MB-4 Skull And Crossbones Bass Review

Take this thunderous MB-4 bass guitar, add a skull and crossbones graphic, replace the dot inlays at the 12th fret with another skull and crossbones, add black hardware, and you?ll have this sinister-looking, killer sounding special-edition bass!

Features:	9.5
Sound:	8.5
Action:	8.5
Reliability:	9.5
Impression:	9.5
Overall rating:	9.1
Users rating:	7.7
Comments:	15

overall: 9

Featured review by: UltimateNirvana, on september 19, 2006

Purchased from: Musiciansfriend.com

Features: Take our thunderous MB-4 bass guitar, add a skull and crossbones graphic, replace the dot inlays at the 12th fret with another skull and crossbones, add black hardware, and you’ll have this sinister-looking, killer sounding special-edition bass! // 9

Sound: Nice heavy grungey sound great with distortion, I have a big Behringer Ultrabass BXL3000 300W amp and it sound great with it. You can play anything but the heavier it is the better it sounds! My distortion pedal is a $15 peice of shit Arion MDI-2 Bass Distortion pedal it sounds so cheap that it's awesome! It fits my style so I like it and the bass handles the crappy distortion very well. // 9

Action, Fit & Finish: Nicely built, basicly flawless the only thing is the necks bows slightly, so you have to tighten it but this is rare. I haven't any big problems, the knob are sturdy the tuners are tight and I've had it for 6 months and only had to do very minor tuning it holds it's tune well. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I play live (when I can get a gig) and have never had a problem with this bass, I totally depend on it and trust it with my life. The finish is just as shiney as when I bought it and it's just cool. Trust me all the ladys or dudes whatever you like will be wantin' to go home with you if you play live with this thing! // 9

Impression: This is great for heavy metal, grunge, heavy punk etc. It's great with a lot of distortion. I've been playing for 8 year and have gone thourgh about 10 basses ranging from $100-$900 and this $200 bass is buy far the best. I'd buy it over and over again. // 10

overall: 9.2

Reviewed by: mcr_freak13998, on january 15, 2007

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Features: My MB 4 was make in Indonesia. It has a maple bolt on neck with a 34 inch scale and 22 medium jumbo frets. It doesnt't have chrome hardware but everything is black instead. The tuners are non locking. It has knobs for volume, tone and bass boost. It didn't come with a strap or anything so I had to buy one seperate.It has one P-Bass pickup and one J-Bass pickup with passive electronics. It has a black double-cutaway superstrat body with a skull and cross bones ont eh agathis body and a mother-of-pearl inlay of one at the twelfth fret. It has a standard 4 saddle bridge. // 10

Sound: I like to play hard rock, punk, and metal so the graphic suits me well at gigs. The original strings were nothing special so I replaced them with ErnieBall PowerSlinkies. The range of sounds was smaller than I would have liked from the factory so I just got an amp with more EQ controls. It has a rich warm sound but can also be distorted easily. // 8

Action, Fit & Finish: The action is some what low from the factory. The pickups were excellent form the start. The top and bridge are great.The nut was kind of crude but it is still really good. It didn't have any flaws what'so ever when I got it. The Finish can be a pain to keep clean but it is worth it. // 9

Reliability & Durability: It is very rugged and can stand up to regular gigging and the hardware has not even loosened a bit. the strap buttons have never failed and I have confidence in them. I can depend on it and I use without backup regularly. Overall it is a very strong and durable bass. // 10

Impression: Although I like this bass if it were stolen depending on how much money I had I would either replace it with another or buy a Fender. It is a good instrument for me and it fits my music and style of play. I chose this one over the other Ibanez and Peavey basses I tried and compared it to because it has a cool graphic and sounded better with my music than anything else I tried. I have been playing for 3 years and had one bass before this one. It was also a Squier.I do not regret anything about it. // 9

Comments

[UltimateNirvana]

great bass!

[chilis-fan]

i bought one of these about a year ago, and it's awesome, definately a good buy. Paid $500 at the Rockshop NZ

[punk_isntemo12]

that thing looks hot...i wonder if it plays as well as it looks?

[pie_man_25]

Nice apearance, kind of stereotypical metal look though, how does it play?
Can it give a good sensitive snap like a Jazz bass while still giving a meaty heavy tone?

[Soul_Bassist]

I'd buy this as a backup :p

[p8ntballa16]

this bass looks wicked gnarly! i would so buy this bass if i had the cash!

[deathcheck101]

yeah my friend has this bass and its pritty cool. it sounds awesome

[deathcheck101]

yeah my friend has this bass and its pritty cool. it sounds awesome

[hurpes]

chilis-fan wrote:

i bought one of these about a year ago, and it's awesome, definately a good buy. Paid $500 at the Rockshop NZ

500? Its only 200 in stores I think you got ripped off

[BigHungryJoe]

hurpes wrote:
500? Its only 200 in stores I think you got ripped off

They got it in New Zealand, though - instruments tend to be more expensive over there, even after you factor in exchange rates. $500 is pretty standard for this sort of bass in NZ.

[emokiller666]

This Bass is amazing. its the 2nd bass i bought and it sounds amazing. The stock strings were ok but i put on dean markley skullbusters on and it sounds 10x better. i recommend this bass 2 anyone who plays metal, alternative, punk, etc. Its only 200 so it wont break the bank

[Epiphone-Man]

BigHungryJoe wrote:

hurpes wrote:
500? Its only 200 in stores I think you got ripped off


They got it in New Zealand, though - instruments tend to be more expensive over there, even after you factor in exchange rates. $500 is pretty standard for this sort of bass in NZ.

ahh no its the fact that nz dollars are worth less than the american dollar or the pound

and the only added price is the importation and resale so its a pretty gud price actualli

[ravenouscabbage]

thanks for the reveiws; im so buying this bass.
does it come in any other colours or just black?

[Caleb Weyant]

i have the regular MB4 without the skulls for about a year and it is great

[Caleb Weyant]

metallic blue idk any others