New Epiphone Newport Bass.

[lowend1]

  Here's my full review a little long winded but it does have two pickups   

Nice job on the review, Scott. Informative and to the point. And no lobster claw.

[Dave W]

Excellent review, Scott. It would be great if someone at Gibson saw this,

[ilan]

Excellent sounding bass.

[godofthunder]

Excellent review, Scott. It would be great if someone at Gibson saw this,

   I did send this to my contact at Gibson and it has been forwarded to the appropriate department. Hopefully they can get yhings soted quickly.

[morrow]

I hope they get on that.
When I picked up my SquierVI it was very nicely set up. I was very surprised.
A lot of kids will pick up a guitar , and if the action is high will simply say “this is shit” and move on. They also swear you have to get a tech to set it up, and will badmouth that product forever.
I know that a factory set up is a compromise. But if it isn’t relatively easy to play there’s going to be trouble.

[godofthunder]

   From my perspective these issues aren't just a bad factory set up, it goes beyond that imho.  Every bass whether inexpensive or costing in the thousands needs a set up when I get it home, no harm no foul really.  With the Newport the high nut combined with unsuitable strings forced the high set up, even with the action very high the bass buzzed like a bag full of bee's. I've been in music retail since '76 this bass was well beyond factory set up parameters.

[Alanko]

Did they just stick a generic 45 - 105 string set on there? Cut off four inches and pretend is a short scale set?

[lowend1]

But if it isn’t relatively easy to play there’s going to be trouble.

That would go for pretty much every US Fender I've tried at GC over the years. The neck can be bowed so bad you could take it to the archery range and they'll just throw it up un the wall. I took one over to their repair guy and simply said "Really? Why would anybody even consider buying this?". He told me that they are instructed not to waste any time with even cursory setups on instruments for sale. Oddly, the upper-tier Squiers are usually pretty solid despite their worst efforts.

When it comes to online sales of new instruments, I bought an SX 70s-style J-Bass several years back that was absolutely perfect out of the box, save for crappy strings. Even the pickups - which qualify as entry-level based on the price point of the instrument - were good enough to not mess with to this day. The other SXs I've purchased were more spotty, but always playable out of the box. With Epiphone, credit where credit is due - my Thunderbird VP and CP were pretty much on the money.

[lowend1]

Did they just stick a generic 45 - 105 string set on there? Cut off four inches and pretend is a short scale set?

It doesn't look that way to me - mine is strung pretty neatly on those little girlie tuner posts (nitpicking here, they work fine). I think a cut-down set would hamper production efficiency. Those strings DO suck big time, though

[OldManC]

Oh, it's orange, lol. It's like a really bright mac & cheese. Monitors and cameras will vary, however, but here it is - I changed out the knobs...

Thank you!

[godofthunder]

Did they just stick a generic 45 - 105 string set on there? Cut off four inches and pretend is a short scale set?

  They made as short scal, the E string looks to be .90 . Personally I like a .100 for my E string on SS basses 

[godofthunder]

   I did send this to my contact at Gibson and it has been forwarded to the appropriate department. Hopefully they can get things sorted quickly.

[godofthunder]

   If one is good two are better right?  A cherry Newport showed up at the House of Guitars and it was just so pretty I had to have it.  The three piece body is beautiful no veneer on top or back. The Newport is my favorite new bass at any price point.  I just love them.

[Dave W]

   If one is good two are better right?  A cherry Newport showed up at the House of Guitars and it was just so pretty I had to have it.  The three piece body is beautiful no veneer on top or back. The Newport is my favorite new bass at any price point.  I just love them.

Pics. please!

[godofthunder]

Pics. please!

    To access my old photo bucket account they want $.  Dave are there any photo hosting apps other than photo bucket?