Bass Gear Review

Reviewer	Mark Thomson
Experience	1 year
Review date	October 24 2003
Manufacturer	Encore
Model	PK20 (7/8-scale)
Price	Ł99
Item owned for	6 months to 1 year

Bass type	4 string fretted
Neck join	Bolt-On
Neck construction	Cheap wood
Fingerboard	20 Frets, 7-8 scale
Body	Cheap wood
Finish	Glossy ?
Pickups	P-bass style pick ups
Hardware	Sunburst
Electronics	passive I think

It was cheap so you can't expect much but its one buzzing mother, you really gotta turn down all your amp's setting (mid etc) to get a clean sound so you cant get much of a tonal difference. The tone control does work well however but makes a gritty crackling noise sometimes when it is turned, this also happens with the volume knob. The strap holder thing on the end slowly worked its way out of the guitar and could not be screwed back in coz it was screwed directly into the wood and its very cheap wood coz flakes of wood drop out if you shake it. I had to tape it back on. Overall its a good starter bass coz its got a smaller neck. Cheap and kinda cheerful. Remember the price when looking at the ratings coz its gonna be low.

Construction	50%
Appearance	85%
Playability	50%
Sound	50%
Value	85%
Overall	50%
(It was cheap so you can't expect to much)