Best Choice Products Acoustic Electric Bass Guitar, Full Size 4 String, Fretted Bass Guitar w/Padded Gig Bag - Blue

I'm a professional guitarist with a home recording studio who often finds that my self-recorded songs could use some additional bottom end, especially when I record solo demos to present to my cello partner. Of course, once my partner and I agree that a piece is best played as a duo, the cello takes care of the bottom. However, I sometimes record other musicians and produce their demo tracks. Again, while I usually serve as the session guitarist / fretted instrument sideman for these recordings, I have often thought I should have a bass guitar to round out my recording arsenal and add some clear bottom to these home recordings.I've been working on a project where that was exactly the case. I was going to borrow a bass from a student when I found this guitar. I figured for less than $100 I can experiment a bit by running the bass directly through the board and get some sonic feedback as to whether a bass addition works on a recording or not without breaking the bank. Either way, I figured it MIGHT be a handy piece of recording "equipment".Boy, was I right! For this specific purpose this bass guitar fits that bill perfectly! Oh sure, the fit and finish is not perfect and it's unplugged tone is not great and is certainly not loud enough. But, recording directly through a board sounds fantastic. I am both shocked and pleased.To be clear, I am NOT a bass player and thus I would never use this thing as a piece of performance gear. And if I were a bass player, I'd probably looking for other options. But, as said, as a piece of recording gear this instrument would be hard to beat for the price.With these specific caveats, buy with confidence.UPDATE: Continuing to experiment with this bass in a "direct to recording board" way, I notice a significant hum. I put a Baggs Venue in the chain so that I could use a balanced XLR into the board and the hum remains. I think it's a grounding issue. I can greatly reduce the hum by knocking back the gain quite a bit and then restoring the volume in post. I'll keep updating as I experiment further.Final update:I'm saying good goodbye to this one. I never did find the source of the hum but suspect it's a ground shield problem. I could probably work around it but my original thought was to keep things very simple and simple means direct-to-board recording. This, I cannot do. We're it not for that reason, I would be rating the bass highly for its size and scale length, its easy-ish action, etc. Instead it's on its way to a player that doesn't have my specific requirements.

IMPORTANT!! THIS BASS IS 30" FROM BRIDGE TO NUT. This was an important bit of info that I could NOT find reading about it. I scanned the reviews, and I thought I saw "short scale" somewhere, but this info needs to be in the description! As luck would have it, short scale is what I wanted. I've got a 35" scale 5 string and I cannot play it, it's too long. This one is great! Happy, happy, happy.Bass lessons this year for my 11 year-old, and I was wanting something inexpensive. This thing popped up, and being acoustic, it's something that can be used without running up my electric bill.I'm glad I took the chance!I just unboxed it a few minutes ago, and it only needed tuning. The action is actually pretty darn good as is. I might fiddle with it a bit, but I didn't receive a truss rod adjustment tool. May not need it. The neck is straight! Unexpectedly good. The strings are probably going to be replaced, but for learnin' they're fine.Finish: Pretty good! Mine has tiny, minute scratches, so little I don't care. Other than that, there is a tiny blemish on the sound hole. I'm pleased, esp. for the low low dollars. I haven't done a detailed examination of the neck, but I didn't see anything obviously bad, finish-wise. Only one strap button, as mentioned by numerous other reviewers.Sound: pretty good acoustically. I've not played acoustic basses very much at all, so I don't have a lot to compare to. I would say the E and A strings are just a hair quieter than the D and G, but that goes with the bass territory. Those frequencies are harder to discern than the higher frequencies. I wouldn't say it's loud by any stretch, but it is nowhere near as dead or quiet as I expected it to be! Thumbs up on that. Also, being a short scale, I expect the lower notes to get a bit rubbery or dead-ish relatively. Just gotta thump 'em a bit more, I suppose.So we get it plugged in... just wow! I'm truly shocked at the sound. I started with everything flat, experimented with each EQ slider (amp EQ flat). I settled for just a bit of low boost, mid cut, and high boost with the volume about half-way or just a bit more, this thing sounds GREAT! I can't wait to try some better strings on it. The low end is big and fat.Overall, it is NOT an expensive bass, and I didn't expect it to be. But for under $100, this is a steal. If I'd bought a "name brand" for $250 or more, I'd be giving this perhaps less stars, but this is an unbelievable value. If it gets busted, I'm buying another one. In a heartbeat.

This is a really cool and inexpensive bass.It sounds well.I changed the strings to Earnie Ball Slinky with a good gauge.Sounded deep, resonated well.The appearance is outstanding.A very well done exterior.The piping is excellent.The paint work exceptional.The feetboard a little cheap but there's no chatter no buzzing good clearances.Lugs are good, everything about this guitar is worth the money spent.Well worth it, if only to throw up on a wall as decoration as a beautiful conversation piece or as a steady player unbelievable deal and you'll be very happy I am sure .

It is simply amazing how far these instruments have come. I bought this product years ago and i honestly thought it was garbage. Decided to try it again and am so glad I did. Got mine in the aged natural finish as can be seen in the photos. Was an even sweeter deal than the others at 99 bucks. This bass barely even required a set up being that all I had to do was adjust the truss rod slightly cause I was getting a little bit of string buzz but other than that it is perfect and the sound is incredible. This thing is an unbeatable deal. Even came with a nice lightly padded case and far exceeded my expectations. The only thing I can think that may be able to be improved upon is that there is a very slight vibration from the 9 volt battery (if you install one) while playing the strings. Besides that this instrument is a gem that can easily compete with or surpass entry level instruments at any major music store.