Price: $400.00 (new)
Where Obtained: Guitar Center

Maple top, back, and sides 3-piece (maple/mahogany) set neck 34" scale Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays 22 medium frets Single humbucking pickup Passive EQ Gibraltar III Quick Change bridge/tailpiece Volume and Tone knobs

Action is very good, with little to no buzz. Neck is long and takes a little getting used to. Front strap button causes some balance problems at first (it's a little neck heavy) But once you get used to the size and balance it's no problem.

Does well with any style, Rock, Blues, Jazz etc... Replaced the factory D'addario strings for some Rotosound flatwounds and the sound is now just incredible. Very deep and warm, but still has some punch to it. MODS: Considering moving the strap button for better balance. The Tone knob could do more, but is acceptable. Although I am thinking of replacing it. You should be able to play this in any situation or music type.

Pretty well built, but it is semi-hollow so some extra care is needed.

Price: $269.00 pounds sterling (new)
Where Obtained: Local music shop

This is a semi-hollow bass with a powerful single humbucker. The raised bridge and set in neck give a fantastic sustain in it. It's made from maple and really nicely moulded, and a rosewood neck. It has a volume and tone along side the violin holes. It's transparent brown which sounds horrible but when it's lit up it's a gorgeous deep red colour with the grain visible. It has four strings and 21 frets.

The action's fairly low, but i was advised not to mess with it too much as it's semi hollow and to do it straight away could mess up the body, but it's in a nice place anyway. The neck is really nice to hold and you can reach all 21 frets, and with the sustain on this, you want to have all 21 frets. I've never had a semi-acoustic before so it was a bit weird getting used to the thickness of the body and the headstock also weighs it down causing near knocks on the floor.

I've used this with a few amps, from big to small and it sounds good on all of them even on my tiny practice amp. It has a big treble sound but it's warmed up by the hollow body so you get a nice mix of warm and edge. I use this with my crybaby and it beats any other bass i've used with it. I've had no problem with feedback yet although i haven't used it on stage properly yet.

It sort of regulates itself as the body wood is thin...so any temp change and the body changes too so nothing happens to the action of sound. It looks delicate but it is pretty sturdy although i'm planning on going crazy on it soon.