Glarry Short Scale Electric Bass Review. The Least Expensive Bass I've Tested at Around $100.
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
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Review by Adam Small
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I bought one of these short basses. Wow it is so cool For the price is is Awesome!!!!!
Burlywood is the guitar color,(Natural Finish), the body is made from Bass wood.
Thanks for the info!
Very good information. A very helpful video for me..Thank you for sharing this video.
I had the squire that this is copied from. It cost 199$ . This is a really close copy. I have seen them for a little over 100$. Squire Bronco.
The Squire Bronco is copied from the old Fender Musicmaster bass.
I just got an identical new Glarry short scale bass for $75 total, on eBay.
That little bass looks like a lot of fun.
I just bought one of these basses ,I'm a guitar player and all the good bass players in my area are all working already so I decided to get one of these and a loop pedal..I'm still learning how to use my pedal but it's fun looping a bass line then jamming over it on guitar
I got one of these from Amazon. I noticed it had a 1.6in or roughly 42-43mm nut width, and ended up turning mine into. Bass vi/ baritone hybrid 😅
Cool, interesting idea!
great review bud ! there's no way you could beat the price for what you get, plus they're cool looking ! they would also make a great gift for someone you know just starting out
Just got one for 65 bucks.
cpui;d "synthetic" just refer to the pickguard being loosely referred to as part of the body? - A composite would add cost over whatever they could mill from the forest. Does the pickup squeal when volume is loud? Is the pickup wound on a bar magnet- - or are the pole pieces the magmet? I'm losing both arms' function fast - wore out shoulder impingement I think plus diabetes - if I can get help then might buy this bass. Right now I can barely more my arms w/o serious pain.
Nice job! You mentioned that it was light, so is it very neck heavy?
There is a bit of neck dive, but I wouldn't say the neck is heavy. It's more about the strap placement, etc.
did you notice the pickups being very cold and distant from the strings? I had to pull out the springs from under the pickup to get maybe 63% volume. before than i had to run my gain at almost 5 and my volume around 7 to get a half decent volume for just in my home. on my other basses i dont go past a volume of 2 on my markbass rig. Any ideas?
Yeah, I replaced the pickup on the bass due to volume, etc. Check it out: ruclips.net/video/rmRYKiLTx98/видео.html
Is the neck a baseball bat (thick and round) or is a slimmer neck? I ask because I have a full sized Glarry, and the neck is too thick around for me to enjoy for faster playing. I was thinking it would be a good base to put a Fralin stacked single in. BTW, my long scale Glarry is made of Empress wood, which is super light but also on the soft side. Thanks for the review!
The neck isn't thick in my opinion. Also, you may want to check out my other video regarding the Fralin: ruclips.net/video/rmRYKiLTx98/видео.htmlsi=xFA_dBTB7oB9IZVe
I have a Glarry GTL guitar. I love it. I bought new pickups and strings and it sounds great through my Vox VT20X. Cheap fun. 😊
Nice! Yes, new pickups are key.
Adam, thanx for letting me waste some of your time with a few questions about this Glarry short-scale bass. Very few (3?) YT reviews. 1...Is it the typical Glarry baseball bat neck? The Bronco, which it copies, has a 1.5"/38mm Jazz-type neck. This has a P-style 1.62"/42mm. 2...Is the fretboard gloss or unfinished maple? 3...They have upgraded the pup to 7k for a fuller sound...with the 2 wires in 1 you showed, any problem separating the wires for an easy connection? Wish these guys made a P-Bass shorty. Cheers! ~Tim in SoCal
Hi Tim, the neck is comfortable for me to play and definitely doesn’t feel like a super thick “baseball bat neck”. It’s thinner than many P-basses I’ve played over the years, but I guess everyone has a different idea of what “thick” is to them. But for me, I like it. The fretboard is unfinished. As for the pickup, it was super easy to replace and both wires separated out to make the connections. I highlighted that because I was confused when I first opened up the bass, but the 2 wires clearly broke out and hit their respective solder spots. Hope this helps!
