The Cheapest Beginner Bass On The Internet
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- Опубліковано 26 лют 2020
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I would love more Bass content on the channel. Cheers for this one
I think he has said bass videos just don't get the views that guitar videos get; he's gotta think of the channel's well-being. But I agree!
@@yocraigst Ahhh I don't blame him. He's definitely the guitar gear maestro after all!
@@RC32Smiths01 Yes! Phil is de man!
Dude ROCKS on bass! I wish I could slap like that
I agree,......I'd welcome more bass content.
‘It seems small we’re going to have to get measuring tape out’ that’s what she said
$79 is a decent set of flatwounds.
Yeah TI flats are that exactly. I'm more a fan of Daddario chromes for most of my stuff, I like the brightness and the price, but I got some expensive TIs and La Bellas.
I like flat wounds. Round rotowounds are for poppers, slap style. Not my thing. Flat wounds, bring them on.
I have a nameless P-bass copy that I got for 50$, and sounds great in the studio!
... can't stop staring at that lime green G & L ...
Right...I'm addicted to ASAT's
"...encased in carbonite..."
Me: * Smashes the "thumbs up button" *
School bus yellow?
Don’t you mean school bass yellow?
Also: please add black block letters “SCHOOL BASS” with amber and red flashers.
Blows my dors off. A whole finished bass for the price of the pickups? Have steel wool, will travel.
So happy you’re doing a bass guitar phil.
I love that sparkly danelectro!
I love bass content even though I play guitar lmao, keep it up,, I LOVE sick bass lines like the one in the intro
I bought a Glarry P Bass early last year in Blue Burst, mostly out of curiosity. I found that the pickup it came with were a bit on the quiet side, but sounded pretty decent with a preamp pedal. I ended up modding it, by changing out the pickups with Guitar Fetish Kwik Plug PATs, and GF electronics, (the tone potentiometer had some crunch to it). The pots were basic cheap dime pots, and GF's pots are alpha pots. I also added a high mass bridge and replaced the strings with Ernie Ball Slinky Cobalt Flat Wounds. I also lowered, straigtened neck just a little (didn't need too much), and dressed the frets (a bit spikey out of the box). Now it sounds pretty good. One thing of note though is that a standard pick guard will not fit on the Glarry. I ordered a white pearl pick guard, because I though it would look good on the dark blue, but the curved end that holds the knobs is about a quarter of an inch curved in torwards the bridge, so the new pick guard didn't fit. Was a little dissapointed with that, but it's only cosmetic, so I moved on.
Nice slap skills Phil!
The bass looks good and sounds passable. I've heard worse that pro's play.
I bought a guitar on ebay for $66.00 US. It was a PJ style Bass and made of all the same things this is made of. VERY LIGHT in the body. I took the bass apart. Fixed all the little flaw, dropped some New SPB-3 Duncans, changed the bridge to the heavier Hipshot 4. Changed over the tuning keys as well as all electronics, knobs, brass nut and such. But the Bass now balances out very well by putting that Hipshot on it. It now plays awesome!
I've had mine for about a year-ish and The tuning keys are amazing, there's the occasional string slipping while tuning but once it's in tune it stays for a very long time.
More bass, Phillip, please! Also, could you demo and review an Orange crush 50 bass amp?
I ordered a no name off wish. Its a p j 24 fret. Had a little upper register d string buzz but it needed adjustment and intonation. Its playable and trackable payed less than 100$ and it showed up on my porch free shipping
Thanks Phil for the review. Nice to know there are guitars and Basses that are playable yet affordable. Great to learn on and then upgrade later. More Bass stuff please.
Hey Phil, would you consider doing a video on fanned fret guitars? Interested in the Agiles, specifically but also looking at Ibanez, etc. Thanks! Awesome videos as always.
You are clearly a bass player! A while ago you did that gig with that blues guitar guy, sorry can’t remember his name, I almost fell out of my chair when i saw you playing bass. Blew me away!!
Thank you very much!
I am looking to buy a beginner Bass and I came across the Glary P Bass package (Bass, amp, case, etc.) & was a little unsure if it was for me or not but now I know it's definitely for me!
The only thing is I was going to buy the black one but you made the yellow look so damn good I might buy that one instead!
I just bought one I bought the blue one with the amplifier.
I am a guitar player that wanted a bass to mess with - used it to play Spinal Tap "Big Bottom'" in my band. My only complaint neck dive
Best cheap bass I ever had was a $99 Guild solid body single cutaway with a TV Jones single pickup when you played it through a Ampeg SVT rig it sound as good as anything I'd ever played
Hey 👋 I love the tone You we’re using! Ya must’ve have a Hardtke for amp!
