New Eastwood semisolid for Peter Hook

[Chris P.]

Eastwood already makes the copy of the Shergold Marathon 6 voor Hooky and now they added a new one.

Fun facts: semisolid, longscale, reversed split P and a thru neck.

https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/eastwood-hooky-viking?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=dUlbV675fcHXQafcWfW6ZZ-Fmni_2yhzRExf0TFpUDMOMOlfLhCSDMcrhxg0P38S.MTbQ9E#features-specs

[morrow]

That's a little pricey for Eastwood. Some years ago I was missing a Rivoli I had sold and picked up a Classic IV on kijiji for a good price. It's not a bad bass.

[Dave W]

P pickup right by the bridge? No thanks!

Price is high but Eastwood seems to have figured out how to make limited editions and still make a profit. They probably expect to sell even fewer of these than usual and so have priced it higher. Hopefully (for them) there are enough Hooky fans to make it work.

[Chris P.]

For me the pickup is too close to the bridge too. So I'll keep it at my Starfire I with the split P in the middle.

[Alanko]

Eastwood instruments always felt overpriced, when I tried them in the past. Harley Benton build quality, copy of some random '60s catalog guitar, Fender price tag.

[Ken]

What a weird video for this semi-hollow on the Eastwood site.  The guy isn't actually playing in the audio, or it's completely out of sync.

[exiledarchangel]

Nothing a neck mudbucker can't fix...

[Alanko]

It's a multitracked cover of the Joy Division track 'Disorder'. They've not sync'd up the B-roll footage very well. Probably a rush job!

The bass sounds very Peter Hook! Clanky, thin and metallic. Just add an analog chorus unit.

[Chris P.]

I would only consider one if they copied the yellow/black striped one with a  5 and a 1 as f-holes. The Fac.51 bass. Love that one!

[Chris P.]

A link:

https://factoryrecords.org/cerysmatic/fac51_the_hacienda_bass_guitar.php

[Basvarken]

you could always join a Stryper tribute with that 

[Ken]

[Chris P.]

I guess you need to know the story about Fac.51, the Haçienda, and Factory Records to get that yellow/black bass.