I think I got a good one. What can we expect from a $80 acoustic bass. Packaging kind of sucked...no box around the guitar box. I was scared because I heard rattling...however! I inspected the neck, body, fret board, and plugs... all in good shape! Strings were flopping around, which I was happy about because I always take off the factory stuff. Oiled it up, tightened it up, straightened it out, filed the bridge saddle, nut and what not... the frets did not need filing, 9v was in its packaging super awesome, wrapped the interior wiring with electrical tape so it helps the ringing feedback, put on new strings, put on guitar strap... mine had a button on the front too!, tuned it. I have a Ampeg BA115V2 and good cables so this helps a bunch. For the money I am very pleased. Yes it has some cheapo decals/ pick guard, body is super thin, and the electronics aren't great but seriously doubt if you can find any electric acoustic bass at this price. If you want a really nice acoustic bass you will end up spending over 4 times as much as this one. I have Schecter, Ortega, Epiphone, Kona in that order of quality. Some solid body and some acoustic. This is not trying to be those. I gambled and won. Granted it probably sounds awful if you just take it out of the box and try to tune and play... spend some time setting it up.

Having played guitar and bass for a long time I just wanted a bass to mess around with at home. Seeing the high reviews on such a cheap bass, I thought I'd give this one a shot and I am so happy I went with this one. It arrived fast from fed ex on a Saturday. All I did was tune it and played. It's AMAZING for the price. I could not believe this only cost $80. It sounds like it should've been more. Only thing I did was take a little old English furniture polish and spread some with a q-top under the strings and onto the fretboard. The fretboard is a little dry as I saw other people also say. Other than that, I tuned it and played it within 3 minutes of unpackinging it. I lugged my old bass amp I had sitting in my attic down and plugged it in to test the electronics. It played every string loud and clear through the amp. People said the low E was hardly noticable through an amp. Not mine. They all were heard. An excellent bass guitar for a beginner to an expert. All around 5 stars for sure. I would def recommend it if you're looking for an acoustic/electric bass for whatever reason you want to use it for. I love just grabbing it and playing along to my favorite songs n my iPad. 2 thumbs up! If you are torn between this a couple other ones, 100% go with this one, you will not be disappointed.

Great bass for the money, but set your expectations correctly. First of all, the bass will likely arrive not quite ready to go out of the box. Inexpensive guitars rarely arrive ready to play. Either be prepared to set it up yourself or pay someone to do so. Mine was hardly playable out of the box. When it arrived the action was set very high, however the intonation was good so the setup needed was minimal. I straightened the neck with the truss- up and shaved down the bridge saddle. The nut was actually cut well depth-wise, though the slots were a bit snug. I opened the string slots a bit to make sure they allowed the string to glide smoothly. The nut is cheap plastic as is the bridge. I may replace them in the future with bone if I bond well to this instrument. Once adjusted, it played very nicely.

I experienced the same issue with uneven sound from the pickup as others have had. The fix was super easy! When I had the bridge out to shave it down, I pulled out the pickup a bit and carefully scraped off the plastic coating on the pick-up "bumps" using a utility knife. I only scraped the plastic off of the bumps that didn't produce enough sound, in my case the D and G strings. I replaced the pickup in its nook and all was fabulous. That tiny adjustment made a world of difference and now all of the strings are equally voiced when plugged in. Finally, I relocated the strap button that is on the neck heel. It interfered with my access to the upper frets so it got mounted on the bottom of the heel. As others have mentioned, the rosewood fingerboard and bridge were very, very, very dry. The driest I have ever seen. Liberal application and re-application of lemon oil took care of it, though it took quite a while to get it properly conditioned.

That is all of the bad, which isn't really bad at all. As someone else said, it's like buying a guitar that needs the finishing touches done. For $75, it's still a good deal even if you had to pay a pro to do it. Construction is good, but the finish is not absolutely perfect in some small spots. I've seen Epiphones with the same and worse finish flaws, so it came as no surprise. However, the binding is decently done with triple on the top and single on the body and neck. The frets were nicely finished with no loose, sharp or high frets. The perfling is very nice and doesn't look cheap on other inexpensive guitars that clearly use a decal. This is either inset or a really nice decal. In any case it looks good. The finish is glossy, but not sticky like some gloss fender necks I've played. The neck profile is a chunky-ish C profile that feels good to me. The headstock has an understated logo that is unfortunately under the clear coat, so getting rid of it is a chore I won't undertake. It's not bad, as it doesn't grab attention so it is easy to live with. All in all this guitar is an amazing value at $75. Better quality than other brands at a much higher price point. This bass guitar is a winner in my book, as long as you are ready to do some work setting it up.

