4 String Headless Electric Bass Guitar poplar body Carbon Fibre Maple neck fanned fret

I initially ordered this to cross compare to the Ibanez EHB product line. On the surface, they are completely different worlds. Gosila using poplar verses African mahogany on the Ibanez for the body, and panga panga and walnut neck (Ibanez) produces different sound entirely. I replaced the strings on the Gosila using DR Lowriders, and playing with the EQ on both the bass and the amp, you can mimick the bottom end of the Ibanez. After a tune up, the sound quality is rather impressive. This bass produces a low growl, punchy mids, and clear snappy highs. Hardware is heavy and feels solid. The body is very lightweight and comfortable to play. The multiscale neck is smooth to play, and easy to manipulate finger positions. Frets are very smooth, no roughness on the edges. The wood grain finish is printed, but you have to look closely to really notice. Otherwise, the gloss and stain color are beautifully crafted and blend seamlessly. The gigbag has sufficient thick padding with durable zippers. I honestly would expect this to retail higher, given it's overall quality, appearance, sound quality, and equipment. If you are considering this bass, It's impressive for the price, and properly tuned up and adjusted, I feel it could hang with the higher end headless products. I've been pretty loyal to Ibanez and Steinberger, however, I am thrilled to add this to my collection. It's definitely a keeper!UPDATE 12/27!!!!UPON INITIAL SETUP, WE NOTICED A VERY SLIGHT HUM. THE HUM EVENTUALLY BECAME SO LOUD THAT YOU COULD HEAR IT WHILE PLAYING. TRIED ON MULTIPLE AMPS. OVER THE COURSE OF 2 WEEKS IT GREW LOUDER. TOOK THE BASS TO GUITAR CENTER FOR A PROFESSIONAL DIAG...LIKELY IT WAS A BAD PREAMP, NEEDS A REWIRE, OR DEFECTIVE VOLUME, BLEND, OR TONE POTS. RETURNING UNIT.

This bass is incredible for the money. I had recently come into a good amount of disposable cash and decided I would get myself a new bass. I also came to the decision to make it my first multiscale. I was looking at some serious contenders: Ibanez SRMS5, and EHB, Spector Legend 5 neck through and Dimension 5. All of those are at least $1000. Then I somehow stumbled across this Gosila bass here on Amazon fo $499. I saw the photos and they looked great. I thought that at that price, there was no way it was any good. How wrong I was. I contemplated my purchase for a few days and decided to circle back to this bass. By that time the price had been lowered to $399. WTF I thought. At that price, I might as well take the chance. Let me say I'm very glad I did. Out of the box, this bass looked beautiful. Fit and finish was first rate. No sharp fret edges or scuffs. Playing it unplugged produced an articulate deep sound. The low B string is punchy and defined. The setup right out of the box was better than adequate. It felt very different to any bass I had ever played due to the fact that it is multiscale, yet it felt very natural. Plugging it in produced a sound that was good, but not great. I'd say that the electronics are the weakest link here, but by no means weak. They are up to the task, especially considering the price of admission. Overall, I give this bass 5 stars. I wouldn't bat an eye if I had seen this bass at at least $750-$800+. Also, I had an issue where I accidentally ordered 2 of the same bass, and the seller reached out promptly to help me resolve the issue when I wasn't even aware of it. For that reason, I give the seller 5 stars as well. Great job guys. Keep up the good work.

