You canget any sond from any bass (it just gets harder and more expensive the more picky you are), try a fretless if you like, you play. Fretless basses open up a whole new playing field (although not the most useful field outside of awesome slides)
If your going for a dodgy finish that will wear and ooze with mojo (and look awesome)
you need to:
1) buy a few cans of spray paint in different colours (and some clear finish)
2) remove the neck,bridge, knobs, and anything you dont want painted (I like painted pups and it saves you like an...
What???!!!
13 DOLLARS?
I pay ~$80-120 for bass strings for most brands (mostly d'adario and dr) if I go for 'super sh*t' the dunlops are like $60.
And you pay 13?!?!?
WAYYY more pictures, try get some pictures of the hardware (close up of bridge, pickups, knobs, strap pins...), a few of the overall bass with and without pick guard and of any unusual stylings and/or flaws.
Im new to the whole amplifier thing, I've learnt what I can from the net and I understand inpedance and max wattage, the only thing I'm having trouble with is minimum wattage. I dont understand if you have two speakers in paralell do the wattages add to geather? or stay the same?
Anyway
Is...
I tune my bass CEADG for our drop c stuff, which is good for retuning to standard after each set but its a pain in the face when it comes to riffs which bounce of any string appart form low c (and alot of our riffs give me a pain in the face)