This is a nice bass...if you want something inexpensive to beat around with, here it is. No need to spend more money. I've not tried the electronics yet, but the acoustic sound from this - with the factory strings - is great. If the electronics don't work well, no problem, I'll drill a whole in the bottom and put in a microphone pickup. Also, I've not detected any intonation up and down the fretboard. Out of the box, it came pretty well set-up - nothing out-of-wack that could not be fixed. Which was much appreciated. Just had to adjust the truss rod to straighten the neck a little to bring the action down...I chose to file the nut slots some because the measurements suggested that; and the saddle a little too. Rockin' now. I would not fear playing this with others or in front of people. The thing is, this low-end stuff built overseas is so good now you really have to consider if it's worth spending money in the next range of $400 or so (because it's probably close to the same quality and maybe even built in the same factory). Also, this did have strap pegs on both ends...

Sometimes, you can buy an inexpensive instrument and it will sound great. This is one of those instruments. I hope my post helps others, I've been playing acoustic guitar, bass guitar and other instruments for more than 30 years.
Here is the breakdown on this acoustic electric bass guitar.

What came in the box:

1) On the box, the guitar was made by Sky Enterprise, the model of this bass is 427 for the one that is natural color.

2) The box came with pick guard that has a Self Adhesive sticker on the back. I am glad that the manufacturer is giving the owner the option. To me, I like the way the bass looks without it, but end game... it depends if the player heavily uses a pick or not.. some do.

3) There was no hex wench for the truss rod, however I have ones that fit already.. so no big deal on that.

4) The guitar did have foam wrapping inside, and then just the thin outside box. I think that there should have been another external box for more protection.

Physical condition / Fit and Finish:

1) Unlike others that have posted, on the one I got... "no" scratches or other damage. The body is perfect! There is abalone for the rosette, and the front top wood may be spruce, the sides and back very much do look like mahogany.

2) The fretboard is supposedly rosewood, and it was "very dry", I put 3 dime sized drops of Old English lemon oil (not polish) to condition the fretboard. The strings were not tight (as they should) so it was easy to rub in the oil.

3) The "BC" that is on the head stock was very faded, and not to noticeable unless you get in close to the guitar. I don't think that was intentional by the manufacturer, however I very much like the way the logo looks. It's not pronounced. more faded with the wood itself.

4) There is a strap bottom on the very bottom of the guitar and another one of the side of the "neck" toward the body, not sure if that was added as an after thought as I read some posts here on Amazon that there was no 2nd strap button.

5) The built in equalizer is a model: EQ-7545R which you can find by itself on Amazon. The volume knob does not seem too solid, so be careful about that when your turning that volume knob, the other sliders on the EQ, seem good. The battery check light works. Also note that the 9-volt battery is installed and has plastic wrap on it, so you have to pull the battery compartment out and then take that plastic wrap off..don't forget about that.

Sound / Playability:

1) All the frets are fine, they seem to be all the right height.. no dead spots.. nothing. The ends of the frets are "dressed", no need to file them.

2) I did have to tighten the truss rod, that that helped bring down the string height. The white saddle the the strings goes over on the bridge, that piece does come out, and I took down "half" of the material using a dermel rotary tool, then a flat metal file and that also helped get the strings height lowered for better playability. Don't forget to look on YouTube for instructions on adjusting the truss rod and saddle, "you can" do the basic set up yourself. It's more of a feel, see and play "thing"... more than anything else.

3) Some people in the comments has said that the biggest string, the "E" string does not sound loud enough when the guitar is plugged into an amplifier. Try adjusting the equalizer settings, take down "higher end" on the right of the guitar equalizer and then turn up the "mid" or "high" on your amplifier, that may balance out the sound more.

4) The bridge looks more like a classical style bridge. It has no bridge pins, only holes that go thru the bridge itself. I went with light gauge D'Addario Strings, which I may return for some phosphor acoustic ones, not 100% on that. Another idea, is Nylon strings. Also to note, buy bass guitar strings that are short scale. Also to add, that light strings tend to be brighter, but the upside of that, they are easier to press down and \ fret and also less tension on the neck and bridge.

5) The strings that comes with the guitar, are "ok" for the short term, but I can see physical imperfections of the strings themselves, like the wounds are mushed up in some areas of each string. There is plenty of new ones to choose from on Amazon.

Final Conclusion:

This electric acoustic bass guitar is a Christmas present but I needed to check out that there was not any outstanding issues with it. From what I can see, this is perfect. I have not seen any acoustic electric bass guitars, that the body has that cutaway shape in this low price range.. anywhere. It's definitely worth buying 100%"¦ Have a great holiday season! - Tom