Recent content by budget bassist

buy it, buy it now!!!

+1, loving these new squier basses Tried a classic vibe strat the other day too, and they even seem to be making good gu*tars too!

I seem to be noticing that, but it seems to be true for most bass forums i've visited (apart from trace and peavey, they're usually pretty well accepted to be quality kit) I love my $$ anyway, and that's all that really matters, right?

I tend to think metal when i hear warwick, but to me, funk and metal are very similar sounds and my $$ sounds awesome for either. My $$ balances perfectly. Also amazingly verstile, amazingly comfortable and playable and very practical, i have no idea what you guys have against them.

Total opposite for me, when i play with a pick i like to rest my hand on the bridge and i can't do that slung low, with fingers though, it's the only way to go. I can't play with the bass up high, just doesn't feel right.

Some quick corrections to what LanEvo said, the original precision was made with a slab body until 1953 at which point they gave it body contours, and then in 1957 the bass changed to the modern precision as we know it today

Awesome, looks sweet :)

peavey T-40 for $150? BUY IT!! bargain of the year! They're going for about £400 over here! Peavey T-40's are really nice basses, go for it matey.

It's player wear, end of discussion really. I don't touch any other part of the body of my bass, on the front anyway, i don't see why that's so hard to believe. And it looks reasonably old with the slightly tarnished control plate, it's just player wear.

I've been GASing for one of these for a while, they look really nice and seem to be really good value, i just need to try one...

I play metal and funk, my number one was a musicman SUB until recently when i got a corvette $$, which is now my #1 and the SUB has taken a back seat.

It's called a recession.

nonononoNONONONONONONO NO. I've owned one of these, biggest pile of shite on the planet. SUB bass or ibanez ATK, OLP or one of the new sterling by musicman range, nothing else.

x100000000 Fender is LIGHTYEARS behind EBMM in build quality. You shouldn't be surprised when you pick up a $1000 bass and find that it's actually what you would EXPECT from a bass of that price tag. Yes they may be improving in standard, but when you find yourself surprised that an instrument...

Ibanez did one, epiphone did one, aria did one, though i don't know of any that are currently in production, it's going to be a case of scouting ebay for the above mentioned brands until you can find one cheap enough. You might be able to snag an epiphone one for that much, maybe.