PSA: Cheap Vox basses at GuitarGuitar. Shortscales

Rich31k

Well it arrived today. I’m pleasantly surprised. It’s my first bass, so I can’t compare it to anything else, but it’s light (6lbs), the neck is comfortable coming from electric/acoustic guitar and it is really well built -  no sharp frets, good paint finish. The decent gig bag is a surprise too. 

I’ve lowered the action, and it seems nice to play. It’s comfortable on my knee too. No neck dive or anything. 

At £499 I’m not sure I’d have bought it, but at £182 (with postage), it feels like a steal. 

Oh and the fretboard is purpleheart. Feels a bit like ebony. 

dazzajl

I still quite like the design of these and it looks nicer in your shots than it does on the websites too. 

Lovely little bonus peek of Fidelity there too

GoFish

I love the old Vox "Shadow" (?) styling from the 80s with a bit of a reverse offset thing going on from memory. This one intrigues me but I'm not really down with the short scale...

Late edit: The Vox White Shadow:

prowla

They’re interesting, but I think not for me. 

GoFish

@Rich31k - Your pics make the black one look awesome!

TheMarlin

Quite tempted by this. Was thinking about getting. Share scale bass again

thecolourbox

I'm genuinely glad I don't play bass