After playing a Kala U-Bass, this would be a breeze! Here's a video of a 1964 model... has a Hofner vibe to it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3gH0bJKuk
And this... just play the effing thing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We9LjAAZmo0
| LeftyBassist.com http://leftybassist.com/ |
|
| Eastwood Airline Pocket Bass http://leftybassist.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=8863 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | pjmuck [ January 9th, 2018, 3:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Eastwood Airline Pocket Bass |
A new lefty for 2018! The originals from the 60's are super cool and unique, so hopefully Mike's version is true to the original. Features a fat humbucker at the neck position and a piezo at the bridge. The originals were well-respected for their fat thumpy, short sustain tone. They also had golfball-sized holes routed out of the back of the bass too to make it lightweight and to give it a more hollow bodied upright tone. https://eastwoodguitars.com/collections ... 6375238688 |
|
| Author: | Moses [ January 9th, 2018, 4:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eastwood Airline Pocket Bass |
Pretty cool. Anyone else really want to give 26.5' scale a try? |
|
| Author: | fivebass52 [ January 9th, 2018, 8:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eastwood Airline Pocket Bass |
After playing a Kala U-Bass, this would be a breeze! Here's a video of a 1964 model... has a Hofner vibe to it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3gH0bJKuk And this... just play the effing thing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We9LjAAZmo0
|
|
| Author: | Carmine [ January 9th, 2018, 9:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eastwood Airline Pocket Bass |
pjmuck wrote: A new lefty for 2018! The originals from the 60's are super cool and unique, so hopefully Mike's version is true to the original. Features a fat humbucker at the neck position and a piezo at the bridge. The originals were well-respected for their fat thumpy, short sustain tone. They also had golfball-sized holes routed out of the back of the bass too to make it lightweight and to give it a more hollow bodied upright tone. https://eastwoodguitars.com/collections ... 6375238688 That looks like a photo of an actual vintage pocket bass to me, not the Eastwood version. Guess they haven't actually made any yet? |
|
| Author: | Jeroen [ January 10th, 2018, 12:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eastwood Airline Pocket Bass |
That's what they always do when gauging interest Early December, they posted this photo of an actual Telestar doubleneck with two Eastwood logo's photoshopped onto the headstocks. https://eastwoodcustoms.com/projects/ea ... eneck-4-6/ HUGE pic: https://eastwoodcustoms.com/wp-content/ ... -crop.jpeg |
|
| Author: | screambasses [ January 10th, 2018, 4:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eastwood Airline Pocket Bass |
Hopefully Mike will take my advice and upgrade their hardware to Hipshot. I couldn't play my new telecaster until I replaced the tuners because it simply wouldn't stay in tune. After the replacement with locking Hipshots, the guitar stays in tune. For a $599 market - think Mexican Fenders - the guitars need to stay in tune. Now I just have to learn no to press down so flipping hard on the strings. pete |
|
| Author: | Carmine [ January 11th, 2018, 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eastwood Airline Pocket Bass |
Jeroen wrote: That's what they always do when gauging interest Yep I know- and while I do like a lot of what Eastwood has done, I generally have to withhold judgement on their stuff until I see the actual finished product. I view their versions as more or less a "suggestion" of the original design, using generic materials/ components that often lack the unique character and sonic qualities of the original instrument. Some of their modifcations work for me, some have been disappointing. |
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|
