Rondo music orders have arrived

bearclaw

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Those who ordered basses/guitars thru Ahkiatt, the instruments have arrived. Sms me at 90178137 to arrange for a pick up.

I ordered an SX '62 PJ bass, thought I do a review of the stock tone/setup. out of box, the intonation was spot on (shocking), the bass appeared pretty well-built. The only thing that was irritating was the condition of the rosewood fretboard. It looks like it just came back from a desert tour, dry beyond recognition. Tonewise, it was surprisingly solid for a $150 instrument. Better than basses 5x its price I've tried at a certain music store in plaza sing. The Jazz pickup, however, generated a slight hiss when volume was cranked up. In summary, the bass exceeded my expectations. To those that read reviews on SX basses on www.talkbass.com, they are every bit true.

I'll post another review after I get the fretboard oiled up and electronics revamped, mayb throw in an SD jazz pickup in the process.

edit: after jamming with it for a night, a few additional thoughts. I ran it through a very basic effects set up, just a Hartke Bass Attack and a Keeley 2 knob clone. For finger style playing, it definitely had the '62 precision flavour in the tone, heavy (can't think of a better word) low end groove type of vibe. Pretty impressive. But I still can't seem to dial in a decent precision slap tone yet.

John
 
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pictures!

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up points for ahkiatt and bearclaw for making this happen:mrgreen:

i'll upload pics eventually...once i'm done making it pretty and playable.
 
less than $200 including shipping i think. ordered a pedal bag as well. it'll look great once i get rid of that "SX" logos lol
 
why bother getting rid of it? leave it on, that way you can rub it in other people's faces when you get better tone out of a $200 bass than they do with more expensive ones.:mrgreen:

btw i'll do a review once i can get some pics up.
 
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Can a sx tone fight say with a squire tone? say a squire vintage modified j-bass.? stock. everything stock.

Btw what currency is that in rondo music? USD?
 
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It is in USD. I will probably take another set of orders in a few months time, I ran out of money + the model I wanted ran out a week before I sent the orders. So if there are softies up for it, I will do it again.
 
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