Product: Daisy Rock Guitars Heartbreaker Bass
Price Paid: 299 (# sterling)
Submitted
12/22/2004
at
01:41pm
by
Andrew Peters
Email: andynpeters<at>yahoo dot com
Features
:
7
A Far-Eastern made Bass, short scale, shaped like a heart in metallic purple. It has a fairly generic feel but how much better is the modern Chinese product than the stuff I had to learn on 30 yrs ago? Plus it comes in a left-handed version (HUGE BONUS POINTS!!!)
One PU, volume & tone (ie useable tone or way too bassy )control.
Comes with a cute gig-bag.
A slim neck, easy to play & the short-scale is ideal for us less-than-huge men.
I bought my girlfriend one as a Christmas present, liked it & thought I'd get myself one as a more portable alternative to my Fender Jazz (also I'm not that huge so it's easier to play)
Mine has a "guitars for girls" decal on the headstock whilst hers doesn't. I think this cuts out half their available market & they should stop it!! Short scale basses work for us men too.
It's a tad neck heavy, so use it with a grippy strap.
Sound
:
7
I play it through a TraceElliott stack, which is going to make anything sound good. I'm not a connoiseur of bass tones, but it sounds good enough for me. It's a little noisy, but I plan on doing something to its cavities soon. Overall it sounds like a bass guitar!
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
No problems when it arrived, no dead spots & no buzzes or rattles ( unlike my Gibson335, amongst others!!). A lot of brand new guitars have problems, this one didn't.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
It seems fairly durable, I would doubt if the hardware is the world's best but then some people prefer easily damaged stuff. Fender seem to make a virtue of how easily their finishes will wear away. I would think it would withstand regular gigging
Customer Support
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No Opinion
ABC Music were just fine, Have no idea about warranty. Dealer in UK, Company in USA I'm in Spain so if it breaks I'll fix it myself!!
Overall Rating
:
8
It's a perfectly good bass. Not hand made, no fancy woods or expensive inlays, but it looks good & makes a good sound. Ideal for the beginner or maybe the guitar player who needs a bass for his/her home studio. Live I would think it would suit a bass player who has to sing & play at the same time. It's not too heavy (bliss!!) & it looks cute.
Product: Daisy Rock Guitars Heartbreaker Bass
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted
03/10/2003
at
11:20am
by
Anonymous
Features
:
4
basswood body, rock maple neck, 22 fret and some shit duncan design "p" style pickups... better than a squire... but still a while off
Sound
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3
i play funk and metal mainly but i landed a gig as a bassist in a recording touring industrial/glam rock outfit thanks to my jaco piece i played as a demo to them! basically it boils down to the fact i "needed" a wierd looking guitar, the guitarists use bc rich beast and the other guy uses an explorer so i was limited by choice a Black, heart shape guitar..... mmm interesting... the pickups are shit but you knew that allready.... its a completly live thing...since i have warwicks and ibanez for studio.... i take it like all bizarly shapped guitars..they look cool but tonally suck, exept the gibsons.... so if your a ten year old goth girl get it!! if your looking for awesome tone look else wer....
Action, Fit, & Finish
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No Opinion
there piss cheap... its better than a squire but as long as it doesnt hurt playing i dont mind its really light (made for 10 yr old girls) if it fucks up ill buy a new one.. its no biggie
Reliability/Durability
:
4
if it dont last ill buy a new one.. but it does last the duration of the gig, yes
Customer Support
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No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
ive been playing since i was 11 i was playing flea by 14 jaco by 17 i love the look...but "goths" will want to replace the pickguard and get rid of the heart inlays and logo on the headstock.... i did and i certainly dont regret it...
