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I tried one of these at the Olympia Show at the weekend.
https://www.snap-dragon-guitars.co.uk/snap-dragon-e-bass-4-p.asp
Found the scale length and neck profile easy to get along with but the very light weight and small body size felt quite odd. The folding / locking mechanism seemed impressively robust.
If I was doing the same amount of travelling with work that I was doing a couple of years ago I'd have no hesitation about getting one immediately but I'm trying to convince myself that I'd get enough use out of it now. However having just had train delay compensation from Thameslink come through I think I might well end up placing an order soon.
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I would probably expect more for my three hundred and seventy nine quid.
Although I think its purpose is more as a travel instrument. If it goes into an overhead locker then it's more travel-able even than something like a Steinberger cricket bat.
Looks - in relative terms - to be about where the bridge pickup on a certain other bass is, so I'm sure it will be just fine .
I think it's a fair price for a limited-production instrument with an innovative feature. It's less than half what that Eastwood Pocket thing is...
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Very comfortable and playable bass. Tone was decent but I found the output a little low. What surprised me was the weight - it felt quite heavy but I don't know if that was my eyes and brain playing tricks with me at its diminutive size. Looking at their website, they're 2.8kg (6.1lbs) and made from Timboo, which is compressed bamboo fibres.
I loved how it folded at tension in half and when you snapped it back in place, it didn't really need tuning.
I'd consider a used one at the right price, not just as travel bass or for the convenience at home etc, but as a second bass and that's what a couple of the BassChatters said, and that's how the owner used it.