Product: Ashton AB-200
Price Paid: $100 (AUD)
Submitted
07/09/2003
at
05:28am
by
Rod Kingston
Email: rodkingston<at>kooee dot com dot au
Features
:
7
Bought S/Hand for Aus$100, good nick, few marks & a ding. Made in Vietnam. 4 strings, 20 frets, 32 in. scale, P style split p/up (passive), small & light , suit small player/girl. 2 knobs, vol. & tone. Black colour, no pickguard. Bolt-on maple neck w/ rosewd. fretbd. Body wood? - something light.
Setup OK when I got it, tried to lower action, just got buzzing, so reset it as before!
Sound
:
5
Sound OK for a cheapie-warm P- bass style- improve by replacing p/up with Pure Tone "Goanna" @ only $60 Aus, then maybe bridge.
Range of sound limited since only 1 p/up.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
OK for a cheapie, tried to lower, just got fret buzz!
Reliability/Durability
:
7
Seems reasonably durable, tho' I don't do much gigging!
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
7
This is a plain, straight forward bass to suit beginner/small person/lady, with an Ok sound & playability.
Good for travelling if space is tight!
Good value for money. Not worth more than $250 AUD new or so, tho'.
