Cheapest bass you just LOVE - Page 9

Jimg5512 · #**161** 11-20-2012, 02:55 PM

Yamaha Motion II <$500 in perfect shape...

Best live bass ever, lite, sound is awesome thru any rig!

justinellison3 · #**162** 11-20-2012, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bootsox

Change your strings, please.

The older the string the better the tone!!

BroonsBane · #**163** 11-20-2012, 03:08 PM

My US made 1989 Peavey Fury. Came with original Peavey hardshell case for $170 all in. Sweet

Kryptos · #**164** 11-20-2012, 03:40 PM

Bronco with Duncan Quarter Pound SCPB-3, shielding and set of GHS flatwounds. Quite a serviceable instrument and also first experience doing modifications to a bass.

jweber76 · #**165** 11-20-2012, 03:50 PM

Kryptos, could you post a pic of this Axe please? I'm planning a similar mod to my bronco and would love to see how it looks.

Biggbass · #**166** 11-20-2012, 03:51 PM

RW P
$525.
LOVE

NWB · #**167** 11-20-2012, 03:51 PM

Squier Classic Vibe J.

Did I seriously get a very nice jazz for $300?

How can a bass be that nice for that cheap?

groooooove · #**168** 11-20-2012, 03:52 PM

jay turser beatle bass

SBassman · #**169** 11-20-2012, 04:08 PM

How about my $179 white Ibanez Mikro?

selowitch · #**170** 11-20-2012, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by NWB

Squier Classic Vibe J.

Did I seriously get a very nice jazz for $300?

How can a bass be that nice for that cheap?

It must be relatively cheap to make, but that doesn't prevent it from being one of the nicest basses around.

mellowgerman · #**171** 11-20-2012, 04:20 PM

Epiphone thunderbird. If you get a good one, they're phenomenal

sgtpepper · #**172** 11-20-2012, 04:31 PM

Another vote for the Squier VM Jazz 70's. I love the tone of the stock p'ups.

GBassNorth · #**173** 11-20-2012, 04:34 PM

For me, it's either gotta be my Bronco or my Dano...

... now that's cheap, and has a killer sound.

mas502arc · #**174** 11-20-2012, 04:53 PM

Squier Vintage Modified Fretless Jazz Bass. Very light, very sweet sounding, and pretty easy to play. I'm tempted to buy one and then 'retro' it out: tort pickguard, chrome bridge cover, lollipop tuners, etc etc

emblymouse · #**175** 11-20-2012, 05:02 PM

My magic Jazz copy-1977 Aria Pro II 'Precise Bass' $400 + tuner and bridge upgrades. Unbelievable PHAT-ness

jweber76 · #**176** 11-20-2012, 05:25 PM

My first squier affinity P was free! It was so good straight out of my brother-in - law's closet (ten year old strings, never set up) that I put my Mexican jazz up for sale the next day! Two years down the road I've added a vintage tort guard, jazz knobs, . 047 cap, a hipshot detuner, a set of Duncan quarter pounders, a set of fender flats (I actually like them better than the chromes I had originally put on) and a sweet triumph sticker. Mind you, she didn't NEED any of this stuff! She was a great bass in completely stock trim, as evidence of this I bought a second identical one for $35, added a black pg, gibby speed knobs, painted the headstock black with a triumph stickers, fender flats, but left the guts stock (sorry. 047 cap in there too, but that's it!) and gig it regularly!

This pic is pre detuner, and QPs.

jweber76 · #**177** 11-20-2012, 05:32 PM

These two basses sparked a squier acquisition epidemic in my house. Soon after the second P I got my VM fretless J (the only one that I paid more than $100 for! I like the term Jaco Jr that the guy above used!) followed recently by a VM jaguar guitar and about two weeks ago a very gently used bronco... I already had my lefty strat but that one isn't pure squier, it's a chimera of sorts. The body appears to be a Cort, the neck is a squier, the pickups and electronics are a complete mystery...
My "real" fenders are starting to get jealous!

Kryptos · #**178** 11-20-2012, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jweber76

Kryptos, could you post a pic of this Axe please? I'm planning a similar mod to my bronco and would love to see how it looks.

Check this misleadingly titled thread post #17. Ponticat inspired me to give this a try, mine is stock pickguard and looks most like the left image.

Reasons not to mod a Squier Bronco

Itzayana · #**179** 11-20-2012, 05:41 PM

I have a 1995 Ibanez ATK100 that I paid a whopping $200 for in mint condition.
Made in Korea. Very well built and plays every bit as nicely as my $2k Modulus.
I play it every day and it goes to 90% of all my gigs.
Honestly, if I was desperate for cash and needed to start selling off instruments it would probably be the last one to go. I like it that much.

Hilton Marsh · #**180** 11-20-2012, 06:52 PM

I have a $68 Ashton 5-string bass loaded with SD Qtr Pounders. Came with a case, a guitar strap and a tuner. The jazz pickup, the second tone pot and the input jack were not wired up. It had no strings and the control plate was a piece of flimsy see-thru plastic. Was sold to me by some guy from a Christian Church band. I removed the letters JE, added some decals to the body and the headstock, replaced the control panel, rewired the electronics and raised the pickup height. Now I have a 'go anywhere' kick arse 5 string bass. I never worry about where it is or what its leaning up against, or whose grubby hands have touched it. And, I sold the case, tuner and strap to re-coup the cost of the strings and the control plate. Bargain