Eastwood Coming Out With a Tiger Bass

lbpesq · December 26, 2020, 10:40:50 AM

This is kind of interesting. Eastwood is taking deposits on a bass based on Tiger.

Bill, tgo

https://eastwoodguitars.com/collections/custom-projects-list/products/eastwood-tiger-bass

gtrguy · December 26, 2020, 11:51:34 AM

Interesting. BTW, I ordered a guitar from Eastman (Not Eastwood) in Dec a year ago and it finally showed up here in the US recently, a year later.

edwin · January 04, 2021, 10:31:56 PM

This is a copy of the Doug Irwin bass that Phil played ca. 1980. I thought it was the worst sounding bass he played until the Ritter. It might have sounded better with Alembic pickups and electronics.

paulman · January 05, 2021, 04:33:53 AM

IIRC it was neck heavy also.

lbpesq · January 05, 2021, 09:33:00 AM

And with a baseball bat neck.

Bill, tgo

mica · January 05, 2021, 02:05:16 PM

We made a couple of Tribute shaped basses, I don't really want to make any more. They are not really comfy IMO.

edwardofhuncote · January 06, 2021, 08:16:30 AM

I thought I'd seen a Tribute bass here somewhere, and I remember thinking it looked like it might be awkward. Could work out for one of those sweet little 'Shorter-Than-Short-Scale' numbers though. You know, if just the right nut comes along...

jon_jackson · January 07, 2021, 08:02:07 AM

As the current owner of one of the Tribute basses ("Scarlet", medium scale), I must say I don't find the body shape uncomfortable. It is heavy (due to front and back quilted cocobolo), but the body shape is fine.