I’m thinking about getting a Fretless Glarry Bass!!
Seems decent. I own a Squier Affinity myself. I just use it for recording demos so it gets the job done. It's not like I gig out with it or anything.
My 79$ bass had a little fret slicers ...east fix and played great ...i got the blue one and wish i went for yellow ...it looks pretty cool... black pickguard would be a cheap upgrade
Waiting for that 594 comparison vid 😉
I'm still using my SX Jazz-copy bass package 😂 for 13 years now.
Hey Phil, howz bout some more mid level bass love on your channel, yeah?
Thank You
ALWAYS enjoy your vids P McK! Thumb slap and pick with index (or middle) finger -- ? I actually like that softer, not-screaming-in-your-face bright yellow.
I really wish to see you reviewing one of those Wolf guitars.!
Rondo also ships their guitars in only the wedge box but with no styrofoam casing on the inside. I bought an SX Liquid from them and was scared to death when I saw the box on my porch. However, the guitar was unharmed and played great.
Nice guitar. Prefer the Hohner headless Jack 2 myself, but love the colour!
The headstock is almost half the length of the neck! Now just imagine this guitar headless. Mmmmmmmmmm...............
I speak for a lot of people if you could make some bass reviews, squier basses comparison or bass upgrades. Love ur channel!
I just recently bought a esp Ltd b -104 2 weeks ago at guitar center with a peavy basic 112 under 400 hundred used it's loud and awesome hope I got a good deal 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞love the slap still getting used to that 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I personally love squires but I'd say it's a good deal. As long as your happy with it man
@@flowerboi1815 hell yeah that thing sounds good
I bought a £60 Axis bass, sounds insane and is my go to p bass
Funky Phil on that bass man.
You sound good playing the bass on the intro. I didn't know you were a good bass player.
I had a Glarry J Bass but ended up replacing the neck. After that it was a pretty good bass for the price. Ended up selling it off but it wasn't bad.
just to contrast this one with my cheap bass, I bought a 200 dollar Squier P bass from Sweetwater. It had a straight neck, no sprout, and was inspected. Was over the moon with how the bass came to me for how much I paid for it. You can go cheap and not sacrifice much in terms of quality, you just have to be prepared to possibly pay additional for a set up.
I have purchased 3 Glarry guitars. It's a crap shoot, so be forewarned.
You might get a good one, or you might get a horrible one. I have gotten a good one, a mediocre one, and a horrible one. I loved the horrible one, because it challenged me to make it good.
I'm still working on it, with a budget of $100.00 total, including shipping, etc.
I paid $47.00 for it on Ebay, so my expectations were not very high. But...I think I can get it up and running pretty well for the c-note. It is a challenge to my skill and my patience.
I have three Glarry ones. One Precision, one Jazz and a Stratocaster guitar. For the price... Solid construction, nice finish, real twins-clones of a REGULAR Fender (not a special edition). All you have to do is to change the pick-ups and strings. The Glarry sounds good but... I put Wilkinson pickups 25$ and Ernie Ball strings 25$. And because i've opened them, i shielded them with copper tape 15$ even if they don't make noise. The result is awsome and even a Fender won't sound and look better. So all in all it is a 200$ bass or guitar. Try them!
Thanks for the video Phil, to me price is always a factor in the real world. But wouldn't it be interesting, I think helpful, if we discarded price as a factor in evaluating a guitar?
A lot of guitarists like myself are probably learning bass if they're doing any home studio production (if they don't want to use a plug-in), so I would love to see more bass stuff, too. Granted, I'm going to suck as a bassist for a while. I'll need a proper bassist to track for me in the final product. Metal band, so I want it done right. You wouldn't happen to know anyone who missed out on being in an 80s metal band, would you? ;) I'm more of a rock/djent vibe, probably, but it comes from the same place.
Thanks, Phillip, for another great vid. For an "is what it is" bass, sounded like something I could use if I wanted to build my own jam tracks.
I'm going to order one. I have the S type guitar and the neck it came with was arrow straight and only needed the saddles lowered - the action is now lower than most of my Fender Strats and it plays great. Yes I needed to finish sand the neck but it's now as smooth as silk.
The "tremelo' was easy to set up either floating to Fender standards for vintage saddles or resting against the body. The worst parts on mine are the tuners and the P"ups. Actually they are not too bad as it stays in tune and the P'ups sound like one of the thinner sounds of my collection but I have a set of Texas Specials sitting around doing nothing. I found the tuners difficult on string change because of apparently a hollow stem.After that I may change the bridge.
