What bass shall I buy
My band *may* have the chance to do a mini-tour in the US (i'm in the UK)
Unfortunately we're not stars - we will pretty much be paying for the privelege ourselves! I don't mind too much; could be a real adventure I don't want to lug a bass half way round the world, i'll buy something when I get there. Can anyone tell me what might be a good bass, fitting the following criteria 1) Cheap 2) Tough - I dont intend to get a harcase, so it'll get abused 3) Short scale (or medium at a push) 4) Available in almost any US shop - I won't have time to shop around 5) I want a fat dubby bass sound. There'll be no slapping here 6) Preferably retro looking Any ideas? |
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Should be easy to find. Except what kind of bass style do you mean Recto looking? As far as cheap, durable, and sounds/plays good.... a Peavey Millennium comes to mind: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ELAID=26041240 They have 4 strings too. |
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Ok, you definately don't know what retro means! ::) but thanks anyway Charlie! I play a lot of different kinds of music, but this band is effectively a twelve bar blues outfiit (with clever lyrics) I was thinking maybe of this http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ass?sku=519479 Looks acceptable, and you probably can't get much cheaper. Has anyone played one? |
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the ibanez sure looks and sounds good.... i havent personally played the bass ( m a drummer) but the bass player of my band uses the same....and it sounds great....i would suggest you go in for that....neways...have fun... |
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The Ibanez looks like a nice, really cheap buy. Also Rogue makes a bunch of insanely cheap basses that function pretty well. If you ever needed a cheap fretless they're the way to go. Also they have a violin style bass ala Paul McCartney, which might fit your retro sort of taste.
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Fretless fender jazz
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First, no need for fretless playing 12-bar-blues based music. Second, he said he wants a fat sound. If so, a Precision Bass is preferable to a Jazz (I know, have one of each). Since he wants cheap and readily available, I'd a say a Squier P-Bass is best for him. |
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yeah a jazz bass you have to work at a bit to get a "dubby" sound, aston barret got a really fat bass tone out of a jazz bass but it's not really easy, but P basses are made to get low and fat.
so +1 on brian's squire p-bass |
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definatly an ibenaz
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def. a squier p bass
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