General
Model Number
TBBK-1
Series
TB Style
Body Information
Body Material
Mahogany
Body Shape
TB Style
Body Finish
Sealed Unfinished
Neck Information
Neck Material
Mahogany
Neck Finish
Unfinished
Scale Length
34" / 864mm
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
12"
Number of Frets
20
Frets
Medium Jumbo, Nickel Silver
Nut Material
Plastic
Nut Width
1 5/8"
Position Inlays
Acrylic Dot
Truss Rod
2-Way-Action
Truss Rod Nut
4 mm Hex
Hardware & Electronics
Finish
Black
Pickup Configuration
2 x HB
Pickups
Ceramic Pickups
Pickguard
3-Ply White
Controls
2V, 1T
Bridge
Fixed bridge
Tuning Machines
Gotoh Style
Potentiometers
Full Sized Pots
Misc
Includes all mounting screws, strap buttons, and plates
Accessories
Includes
Hex Adjustment Keys & Instrument Cable
Brenden Walker (verified buyer) –
The wood parts were nicely done, neck fit well and the frets were level. The tuning machines were poor quality, threads not cut properly so I had to chase them to secure them.
Pickups were rubbish, E and A strings were about 3 times as loud with pickup angled as much as i could. About 1mm clearance on the G string, and 4mm on the E.
Pots pretty raspy as well..
Other than that, finished up nicely. I’ll be installing SD pickups and pots shortly.
Denco (verified buyer) –
Overal, this is a good kit. Body and neck fit well. I can’t speak to the electronics as I’m upgrading with an EMG active pickup system. Body and neck in great shape as expected.
The only thing I don’t like about this bass is that the tuning keys are at the bottom of the headstock instead of the top which puts the low E string key in the farthest position away and tuning is awkward. Solo should really change this. It makes the bass look awkward. I thought I was doing something wrong in assembly so I contacted Solo and was told this is how the kit is designed. Might be good to have a pic on the sales page. I wouldn’t have purchased the kit if I’d realized it. Again, it’s a good kit and easy to work with. The tuner situation is just odd.
Barry Priest (verified buyer) –
Body is a little rough, just means extra time finishing (my child wanted to play it right away after doing the recommended test fit, and the body snagged on Christmas pajamas). SUPER thin wood near top of neck slot was curled inward, and broke off while trying to fit neck. This was probably due to drying of wood.
Biggest complaint: 1. The pickup screws holes are NOT predrilled like everything else. 2. The wire from (both) pickups prevented the bridge humbucker from seating properly. The cavity needs extra wood routing done for passthrough wire from neck pickup and a hole closer to the bottom of the bridge cavity going to rear control cavity to allow bridge pickup to be screwed down properly and fully adjustable. It sits very proud on the high strings otherwise. (This may have been part of Brenden Walker’s issue in ther review above)