I only have one Bass which is one of the better Squier range and its neck has a bunch of dead spots that I have been unable to cure..
You've got to be careful on parts spend because the set of tuners I want to use on the guitar cost more than the cost of the whole guitar!
I like the Glarry headstock shape by the way and do prefer chunkier necks both for my hands (XL) and the tone it brings (and maybe why there is a lack of dead spots, query)?
These prices are also good for those who want to learn set up procedure without worrying about messing up your favourite piece. Best, Pete.
You're a great bassist, I'm impressed
ive been very tempted to order one of these
Thanks for the demo. Maybe a little off topic but what is up with Fernandes guitars? I don’t see them for sale at any major retailers and the website leaves a bit to be desired.
Scotch bright works well instead of steel wool..
He he he... I got exact the same one, in November 2019. Actually I ordered two of them, one for a friend as a Christmas present. He wanted to start playing bass again after 25 years. He quit playing bass because of the kids they had back then. He asked me, if I could repair his old Bass, what I did. Waiting for some original parts I told him that I have some surprise for Christmas.
Ok, so two of the exact same basses as yours arrived. Except the yellow on mine comes as seen in the catalogue.
It is really, really light, the finish and hardware is decent, looks good, but you feel it is a cheap bass. The fretts had some sprout. The neck profile comes near to the one on my made in 1964 Precision bass. The action was pretty high.
I did a setup, filed down the frettends, used some steelwool on the rough neck - and now it is a decent bass that stays in tune.
It stays in the rehearsal room, so that I don't have to go home first when I run out of time before rehearsal.
It was € 88,-- shipped to Germany from a depot in Great Britain.
Do I recommend the bass? Well, if you need a cheap Precision Bass, maybe as a project platform, or if you want to have something that stays in the rehearsal room, for you or for students, that doesen't burn a hole in your pocket when it gets stolen, and if you like chunky necks, we don't have to think twice for the price. I can't say anything particularly bad or negative about the bass.
I have to admit that it has quite low output Pickups, but for this you have the gain knob on your amp. The tone is nice, like a Precision Bass.
Kong and Basses Thank you for this. 👍🏽
I figured it came without a gig bag because it's for a guitar player to leave at home next to the amp for in case you need to rip out a bass line now and then.
I'm not man enough to really play much bass but I have a Squier that I use like that. At Glarry prices, I am sorta tempted by the school bus yellow. 😸
Care guys my significant other has now got 3 old American basses. A Fender Jazz and P bass and just recently a MusicMan Stingray. LOL I won't talk about the top of the line EQ and compressor or the 450 watt power amp.with the Denmark pre LOL
I really like the new review format
Got the natural finish, love the neck feel and lightweight, sounds fine. The output jack is the only thing i felt like improving since it's kinda flimsy. This will be a grab and go player for me.
Thanks for checking this out, Phil! Also, I love your new setup. You and your wife did a great job with the workspaces. Regarding the bass, I'm a guitar player who wants to learn bass but not sure if I'll like it or not. I keep wavering on how much to spend. What I DONT want is a neck that feels way different than a nice Fender P or J bass so I'm glad you've mentioned this one is chunky. I'll keep looking, thanks!
Perfect recording bass if you have vst plugs and emulators.
Santa Wife has a Glarry jazz bass coming for me and im gonna play the funk!
The second I saw the title, I knew it was a Glarry. I own a blue one. The pickups have almost 0 output, and one of them is a little crooked in the body, but for the $69 I paid for it, which included shipping, it's a great instrument for modding. It's super lightweight, the neck feels great, and overall I'm impressed with what you get for the price.
Hey Phil you should put glarry up against either a squier bullet or a cheap Cort bass and mod them and do a give away
I like the Burlywood and the Darkblue colors on the website.
OK, so.... I usually don't bite on online, cheap guitars. BUT!... for this price, I'm gonna order one and try it out. At $80, it's worth the risk... Oh, yeah, and I ordered the yellow one!...UPDATE!!!... I just got mine in (7-14-21). Some minor box damage, but no damage to the bass. Tuned it up, didn't need any setup. VERY light!. Plays great, no finish flaws. The neck on mine was really good! The back is smooth, no fret sprout. I love it!
I was on board till the fret sprout
What brand guitar is that with the f holes? The one hanging behind you Phil.
There is nothing wrong with a bass or a guitar that is this cheap. I’m sure it is functional. However, I would advise a beginner student to get a guitar or bass such as a Jay Turser. The fretwork it far better for about 30 to 50 dollars more.
