP NTB resonance and sustain you won't find on any other bass in this price range. Beautifully crafted, the Grind Bass has a unique "scooped out" area in the lower wing that doubles the distance between the strings and the body making it much easier for slap style playing or high-fret access.
- 34" scale
- 4-string
- 24 frets
- Passive humbucking pickups
- Mahogany neck with maple stringers
- Imbuya wings
- Neck-through-body design
- Scalloped bottom horn
- Case not included. // 10
Sound: I play pretty much play exclusively rock songs, anything I can get my hands on in that genre basically. Rage, Audioslave, Soundgarden, Queens, Metallica, Satriani and so on. This bass backs me up beautifully in that area. I rock with this axe on a regular occasion. That's not to say you can't get other sounds out of it, ur a bit more limited than say if the pickups were active, but then you get problems with humming and s--t blowing (well from my experience) but you can get funky, trembly, middlely sounds out of it if you want. It will do the works and do it very well. Let face it, it's not perfect on the sound front simply 'cause if the quality, but for the price you really can't argue. // 8
Action, Fit & Finish: This where the guitar really shines. I'm one of those types of players that likes to look good when playing, I have be to physically turned on by the guitar I'm playing for it to get the best out of me, and this bass really does that, it is one sexy, good looking thing to play. The action is awesome aswell, I originally played a Vintage "first guitar style" bass and after a little thrashing the vintage needed the strings raising considerably, to get rid if that evil rattling. I've never had to do that with this bass, and I've had it two years. The only time I've even had to adjust the string saddles slighty was when I put heavy gauge strings on it to make it sound phatter and that was to be expected. I've cleaned it a few times and thats another great thing bout the guitar, 'cause it's got a raw wooden finish you don't need to get stupid priced guitar cleaner for it, you just get some line seed oil and wipe it on and its like the day you bought it again. The bass is unbelieveabley easy to play, the neck is thin and matte vanished, so very fast to play. The scalloped thorn is also great for slap pop style players, I not really into that but its great and easy to pickup in that way if I wanted it. // 10
Reliability & Durability: // 10
Impression: To conclude, this was the first bass I bought with some consideration, and I haven't been disappointed yet. The only slight gripe I have with is that once I broke a string in a band practise and the string saddle part of the guitar fell out of the bridge. It annoying but it only seems to happen on my D string all the others are locked in well. I love its playablity, its look, its rock feel, its deep sound and how plainly I know other bassists of simliar calibar wish they had my bass, and trust me they do want it. I've played way more expensive basses, a Warick Thumb 5 string, Spectors, USA Fender Jazz and this bass really is up there with them in terms of playability. Perhaps not professional quaility, but you pay way more than £300 pounds for that. I want a bass that feels great in my hands, sounds great, plays great and feels right in my hands and this bass does that all of those things and more. I now want a 5 string and first on my list to try out is thge 5 string version Peavey grindy, bring it on! // 8
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