For over twenty five years, Encore guitars have been the number one starter brand. The Encore electric and bass guitars are totally dependable, reliable, playable and certainly very affordable. They have been UK’s best selling guitar pack for about 20 years and their recent best seller is the Encore PK40 Bass Guitar Blaster Pack.

Design:

The full size Encore PK40 Bass Guitar Blaster Pack features a classic design with very simple and easy to use controls. The vintage style contoured body offers maximum comfort while playing. Classic design split-coil Guitar Tech pickup offers versatile, full-toned performance. The maple neck and rosewood fingerboard are also of Vintage profile. The Face Mounted bridge is intonating and fully height adjustable. The PK40 Bass guitar sports a large, attractively shaped full size three-ply scratchplate. The scale length is 864m and nuts are Graphite. The guitar also has a pair of large chrome strap hooks that allows you to play safely whilst standing. This quality guitar kit is available in beautiful finishes of red, black, blue, white and traditional sunburst. The good news for the lefthanders is that, the black model is also available in left hand type.

Encore PK40 Bass Guitar

Features:

The fingerboard is smooth rosewood and it possesses large heavy duty tuners on the headstock that gives the guitar a precise grip on the strings and makes for easy tuning adjustments. Useful fingerboard dot markers provide good finger position reference. The Quick Tune Digital tuner allows you to precisely tune each string before you play which makes the guitar’s bass always sound spot on. The strap buttons are positioned for perfect balance.

A complete kit:

Playing guitar is the most fun you can have if you love music. But to get this started, you will need a guitar for sure and being a beginner, you will not want to spend heaps of money at this stage. In addition to the guitar, you will also require an amplifier (they are quite expensive), along with a lead to connect them. So, what is the best option? Without any doubts, it is Encore’s ‘Play Now’ packs which come packed with all the accessories that you need to get started. And we say this because; the Encore PK40 Bass Guitar Blaster is exactly one of them. The kit has all the bits and pieces that you will have to get going from the minute the guitar is bought.

The Encore PK40 Bass Guitar package includes a 10 Watt BB Blaster bass amp and cable so that, you can start playing straight away and is just perfect for your lounge practices. The compact design of the amplifier means that it does not take up too much of space and also has very easy to use controls. You also get a gig bag and stand to protect, carry it and rest it safely when not in use. There is also an instruction DVD with one hour tuition to provide a real baby beginner for the first few steps along the way. The other contents of the kit include Qwik Tune Tuner, GYC Lead, Tech Guitar Strap and Pelctrum.

Encore PK40 Bass Guitar Package

Verdict:

Encore PK40 Bass Guitar, in a gist, if your pockets are shallow, your budget tight but expectations high, you are always welcome to join millions of others around the world who have picked and strummed their first Encore, which is an ideal first guitar pack.

Encore PK40 Bass Guitar Blaster Kit – Technical Specification Table

Manufacturer Encore
Series Encore Blaster Package
Model Name Encore PK40 Bass Guitar
Model Number Black: EBP-PK40BOFT
Sunburst: EBP-PK40SBOFT
Blue: EBP-PK40TBLOFT
Red: EBP-PK40TRD
Left hand Black: EBP-LPK40BOFT
Guitar Type Bass
Finishes available Red, black, blue, white and traditional sunburst
Body Composite
Layout Chrome
Fretboard Rosewood
Bridge Adjustable
Neck Maple
Scale 864mm
Controls 1 x Split Coil Pickup
1 x Tone, 1 x Volume
Hardware Chrome
Amplifier Features INPUT – 1/4″ input jack.
VOLUME – Master output volume control.
EQUALISATION
LOW – adds extra bottom end for a rounder,
deeper and smoother bass tone.
MIDDLE – Use this control carefully to get
different kinds of bass tone.
HIGH – adds extra treble to the bass tone for
additional ‘bite’.
HEADPHONE – 1/4” headphone jack plug.
POWER – Main on/off power switch

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