Fazley Mammoth £230 7 string bass guitar review

This 7 string bass is priced low enough that I bought it out of curiosity. I’ve had it a few weeks now.

It’s a perfectly playable instrument with an OK sound for the money, but:

1. The tuners clash (can hit one another!) and aren’t very good
2. The fingerboard markers on my instrument are in the wrong places
3. The circuit makes a strange noise
4. You can take either battery out and it still works
5. Output is weak

[3] [4] and [5] may be caused by faulty wiring, at some point when I’m feeling brave I might have a go at sorting it out.

In general, I’d say that this bass is great for me to play at home, but I wouldn’t use it in the studio or in church or a gig.

See also my conversion of a 7 string bass from active to passive for when I modified this bass!