Epiphone Allen Woody Bass

OTHER REVIEWS HERE ARE PRETTY MUCH ON TARGET,SO I WONT REPEAT....MADE IN KOREA....AND VERY WELL DONE ! NECK FEELS GOOD, FAIRLY SLIM, A LITTLE WIDER THAN FENDER JAZZ BASS, BUT A VERY "SURE-FRET" FEELING. AS A GUITAR PLAYER, WHO PLAYS BASS OFF AND ON,...THIS BASS IS EXCELLENT,....HOLDS LIKE A GUITAR (NOT TOP HEADSTOCK HEAVY) SHORT SCALE IS VERY COMFORTABLE.....MAKE SURE BRIDGE IS UDJUSTED WITH AN UP-WARD ARC..SO AS TO PUT A LITTLE MORE PRESSURE ON SADDLES,...AS THEY ARE NOT SNUG AND WILL RATTLE WITH STRING VIBRATION.......ACCEPT FOR CORRECTABLE SADDLE THING I HAVE TO RATE THIS BASS HIGH

THIS BASS SOUNDS EXCEPTIONAL....BIG, CLEAN ,FAT LOWS AND NICE MIDS THANKS TO PICK-UP PLACEMENT,...AND PU'S RESPOND WELL TO AMP SETTING, SO YOU CAN GET PLENTY OF TREBLE HIGHS IF THATS YOUR BAG...MIDDLE PU WILL LIKELY BE IN THE WAY FOR SLAPPY TREBLE POPPERS,...BUT IT WILL SNAP,CRACKLE, AND POP, JUST KEEP PUPS SET LOW,....BOTTOM LINE THOUGH,..THIS BASS WAS MADE FOR BIG DEEP SOUND,...C L E A N, AND ARTICULATE NOTES.....IF YOUR SLAP-HAPPY, YOU NEED SOMETHING ELSE...

YOU CAN SET THIS ACTION UP THE WAY YOU WANT,...NECK ADJUSTS PERFECTLY,....BRIDGE VERY ADJUSTABLE (JUST KEEP SADDLES TAUNT)I HAVE MINE SET UP LOW ACTION , AS LOW AS ANY BASS CAN GO...YET NO FRET BUZZ. PUPS ARE WHERE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THIS BASS TO DO WHAT IT DOES.....AND THEY ARE "HOT"

ITS SEMI HOLLOW, AND FIXED NECK......SO NOT GREAT FOR USE AS A WEAPON, BUT IT APPEARS WELL CONSTRUCTED AND SOLID, ITS NOT FLIMSY,BUT YOU'LL NEED A HARDSHELL CASE FOR BEST TRANSPORT PROTECTION. HARDWARE IS ALL SOLID, TUNERS VERY GOOD

I TRIED THE OTHER SHORT SCALES...ONLY ONES I COULD FIND WERE ENTRY LEVEL CHEAPIES..THEY DONT PLAY OR SOUND ANYWHERES NEAR AS GOOD AS THIS MID PRICED EPI...THIS IS A VERY PROFESSIONAL QUALITY BASS. I REALLY LIKE IT...I MEAN "REALLY" LIKE IT....IF YOU LIKE A SHORT SCALE (AND I CANT IMAGINE WHY ANYONE WOULD'NT)....AND WANT A QUALITY SOUND FOR MOST VENUES....THIS IS A SUPER BASS.....

Explained very well in the first post. I wish it had a pickup switch, and may eventually replace the tone pot with one.

I play in a drummerless alt-country band, with acoustic guitar, fiddle, and mandolin. I started with a Squier P-Bass special, moved to a Rogue violin bass (a copy of a Hofner), and now use this Allen Woody. A short scale hollow body bass has the more acoustic tone that's right for this music, but an actual acoustic bass guitar is too boomy and lacks the definition needed to drive the songs. The Rogue bass is the woodier-sounding of the two, and I prefer it for a few songs, but on the majority of our material I prefer the sound of the Allen Woody. In addition to working with the band I'm in, I'm loking forward to using this bass for blues, blues-based rock, more electrified country, basically the whole gamit of American roots music.

I play it through a Vox T-25, no effects. It's quiet and has a rich tone that's both dark and warm, with great definition all the way down. I find that most basses lose definition below the low A, but this one doesn't, even with the bass on my amp almost cranked. That makes it perfect for me, since I like a big round warm bass tone but still want to hear every note.

I haven't tried to get a bright sound out of it because that ain't my bag, and that ain't the bass's bag either, but it has more variety of tone than I expected and is very responsive to the EQ settings on the amp. I haven't used it in the studio yet so I can't compare that to its stage performance, but I am very much looking forward to recording with it.

Bottom line, I love the sound of this instrument.

The setup was excellent and I'm particular. I put on Hofner flatwounds and adjusted the intonation a little. Left the action and pickups alone. I have yet to find a flaw. It plays beautifully, the most comfortable bass I've ever had my hands on.

One of the reasons I bought this bass was because my Rogue doesn't hold tuning well when the temperature fluctuates and we were getting gigs outdoors. I played my Allen Woody outdoors at night, with the temperature in the forties and falling, and it was extremely stable. Everything about it is very solid. Can't speak for how often the neck needs adjustment because I've only had it about a month, but the neck seems very rigid. Yes, I've already used it on gigs without a backup, and will do so again.

Haven't dealt with the company.

