A 6-string bass for only $69? Checking out a Ktaxon (unbranded Glarry?) 6-string bass
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- čas přidán 16. 12. 2023
- Amazon made me an offer I couldn't refuse. For about $100 including shipping, I got my hands on a Ktaxon/Glarry 6-string bass. It may bear more than a passing resemblance to a $3000 Warwick, but is it any good? Let's find out.
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Tone demos! You asked for it: czcams.com/video/9nxpqY2LnuE/video.html
Thank you Scott! Very much appreciated! 🙏
Great review Scott. I picked up a 'Quincy' six string bass around 5/6 years ago for £230 new. Well, I won the lottery that day. What a fantastic instrument!
Many have thought it to have a 2K+ price tag - because that's how good it looks, feels, plays & sounds.
2:30 The MP ref nearly killed me! Glad I wasn't drinking anything at the time.
Scratch some of the chrome finish off under the bridge make sure the ground wire hits there.
I guess that would also be a way to see if it’s not metal. Whatever it is, is not magnetic for sure though.
@@room34 If it isn't metal, you could put a piece of conductive tape on the bottom of the bridge to give it something to ground to.
@@Hey-Its-Dingo Tape would do nothing, & scratching the plating may or may not work (but in this case I kinda doubt it). The whole point of grounding the bridge is making a complete circuit w/ the strings. Maybe try wrapping a wire around the saddle screws & extending the bridge ground out & to there? Personally I'd prob'ly take a chunk of the $2900-ish I saved & just buy a new bridge (if I decided to actually use the bass).
The beautiful thing about all of this is that you got a cheap test bed out of the deal to try/ learn things that you might be wary of doing to a more valuable instrument. Try things w/ the bridge, file the fret ends, carve yr initials in the headstock... go to town on it :D
@@room34
Stainless steel is not magnetic, it is difficult to drill, cut. Bleach will put extremely tiny holes in it, weird. Nickel is not magnetic. Titanium is magnetic. I'm not sure, but I don't think you can solder to stainless steel or aluminum, which also is not magnetic. There may have been some reason for using non magnetic material close to a pickup, or maybe they could get stainless and not usually less expensive and easier to work material.
This is a nice thorough review of the ktaxon 6-string bass. I’ve been seeing reviews on these bass and for a super affordable bass, they sound really incredible.
Nice review. I liked your composition at the end of this video.
Thanks… I can't really take credit for it though. It's a rough version of "Them Changes" by Thundercat.
@@room34 Thanks.
To answer a couple of the common questions I forgot to address in my voiceover: 1) The bass is very light! I'm not sure what the body wood is, but it's unbelievably light. 2) Yes, that means there is MASSIVE neck dive. I mean, with a neck that thick, how could there NOT be?
May I ask you to quantify what "unbelieveably light" means? Perhaps you weight yourself, then weigh yourself holding the bass, and find the difference? I'd be very interested in the result. I have two Glarry 4 string GP basses with basswood bodies that weighed in at 5 lbs 12 oz. Thank so much!
Your channel is extremely underrated 😮
If that bridge is plastic it won't get super cold or hot with ambient temperature changes. Take it off and put it in the fridge or freezer for an hour, if it's any kind of metal it'll get and stay cold. Plastic wouldn't get so cold and would warm back up very quickly.
Buzzing of the bridge: Is the bridge conductive? Try running a new lead from the bridge to the ground (either new wire or old school a cooper strip from the bridge to the bridge pickup copper shielding you placed. That should take care of it.
Voice is fine, guitar near inaudible as last 4 of 5 videos of Glarry GIB 6 string guitar. The audible guitar video was an actuve guitar. I have not seen an audible version of the passive Glarry GIB yet. For the buzz,, this tidbit is from Glarry 40W amp description and probably all of their amps:
NOTE:
the sound of electric current passing through is inevitable. It is recommended to turn on the amp first and then the distortion button (Drive button). In this way, the noise can be greatly reduced.
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Would you make a video showing the bass sound attributes? Thank you for your the video. :)
There’s a demo jam at the end with three layers of the bass playing, but I do see value in having isolated takes of the individual tones. I’ll work on that.
Tone demo video posted! czcams.com/video/9nxpqY2LnuE/video.html
Do you know what the bridge width or string spacing is? Seriously considering purchasing one of tnese but if its smaller than 17mm between strings it might be a deal breaker
I actually don't have the instrument anymore, so I can't measure the bridge. But it felt like a pretty standard string spacing to me, so I'm guessing it was 17mm.
Did you ground your copper shielding? That CAN cause issues if you don't.
I didn’t add any kind of grounding wire that wasn’t already there, but I made sure it overlapped the holes for the screws and the pots… not sure if that’s enough.
I hope I'm as lucky as you were when I get my 4 string Ktaxon that I bought for $59.99 plus $19.99 shipping and sales tax. Tomorrow? Since I couldn't find anybody posting a review on it I think I'll give it a go. It'll be the first bass I actually own so I can't call myself a bass player but I'll give it a shot.
Good luck, I hope it works out for you!
Small magnet on the bridge get rid of buzz
cant find this for sale anywhere at any price
Here's the direct link. I find sometimes it comes back in Amazon search results and sometimes it doesn't. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BSF4G96X
As someone who has very tiny hands, i have only ever owned a 6 string bass xD
lmao
link?
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BSF4G96X
No live demo? I wanted to hear how it sounds
I didn't do isolated audio but all of the music in the video is played on it.
(By the way, watch the clip at the end. That's all three layers "live" and without voiceover covering the audio.)
Buy a fret wrap
My gut instinct tells me that "Ktaxon" are just Glarry's that didn't make it past quality control.
It's funny to think Glarry might have a QC department.
@@room34 hahaha yeah lol
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