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Started by Shibiwan, January 28, 2022, 12:54:16 PM

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Shibiwan

Picked up this beauty off a local Craigslist ad a couple weeks ago. US Masters Design EPiN4 (i = import, Korean made), through neck design, active electronics, plays beautifully. I've been wanting to pick up bass guitar for a while - struggling with slap bass technique though.  ;D



'88 Ibanez 540R
'90 Charvel 475 Special
'91 Ibanez JEM77BFP
'97 Ibanez JEM7VWH
'98 Ibanez Universe UV777PBK
'20 Ibanez PIA3761-SLW
'22 Ibanez BTB805MS Bass
ADA MP-1
ADA MP-2
Roland GP-100
Digitech GSP-2101 Artist (LE)
Digitech Studio 5000
Digitech Studio Quad V2
Behringer XR18
ADA MT-100 (spare amp)
Marshall 9200

On the repair/rebuild bench in various states of (dis)repair:
91 Ibanez 540R (restoration in progress)
Piles of GSP-2101
MP-2 main board in parts....

rnolan

Nice Bass  :thumb-up: .  I struggle with slap also, when I don't think about it I seem to be able to slap ok (not brilliantly), but as soon as I "try" it doesn't work out so well, I think I'm worried it'll hurt  :dunno:
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Peter H. Boer

Nice bass  :thumb-up:

Slap is soooo overrated. C:-)
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Harley Hexxe

Looks like a nice bass :thumb-up:

    Looks comfortable to play. Funny though, made in Korea, but called "US Masters." I wonder what they are implying?  :lol:

Harley 8)
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Harley Hexxe

I only have two brain cells left, ...and I'm saving them for the weekend!

Shibiwan

#5
Quote from: Harley Hexxe on January 30, 2022, 07:32:43 AM
Looks like a nice bass :thumb-up:

    Looks comfortable to play. Funny though, made in Korea, but called "US Masters." I wonder what they are implying?  :lol:

Harley 8)

Thanks. It's pretty lightweight, really well balanced and has a great tone.

I had wondered the same thing about the origin of the guitar and researched it pretty extensively.

US Masters was a small guitar manufacturer based in Wisconsin. They made a line of semi custom guitars there (i.e. made in the USA true to their name), but somewhere in 2008/2009, they started an affordable import range with the EPiN and EPiB models, calling then the US Masters Design range. These imports were initially made in Korea and around 2013 onwards, they moved the manufacturing lines to China. They did continue to build US Masters guitars and basses in Wisconsin alongside the imports in their custom shop.

The company eventually went under and the business was sold in 2015 or thereabouts... don't know what happened after that. Their used guitars and basses have a good reputation for quality but don't do well in the used market.



Interestingly enough, there's a delusional chap on Reverb that has the same exact bass listed for $2000 more than what I paid for it.  :crazy:  :facepalm:
'88 Ibanez 540R
'90 Charvel 475 Special
'91 Ibanez JEM77BFP
'97 Ibanez JEM7VWH
'98 Ibanez Universe UV777PBK
'20 Ibanez PIA3761-SLW
'22 Ibanez BTB805MS Bass
ADA MP-1
ADA MP-2
Roland GP-100
Digitech GSP-2101 Artist (LE)
Digitech Studio 5000
Digitech Studio Quad V2
Behringer XR18
ADA MT-100 (spare amp)
Marshall 9200

On the repair/rebuild bench in various states of (dis)repair:
91 Ibanez 540R (restoration in progress)
Piles of GSP-2101
MP-2 main board in parts....

Harley Hexxe

Don't feel bad.

    I have a few Korean made Fender Showmaster guitars made around 2000-2004, and I see a few of these going for ridiculous prices. These guitars were only around $600 USD new, but they were barely worth that. While the body and neck construction were very good, the hardware and electronics they came with were junk.

     Certainly not worth even close to $2000. Mine are beater guitars that I'll play out with and leave my USA Fenders at home.

Harley 8)
I only have two brain cells left, ...and I'm saving them for the weekend!

Shibiwan

#7
Quote from: Harley Hexxe on January 31, 2022, 05:36:22 PM
...the hardware and electronics they came with were junk.

The hardware and electronics are pretty good. Wilkinson hardware throughout and US Masters custom pickups with nice sounding active electronics shared with their USA-made models.
'88 Ibanez 540R
'90 Charvel 475 Special
'91 Ibanez JEM77BFP
'97 Ibanez JEM7VWH
'98 Ibanez Universe UV777PBK
'20 Ibanez PIA3761-SLW
'22 Ibanez BTB805MS Bass
ADA MP-1
ADA MP-2
Roland GP-100
Digitech GSP-2101 Artist (LE)
Digitech Studio 5000
Digitech Studio Quad V2
Behringer XR18
ADA MT-100 (spare amp)
Marshall 9200

On the repair/rebuild bench in various states of (dis)repair:
91 Ibanez 540R (restoration in progress)
Piles of GSP-2101
MP-2 main board in parts....

Harley Hexxe

That's a lot better quality hardware than the junk Fender sprung for. I guess they didn't want to risk the Korean manufacture showing up the USA guitars.

The pickups on the other hand that they came with were Seymour Duncans, but they were rewound to the point that they were thin and wimpy sounding. I know Duncan can make some killer sounding pickups, but the ones that were stock in those guitars, just made you not want to play it. I have DiMarzio Air Buckers in those now. Much better

Harley 8)
I only have two brain cells left, ...and I'm saving them for the weekend!