Eastwood Coming Out With a Tiger Bass

[lbpesq]

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]

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]

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]

IIRC it was neck heavy also.

[lbpesq]

And with a baseball bat neck.

Bill, tgo

[mica]

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

[edwardofhuncote]

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]

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.