Another NonRev Bird on the market?

[Chris P.]

In a news item, Eastwood announced three new basses. That's it. But from a source I heard it will be:

- Full scale Airline Map bass
- Full scale Stormbird bass
- Hurricane bass

The first is clear, the last isn't but the Stormbird guitar is a non rev Firebird...

[dadagoboi]

Any links?

[the mojo hobo]

The headstock on the guitar looks goofy.

www.eastwoodguitars.com

[Chris P.]

Nope, Eastwood announced 'We will have news for bassists' only. That's it. A contact told me the names.

[Dave W]

Chances are that a Stormbird bass will have a headstock similar to the guitar. Eastwood seems to make sure their various headstocks won't invite cease-and-desist letters from the majors.

[Chris P.]

I've been on the Eastwood site so much, I got used to that headstock.

[leftybass]

Just to join in the speculation; knowing Eastwood has already done one Ovation-style bass, could the "Hurricane" bass be a knock-off of the Ovation Typhoon? That would be cool.

[TBird1958]

Those really look like Gould ( not that Gould) guitars and basses..............I had one - not good!

[godofthunder]

I was thinking the same thing! looks like a Gould.

[TBird1958]

As they say "Shot at and missed, $&#t at and hit"

[Dave W]

Eastwoods are definitely not Goulds. Every one I've seen has top notch fit and finish. The one that disappointed me with the way it sounded was their Hofner Club copy. The rest sound good and are good values.

IIRC Ronn has at least one Eastwood. I know Chris has played and reviewed some.

[Chris P.]

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.

[Iome]

Any idea of what those P-90 style p.u.s are?

[Chris P.]

Nope, I think it's there own brand. Maybe just guitar P90s in another housing? Of maybe P-ish, but not split? I don't know.

[Droombolus]

They're straight single coils and they're HOT. They were the reason I hung on to my HiFlyer as long as I did....... But I had the 1st version, which is long-scale, so eventualy it had to go ..........