Encore PK20SB

very standard p-bass style. cheap, one split pickup, probably basswood body, maple neck, rosewood board, you get what you pay for.

lets put it this way - i now play guitar. thin sound, no versatility at all. I'm not even sure why it had controls - only the volume seems to make some difference. Never gigged it, only used it for a few months then it sat in my room for ages until i needed the space and sold it for ??20.

Action is high, very high. The shop i bought it from set it up for me and they say they lowered the action by about a third. The intonation was completely off and the neck didn't quite seem to be lined up properly and the pickups needed so much tinkering to get a sound out of them. The finish chips easily and is of low quality. just a poor bass really.

here we go... One tuning peg was always loose - regardless of who tried to fix it. another one fell apart mid playing - which was fun(!). The volume control broke which i got fixed because the actual pot broke - so it just spinned on the spot. the top strap button fell out, taking a small lump of wood with it. All these problems occured in the space of about 3 months. If i was to use this at a gig i would need a backup - and I would use the backup from the word go.

never dealt with the company, never will.

If this got stolen while i had it - i would have laughed at the thief. Would i buy it again? Only if i ran out of tinder out in the wilderness and wanted to start a fire. My favourite feature was it was cheap.

Nice and cheap, short scale suits my small hands. Very light and is easy on my neck.

Now that i've set it up properly (took ages) it doesn't buzz at me too much. It wasn't set up at all when I got it and buzzed like hell. I removed the neck and packed it witha few sheets of paper to get the thing aligned properly. It more or less stopped the buzzing and it produces a nice tone now.

Not set up at all. Pickups were mis aligned and i had to adjust the height until they sounded ok. The tone control works quite well. Bridge was all over theplace and I'm still fidling with it to get a good sound and intonation.

not played it on a gig yet. Finich is nasty and chips easily. Truss rod is fully ightened but still isn't right. If i tighten it any more it will break something!

Yes I'd use it without backup but I have it set up more or less properly now - it was TERRIBLE to begin with.

Its okay for the price but it needs a lot of attention to make it stop buzzing, play in tune and have a good sound. I've managed to cure it of most of its ills but it's been a pain setting it up. the neck alignment was probably the worst thing about it.

Dont know where it was made or when. (oops)

It has 20 frets with 2 single coils
no selector
1 tone 1 volume
Passive Electronics
P-Bass style
crappy bridge

i play lots of metal and some ska ans things like that

it suited my stlye a little but if you want a really good sound from these pickups get a stompbox or something. after about 100 times of using it the picups started to fuzz but it just added too the metal sound

the action was crap.
the finish was ok but chacked way too easily

very poor quality wood and the strap buttons fell off during a gig

it withstood a live performance but the strap buttons were shit
i would have a backup with me or just leave this at home.

dont depend on it

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i have been playing for 3 years. i only bought this because i needed a bass on a very low budjet. it looked a little crappy but i bought it anyway. it is really good cos im only 5ft 1

i regret buying it but it was something to use until i got another