SECOND UPDATE: The return process was easy, and the company immediately shipped out a replacement. I got it the day before a show, giving me just enough time to get it set up properly. Similar to the first delivery, there were a couple sharp fret ends, but nothing major. The biggest issue on the setup was that the intonation was way off, mostly on the E string, where it was about 20 cents off.The biggest difference I noticed on this second bass it that it seems a lot muddier. I don't understand how that could be as it is the same components, but the tone just will not cut through a mix when playing live, and the tone/blend knob on this one doesn't do much at all, as compared to the first guitar when there was a noticeable difference when blending between neck and bridge pickups. The neck pickup on this one doesn't have the punchy, almost P bass sound that I could get on the first one. When I played live, I couldn't get the punch, even when rolling my low-mids all the way down on the EQ, so I ended up switching to another bass for the show after just a couple songs. It's a shame, because the guitar looks great and feels comfortable, but for almost $400, the pickups and electronics shouldn't be this hit or miss. I think I'm going to have to return it and just move on to a different brand.UPDATE : After two weeks of use, I picked up the bass this morning, and had no sound from it at all. I thought maybe the battery died, so I replaced it. Still nothing. I checked for loose wires/connections. Nope. I'm guessing the pre-amp went bad in it after only two weeks. I'm starting the return process today to see if it was just a fluke, or if the pre-amps in this guitar are garbage.I like to buy and modify different styles of basses, and I had never owned a multiscale/fantail bass, so I took a chance and bought this bass.Inital impressions : It's small and light! When I started to open the box I thought they sent me the wrong order as the box was small. I actually measured to scale length to make sure it was a full scale (34") on the E string. Because there is no headstock, the bass actually fits perfectly in an extra short-scale hard case I have, just to give you an idea of the overall size. I'd guess the weight is between 7.5 and 8 lbs. No neck dive since there is no headstock. The neck is thin, almost like a Fender Jazz neck, but a shade thicker and wider. Nowhere near as thick and wide as a Precision neck. The neck feel is a little odd...not quite satin. It's almost as though they put one or two more finishing coats on the neck after getting to satin. I had no trouble at all adjusting to the multiscale fretboard. I didn't have to adjust my playing/fretting at all, though you can initially get a little lost if you are used to clanging at the fret marker on side of the neck above 12th fret, as the dots don't align exactly with the D and G strings. The bass was not setup before shipping, but since I always do a setup myself, it wasn't an issue for me. The truss rod was the only thing I didn't have to adjust (surprisingly). The frets weren't bad. There were maybe 6 that had slightly sharp ends that were easily filed down in just a couple minutes. There is a slight dead spot (it slightly dampens sustain) on the 12th fret of the D that I think might be caused by a knot or slight cavity in the fret wood, not by bad fretwork.As far as hardware goes : I like the neck pickup. It is powerful and has a strong low end. You can't quite get a P bass sound as the humbucker has a little more growl, but with the active pre-amp you can get close by switching completely to the neck pickup and rolling down both the mids and high end. The active pre-amp itself actually works pretty well. I have had other pre-amps that hardly make a difference, but you can dial in a pretty good range of tone. The bass boost on the pre-amp might be a little too powerful as it can get pretty "boomy" if you roll it up past the midpoint. Likewise, if you boost the high end, you quickly introduce a hiss, just like when you boost the highs on any EQ. I typically don't boost my high end anyway, so for me it is not an issue, but it might be for some slap players.Lastly, the two things I don't really care for : The bridge pickup. It's not that it is bad, per se, but it is pretty low gain compared to the neck pickup. I really had to raise the pickup height on the bridge in order to get the same volume as my neck pickup. Luckily the neck pickup is hot enough that I could lower it while raising the bridge pickup, so that you don't get a huge volume difference when switching/blending pickups. Once I resolved that, the pickup itself isn't bad. It has a nice little growl to it that reminds me of a lot of '80 bass rock/pop tones (think Duran Duran and similar).Lastly, the tuners... The barrel tuners were initially kind of difficult to turn, especially the G string tuner. By completely loosening the tuner I was able to partially unscrew the tuner from the housing and spray a little WD-40 Bicycle Chain Lubricant in the barrel, and then screw the tuner back in. That worked great, and all 4 tuners now turn smoothly. However, I think the nature of those barrel style tuners leads to tuning instability. Since they are just a straight line tuner, I think the string tension causes them to go out of tune over time much easily than traditional headstock tuners that have a 90 degree bend between the tuning machine and tuning peg. I have had the bass for three days, and each day I have tuned it right before putting it away. The next morning, the bass is consistently 5 to 8 cents flat on every string, while my other basses with traditional tuners are still in tune. The first day I dismissed it as new strings stretching out, but I now have about 8 hours of play time on the strings, and they were still 5-8 cents flat this morning. I would say the tuners are likely the weakest part of the guitar due to this. It's not a super big deal as I always check my tuning before gigs and between sets. With my other basses the tuning is typically rock solid for a 3-4 hour show, but with this bass I would likely be checking tuning during the set as well.

Just received mine this morning, unboxed it and let it sit for a few hours in order for it to adjust to this lower altitude and weather (Bass arrived from Chino, CA). After tuning and a small truss rod adjustment, I played it for a few more hours and it feels and plays amazing. Not bad for in instrument priced at $399!

It came ready to play, it’s beautiful very nice bass , tuners are easy plays great ! Awesome neck, up date little hiss but great bass good enough for the road