@@MyMusicMasterclass Thanx for replying, Adam. I'm still researching this bass...an unfinished neck will eventually get dirty, I'll need to spray it with clear lacquer. I'm looking at a Guitar Fetish Lil Killer rail humbucker, 10k for $25...should do the trick. The bass is $95, total $102, free shipping. I'll send some pics after I spruce it up. Thanx again. ~Tim
I wish they just made the short scale a P-Bass - cheaper pickups/guitar are always going to be a little noisier so having a hum cancelling pickup would be really nice.
I made a video of me replacing the pickup in this bass with a hum canceling model. It sounds nice and you can see/hear it on this channel. Check it out if you're interested.
Indio by Monoprice makes a shorty P bass.
I just ordered one from ebay. There was a special sale going on for 20 percent off and the seller was selling these for around 75. So after tax and discount, I spent around $66.36 in usd for it. Red finish. Looking forward to it, even if it turns out to be a turd.
How to you like it?
@@corpsie666 I replaced the stock pickup with a 50s tele styled pickup, and switched the tone capacitor from .056 (.057? I get the numbers mixed up) to .1 (more appropriate for that era tone) which has helped it get a boomier bass sound like I wanted.
Surprisingly, out of the box it turned out to be playable. I tweaked the bridge height and intonation, it's my 6th bass overall, but my first short scale, and honestly, it's pretty decent for what I paid for it. No sharp frets, or anything of that sort, holds a tune pretty well, and the Musicman style bridge isn't half bad either.
It's Paulownia wood. aka Phoenix wood. the most eco friendly and the 2nd lightest wood on earth.
The website and all documentation says basswood.
@@MyMusicMasterclass I know but that's something they've been saying since they started selling online back when ebay was the king of online sales. they don't expect people to know what Paulownia so they call it basswood is but if you look up pictures of basswood it looks NOTHING like the wood you have there. No other wood is as light as paulownia and can still be used for building things like furniture and guitars. It is literally the cheapest wood to use that works for guitar bodies. It's the only wood you can use in guitar building which will always produce a solid body guitar that is under 6 pounds. It has great multicolor grain that looks exactly like what you have in your hand. every basswood body guitar on earth is definitely heavier than what that guitar weighs. They call it poor man's mahogany because aside from being softer than mahogany it's got very similar characteristics. BTW there is no such type of wood as burly wood. there is no tree called burlywood. It's a type of grain structure created when fungus gets in the tree causing the grain to grow funny, it's conisidered a type of rot because the wood is weakened from it. so is flame and curly wood.
@@RJsCave I'll take your word for it. You definitely seem to be much more of a wood expert than me 😄
Wilkinson pickup would be a great replacement without breaking the bank.
Yeah, I ended up installing a Fralin in this video. ruclips.net/video/rmRYKiLTx98/видео.html. Never tried a Wilkinson but I'm always into experimenting :)
I bought one as soon as it came out. I mainly bought it for a project mustang bass. It sucked. I still have it. It’s cool but it’s VERY lacking in quality.
Yeah, I've read your reviews on this instrument, since you've posted in a few spots online. I disagree though. Although cheap and without expensive components, I like this bass with the pickup mod I made here: ruclips.net/video/rmRYKiLTx98/видео.html. I personally think it's an interesting vehicle for upgrades, but that's just my opinion :)
Mine plays very well for $75 total.
thats a bronco with beter bridge. Same factory maybe
Not quite, but close.
I’ve never understood why so many basses lack a neck pickup .
If all basses had a neck pickup, there would be no iconic P-Bass or Stingray. A neck pickup doesn't necessarily help a bass sound better. With certain configurations it helps and in others it hurts.
@@MyMusicMasterclass You don’t have to use it. But it’s nice to have the option.
@@fromchomleystreet Sounds like it's your personal preference and everyone is different. I prefer to get the sound from my hands whether using a P-Bass (split coil center mounted), J-Bass (neck & bridge) or something completely different. I never specifically need a neck pickup to get any of my tones including deep bass, but that's just my preference.
I’m going to buy this and put a cheap hot rail bootleg pickup in it.
That’s my plan, did you try it yet?
Works really great. Gets rid of the hum,and sounds really good. No regrets here🤘🤠🤘
Did it make the tone any darker?
The quality is poor with the Glarry Guitars. It is a hit or miss on the one you get! Remember some of these guys get something for promote junk on youtube. I have two of Glarry basses and the quality was poor. I have to do a lot of work to make them playable. Get something better!