I would love to know your opinion on Ibanez talman bass. Its goes for 199. Had my eye on one for a while. I love my Ibanez guitars. Talman bass electronics seemed junky. Maybe good bones to upgrade pick ups.
Bronze wool is kinda spendy but it doesn't stick to your pickups.
I really like the look. Some sanding work and setup finesse and it could be fun.
You don't worry about voiding the warranty at that price.
They are cheeeap quality. I have the Glarry Jazz version. Lots a work later and its better but... results may vary. If this was my beginner bass, I would be frustrated in its playability. Although, Like Phillip said, a good bass to learn how to do work on an instrument with. Practiced sanding a neck, shimming a neck, set up, filing a nut down (along with removing and re-gluing a nut). I ended up cracking the fret board in front of the nut. It still works and plays fine. I'm glad I could use this bass as a platform to experiment on.
Scott bright pads.
would you consider making a glary p bass vs the harley benton pb-20 p bass?
Hey Phillip, I have a fender mexi deluxe strat .. Is it possible to upgrade its trem system with an amercian elite one? Will this fit? Please help.
Well, for 80 bucks i bought an Ibanez bass.... of course used, at Guitar Center...but still :)
BTW, why haven't I subbed yet!?!?
Great Review Philip Yessssssss
I love the yellow! I've already got a similarly priced Harley Benton, however it is very heavy, but I still like it.
That's a proper thick neck, shit yeah
it's hard to fuck up a p bass, it's so cut and dry basic. a good set of strings and a good setup and you got a halfway decent beater.
I have not played one. From what I have seen and read, I like Glarry guitars. They include free shipping. The prices on their Telecasters has been creeping up. A good setup and a little care, these can be good instruments. I love light weight guitars. Perhaps basswood. Fender even makes some instruments in India. I do not like the old style tuners. The modern, smaller bass tuners are more accurate.
Can’t get cheaper than that..shipped!
How do you rate the sound?
i bought one off ebay i got it 4 days ago. top level beginner guitar its a fender style i love it. and it arrived 2 ahead of time. it was here in 3 days
As a guitar player who never owned or played a bass I was very happy with the 3color burst one I got for $68 delivered, neck is fat but that is what I prefer, my fret ends were fine, except for one minor finish flaw it came perfect for me . Great review as always Phil ! 👍
Man, you got me so good with that Carbonite comment you funny guy you. I immediately thought "no f'ing way... Awesome!" ya know!? Because if they trust using it to encase humans then this bass is definitely safe. Hopefully they'll consider it in the future.
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I really like the headstock lol I've always liked the beak headstock more than the fender headstock.
I would like it if you gave it a good setup and tell us what you think afterwards. I think it would be a great bass to give to a student as part of a lesson package. Thanks Phillip !! Your awesome.
I have a fake rick
The Brand is electra and sound damn good with my ampeg
I was a c student dangit. Then dropped out! But I still know how to impress
i wish you would sand down the body to see the wood and how many pieces it is made of ??
I really need to take bass lessons from you. I love all my 5 or 6 Glarry products which I have upgraded thanks to what I have learned fro KNOW YOU GEAR!
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I wouldn't mind more videos with you reviewing and playing bass. You are pretty good at both.
Hey man great channel! I've commented this before to no avail. But, I'm in the Scottsdale AZ area and I own a few higher end guitars and I need maintenance on them.. Could you please recommend a shop or someone besides our local GC. God knows I'm not taking them there. Any help is appreciated, Thank You kindly.
Atomic Guitar is a good shop in the Peoria area but idk if that’s too far for ya
@@buitreofficial7765 Thanks. Ill check it out.
Sherlin at Guitar Pickers in Scottsdale is top notch. also the techs at Milano Music in Mesa are good too
Ah, you DO play and review bass guitars. February 2020 (6 months ago) So that's one... 🤗
You could really make this a nice beginner bass with a little money, some elbow grease, and a setup. Too bad the neck is so thick though, I would have bought one for my daughter.
Do a full setup and a follow up video!
I hear these ar awesome:)
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Harley Benton offer another great cheap bass, less than $100 '51 style Tele Bass!
I cannot believe that about two hours ago I was searching "cheapest bass" on UA-cam and now this video has popped up. Good work Phillip!
Some nice little bass chops there Phil, its an ok starter bass for a newbie sounds decent enough, just a little bit of a growl
I GUARANTEE I CAN GIG WITH IT FULL TIME !! NO PROBLEM 👍👍 ALL HAVE TO BE TWEAKED SOMETIME GREAT