I've been playing for thirty odd years with a couple long breaks, so say about twenty years all together. If it were stolen or lost, I would cry, then order another. I love how it plays, how it sounds, and how it looks. My favorite feature is the neck, which fits my hand like no other; I have fairly big hands, and the neck is wider and flatter than the Rogue but not too thin. My only complaint is the lack of a pickup switch, but I love it just using the neck pickup. This is my favorite bass that I've ever played, period.

The previous person has explained the features quite well, so won't bore you with that. It isn't set up like a space shuttle with bells and whistles, but if you've ever heard Allen Woody play, you'd know not to expect that anyway.

I use this mainly for blues and at that it excells. If you want a hyped-up treble monster which you can slap like your drunk ex-girlfriend who maxed your credit cards while in Mexico with your best friend, this ain't the beast for you. However, if you want a bass that will rumble the lower lobes of your lungs while still providing high end which is more closely related to an acoustic upright, this will definitely fill the bill. I play it through a 1976 Fender Bassman 100, Carvin 2X10 and a Genz Benz 1X15 and it rattles the floor boards. Provides a great lower shelf for blues, but with excellent note definition. It's low AND clean...imagine that?

Obtained it used and it came to me set up okay. I lowered the action a bit, adjusted the truss slightly and put on a set of GHS flatwounds. The action on this is excellent. Very fast, easy to play, and the weight because of the chambered body is a joy after my '79 P-bass which weighs just slightly less than my first VW bug. The fit and finish are both excellent. Deep red wine color, binding looks great, frets are set well and smooth. The only squawk I have is that the nut looks a little cheap. Am seriously considering replacing it with brass or bone.

It's built quite well and I would imagine years of enjoyment out of this if it's not used to forcibly remove intoxicated skank from the stage Babe Ruth style. Unlike my old P-basses which I could use to jack up the truck for a flat, this I will definitely require a little more TLC. However, all components appear to work fine and I've had absolutely no problems gigging with this over the past 5 months, three nights a week.

Don't know. No reason to call them.

I've been playing for over 25 years, mixing it up with rock, blues, jazz, etc. You name it I've done it. If this was stolen I would definitely pick up another. I usually take 3 basses to each gig, this, my 79 P-bass and a 76 Jazz. However, for blues this gets the most use by far, at least 95%. I'm glad it is basic in nature, no bells and whistles, and provides exactly what it's namesake would want it too...straight rumbling balls to the wall low end. Period. It excels at what it was designed for, so overall I'm giving it a 9. Afterall, how can you compare an earth mover and a Prosche, right? You gotta compare where fair, right?

The Woody Allan Signature Bass I purchased was made in November of 2002, I ordered it from Musicians Friend In January. It was manufactured in Korea. The bass has a chambered body based on the "Cat " series of guitars, which is mahogany (without the f-holes) with white and black binding. The headstock is a traditional 2 + 2 with Gotoh-style tuners. The set neck is a short-scale (30") with 22 standard vintage-style frets. It's neck is maple and is thin in both width and depth (the whole bass is very similar in both body and neck dimensions to a Hofner Club bass, although it is not a copy). The bass has two humbuckers in the mid and bass positions, with two volume controls and one tone control (standard Gibson/Epiphone knobs) and is passive. Wine red is the only color I know that it comes in, and has no flaws that I could find. All hardware, including the Epiphone standard 3-point bridge, is gold. It came with a 10 foot cable. Smaller than the average 34 inch scale bass, it was a great buy for me due to arthritis.

Playing primarily both southern and country style Christian music, its deep throbbing sound fits these styles perfectly. I imagine it
would sound great with both blues and traditional rock & roll styles as well. I am currently using it with a Nemisis 210 combo bass amp with a Zoom BFX108 effects pedal occasionally. The humbucking pickups sound very nice with little or no noise (I have recorded with it and not noticed anything). Although both picups are situated closer to the neck (like a Hofner Cavern bass) I was surprised how much treble I could get. The bass excells in the mid to low rumbling range, how ever, and the highs cannot be mistaken for those of a Jazz Bass. A really great sound for traditionalists. Due to pickup placement and vintage size frets, poppers and slappers probably would not like it.

The Allan Woody Bass is very well made. The fit and finish was excellent. All the binding, hardware, and neck (It's a set neck) were flawless. The set-up was a little lower than I liked, so set it up and put on a set of short-scale strings that were more to my liking than those that came with it, although it sounded good out of the box. The only thing off was the intonation, which was easily fixed.

The bass seems to be very solid, especially for a semi-hollow chambered bass. The finish seems very durable and should last many years if not abused. The same could be said for the hardware. The truss rod is at the headstock end, and needed only a slight bit of adjustment when I set it up for the new strings. No adjustments have been needed since. It seems solid enough that I feel no need to take a backup when I carry it out to play (my guitarist takes his own bass to play on tunes where I play mandolin). I've had no problems thus far.

I have bought several instruments from Epiphone in the past, and what problems I have had, they have always done their best and fixed it without any hassle. Epiphone guitars and basses come with limited lifetime warranties.

This bass fits my needs for a live bass. It is smaller than the average bass and has a short scale neck. It is very comfortable to play and does not tax my arthritic fingers and shoulder (guess how that came about) like the long scale heavier basses I previously played live (I still play my Carvins and Fenders in the studio). If it were stolen or destroyed I would do my best to find another just like it (Limited Edition). The bass is a great value in price, playability, and sound. It is , in my opinion, the best short scale bass Epiphone/Gibson has made, if not the best one on the market for under a grand.