Yep, I played some. Like Dave says, all are well made. Of course most of them are very affordable, so hardware and pots are not always top of the line, but they're very cool and a lot of pro guitar players in Holland use 'm.
The basses I played:
- Ampeg copy:
Cool looking, goood sounding, but in my ears it missed something special. If I would play fretless, a fretless one would be cool and different from the million fretless Jazzes around.
- Classic 4:
Really good sounding semisolid, for sure for that price. Jack Casady's are more affordable in Holland now, so a difficult choice, but I love the Gretsch-y looks. Good sounding bass.
- Mosrite copy:
Set neck, P90-kind pick ups, short scale, white.... Very good sounding! I love this bass! It's quite high on my 'want!'-list (with a million other basses, ha ha). No, I love this one!!
- Airline Jack White copy:
Very hard to play, if you play fingerstyle. You have to put your fingers between the million controls directly above the pickups, haha. But a nice sounding bass, a bit like the Mosrite, although I love that one a bit better. And the looks are stunning. Wit band practice I take a lot of review basses. Mostly the guys just look briefly and think: 'O, another review bass.' Now, they were standing in a circle around me asking me about this bass. It's Jack White, it's cool!
Other Eastwoods I only tried on fairs, so not really.
