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Not ready for primetime, without mods
I had high hopes for this Ubass being a fraction of the cost of its competitors.
I was initially not happy with this bass at all, but after making some mods am now very happy with it. The biggest issues were uneven output across strings (D and G strings were way quieter than the E and A) and poor intonation (D and G were way off pitch by the 12th fret).
I performed the infamous bridge saddle mod to physically split the bridge saddle into 4 individual pieces so each string applies it own pressure to the piezo pickup underneath -- that solved the uneven output issue. I also restrung the ubass (same Thunderblack strings that came on it) but cut to length so they only wrapped around the post a few times and werent't over wrapped (string wrapped around itself instead of the post directly whej tuned to pitch) -- the intonation is almost perfect, definitely much better then how it came from Thomann.
The above should be checked by Thomann before shipment so others don't have these issues.
I'm not a fan of how the onboard preamp sounds -- only sound I like is with both the high and low knobs turned all the way down.
I was initially not happy with this bass at all, but after making some mods am now very happy with it. The biggest issues were uneven output across strings (D and G strings were way quieter than the E and A) and poor intonation (D and G were way off pitch by the 12th fret).
I performed the infamous bridge saddle mod to physically split the bridge saddle into 4 individual pieces so each string applies it own pressure to the piezo pickup underneath -- that solved the uneven output issue. I also restrung the ubass (same Thunderblack strings that came on it) but cut to length so they only wrapped around the post a few times and werent't over wrapped (string wrapped around itself instead of the post directly whej tuned to pitch) -- the intonation is almost perfect, definitely much better then how it came from Thomann.
The above should be checked by Thomann before shipment so others don't have these issues.
I'm not a fan of how the onboard preamp sounds -- only sound I like is with both the high and low knobs turned all the way down.
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Good value
Neck not great. relief on e and a strings but d and g doesn't have relief
Slight vibration on a string but almost goes away if you raise action to 4mm at 12th fret which is a bit higher than i would like. The pickup had uneven output on the d and g strings had to split the saddles in to 4 and that solved it Overall it plays well electronics do the job a nice instrument if prepared to do a bit of work
Slight vibration on a string but almost goes away if you raise action to 4mm at 12th fret which is a bit higher than i would like. The pickup had uneven output on the d and g strings had to split the saddles in to 4 and that solved it Overall it plays well electronics do the job a nice instrument if prepared to do a bit of work
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great u-bass but some tricky bits
amazing u-bass but the battery is quite tricky to get out and I had no idea what the knobs did (pretty sure top one is volume, middle one is treble or tone and bottom is bass or gain) but otherwise great sound and quality
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It was ok but...
i sent it back because there was a problem of output with the E string. I think the piezo wasn't covering the whole bridge... but it did sound surprisingly good!
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