Beatbass VS Vintage Series : So much fun

What a fun little bass! I plan to use it when my old arthritic hands are acting up. It's so light and the short scale is very comfortable. I would love to give it five stars across the board but there were a few unfortunate deficiencies.

PROS:

- overall, the look is lovely

- nice looking binding, hardware & sunburst effect on many surfaces, including sides and back of headstock

- the frets are finished nicely

- considering the thousands of kilometers it travelled from Germany to western Canada, the set-up was amazing: great action & intonation; even very close to being in tune

- the controls make serious changes to the sound

CONS;

- there are weird light markings long the edge of the fretboard, almost like someone sanded it a bit and took off the finish

- there are some tiny blemishes or uneven spots in the finish both on the wood and the chrome; not noticeable from any distance

- the only serious concern is that it ships with round-wound strings and I had to immediately put D'Addario flat-wounds on; the sound was pretty wonky otherwise

Despite the CONS, I think I will love playing this bass. The sound is unlike any other I've played. It definitely is not the sound for all purposes. It is a thumpy sound; there's basically no sustain. Having said that, the non-playing strings tend to ring a lot, especially on the "SOLO" setting. You need to be very good at muting if you switch from "RHYTHM".

All in all, I'd say this bass is all you'd need if you wanted to add that 60s sound to your repertoire.