For me this Glarry is a great platform for making my own custom bass.I’ve enjoyed doing kits because I like the customization that I can do. I think this is better than a kit because the components are better than anything in this price range. The neck was thick but a uniform maple grain. I sanded it down and now it’s a nice smooth comfortable neck.I also stained it and sealed it with satin polyurethane. It looks like a vintage neck. The body had a nice clear coat that saves all the grain filler for a nice paint job. I did a seafoam green and polished it to a nice satin finish. The tuners are really good, I just used some dry silicone sealer and they are really smooth. I gave the chrome a muratic treatment to age them. The black pick guard looks great. The pickups sound nice after I replaced the controller with an Alnico loaded controller. It was $20 bucks and feels like a much more expensive upgrade. The pots are large and good quality. I put D’Addario XL Half rounds on it and they feel smooth like flats but let the J Bass bridge pickup maintain its unique sound.All in I’m at about $150. And this bass sounds and feels like the much pricier one that I’ve never been able to afford.

Shockingly good for the money. Not a single thing wrong with it. Even the intonation was spot on! The pickups are fairly low output but very good sounding. Only thing that's odd is the thick neck on a jazz bass, but the front board is flat and it's pretty playable. It's very lightweight but with a little bit of heft to it and like others have said, it has some neck dive. Overall very impressive!

This review will cover both the utility of the GJazz for beginners, and its value as a platform for upgrades/modification.My Glarry arrived earlier than expected, well protected and completely undamaged.Unboxing it revealed a mixed bag. Most issues I have revolve around the neck, and the finishing.Neck is solidly made of hard maple and a nice rosewood slab fretboard. The edges on the headstock are done a bit crudely, and the Glarry logo appears to be silkscreened on. It isn't coated, and might easily rub off. It is sharp and clear.The frets are installed cleanly. The fret ends are not sharp, but could use more finishing. Frets themselves could use a final buff. The tuners are a trifle rough; easy fix with a dab of light grease. They do have a bit of backlash. They tune well enough, and do hold tune.The GJazz is sold as a substitute or analog for the Fender Jazz Bass, but the neck is completely different in profile. Width at the nut is more like a Precision, and it is thicker too. Players with smaller hands will need to get used to it. It is not heavy enough to neck dive, and it does-JUST- balance.The neck plate, bridge, and control plate are all heavy steel stampings, well-chromed. The pickguard is a good quality laminated vinyl part, black/white/black in color with good beveled edges. It fits well.The body is by far the best feature. The grain is beautiful, and the clear yellow finish is deep, flawless, and accents the wood grain.So how does it work?Setup was pretty good. Intonation is in, but the string action is high. It plays well, but when the action is lowered, it plays GREAT. There are no buzzy frets or dead spots. The tones available are varied, and it sounds good on either or both pickups. There is some 60-cycle hum present, but this cancels with the volume full on both pickups (like a Jazz Bass).It has a nice, snappy high end, especially on the bridge pickup. It lacks some punch on the bottom end, but still sounds good.Controls all work as they should.This bass is VERY light, and easy to handle.Overall, this bass would make an excellent first choice for a beginner. It's not perfect, but it plays and sounds really good. It is beautiful to look at, too! Recommended.For you modders and hot-rodders, it's still a good choice. I didn't especially like the neck and tuners, but the knobs, control plate, neck plate, pickguard, and body were all quite good and I used them. I added two knobs from IKN. The bridge is good quality too, but I went with a Musiclily cast zinc bridge and Wilkinson brass saddles for more mass.The body is GORGEOUS and ready to use. Neck pocket routing was slightly rough, but exactly right for a standard Fender-style heel block.Controls work fine, but the pots are light-duty and small. Pickups are NOT standard Jazz Bass sized, they are a bit smaller. Not a problem for my build, as I upgraded to BQLZR musicman type humbuckers. Pots were replaced with TAOT 500k, and capacitors replaced with 22microfarad polys. A switch was added, and a Les Paul patterned circuit was used for fully independent control of the pickups. On the control plate, all 4 holes were drilled to accept 4 fullsized pots. A Musiclily endplate with jack was added to move the input jack to the edge of the body.The tuners were replaced with Fender Highway Ones, and the neck with a Kmise paddle headstock in Jazz Bass profile. Headstock was shaped like a Jazz, decaled, and lacquered. I fabricated a brass nut from a piece of music-grade 1/8" brass plate.The strap buttons were replaced with Planet Waves oval strap keepers.This was an easy and fun build. The hardest part was making a routing template to mount the pickups, and freehand routing a switch pocket and channel!All assembled, my GJazz was transformed into a funk monster. Action is low and soft, it has tons of output, and the tones are KILLER. It is so punchy and bright! It's also completely hum-free at all settings.You may question the amount of work investment in this project, but look at it this way: Where else can you get a gorgeous brand new Jazz Bass body, finished, for a paltry $103? All the other useful pieces are a bonus!! Cost of this project all-in is about $250, and it is EXACTLY what I was looking for.To sum up, I recommend the Glarry GJazz enthusiastically. It works right in both roles that it's suitable for, and it would also be a fantastic backup or spare bass.Get one while they're cheap and plentiful!

I don't know what more to say other than, for the price, this is a definite deal! I purchased this purely for home recording and I am happy with it. It looks really nice, is surprisingly light and sounds pretty decent in recordings, a little muddy perhaps but that's easily fixed with an EQThe only thing I noticed was a couple of the pots produced a bit of noise if turned on full, but turning them back just a fraction immediately removed the noise. The pots also don't seem to adjust the sound particularly smoothly - it takes a few extra tweaks before any change in sound is noticed, but for this price it's really not a big deal at all.There is also no toggle between the neck and bridge pickups - it's all done through the pots. But again, it's certainly not a deal breaker when you're spending less than $100, in fact it's amazing that it even has 2 pickups to choose from!Straight out of the box this bass played well, other than needing to be tuned it didn't need to have anything else done to it. The action is low enough without causing buzz, I didn't notice any intonation issues - honestly, I'm so surprised that a bass at this price actually works relatively well!

Pour le prix, belle finition, touches adéquates, son Ok. Conforme à l'usage que je veux en faire.

I already have a Glarry Stratocaster and am so pleased with it that I wanted to try their version of the Jazz Bass.The paint and finish on the body is immaculate and seems to me to be as good as that on the Fender even at its lower price point.The neck is not as good its Fender counterpart; the fret ends are not as finished and the semi-gloss / matte back feels a little 'draggy', not as fast as the Fender.If it doesn't wear-in and improve over time I'll consider getting another neck, but this a very usable and being slightly lighter overall than the Fender is actually easier to play... highly recommended!

I am very impressed by the quality of this bass. I'm 72 years old and have been playing mostly guitar since I was 13. I took double bass lessons during my teens and played in a couple of garage bands and taught guitar up until 5 years ago. I bought this bass to to keep my hands exercised and I am very impressed with how well this instrument is built. Very little tweaking was needed to improve the playability. Something that instruments costing 5 times as much need as well. Great instrument for a young or new player. I'm very happy with my purchase.

good quality

Great guitar😁