Recent content by Ratman2356

I bought my metallic blue made in china P-Bass yesterday. Paid extra for a blue one, bought used. Just beautiful IMO. Reminds me of a 60's muscle car. Big, bold and powerful if a little rough around the edges. I love it.

Guess I am #315 with my Squier P-Bass, in the much better sounding blue metallic color of course.

Thanks man, forgot about the tuner. I have been using my daughter's little Fender FT-004 chromatic clip on. I need to get one of my own though. Was thinking about one of the ones with a metronome built in and I do like the clip on. So easy to use. So the Snark looks great. Thanks for the tip.

Well I am all set now. Thanks again for all the advice from everyone. I got the '89 Peavey Foundation S, a '12 Squier Affinity P-Bass, Fender Rumble 60 amp, a pair of Line cables, 2 stands and a Levy strap for $300 and change. Pretty pleased with what I was able to get for the money I had to...

This Foundation is turning out to be a better buy than I first thought. It was in tune, the intonation was dead on as well. Maybe a touch too much relief in the neck but it seems to be in very playable condition right now, in my extremely uneducated opinion :) I am going to have it looked at...

I just bought my first bass, a 1989 Foundation S P/J. Saved her from a pawn shop for $39 bucks. Everything works although the pots are a bit scratchy and she has been rode hard, dinged up pretty good. Sounds good although I do not really know how to check the neck and setup on it myself yet. Was...

Nope, made perfect sense and I agree as well which is why I didn't just make it easy and buy the P-Bass starter kit. I only listed the Rumble 15 as an option since I found a used one so cheap. Update: I went by the pawn shop and checked out the Peavey. The strings were in better shape than I...

Well I found a good deal on a Rumble 60 for a hundred bucks. Going to go check out the Peavey but if the neck is too small or it doesn't check out electronically , I think I will go with the P-Bass as it feels the best to me and the price is right for the condition. Might get both if I can talk...

DOH!! Sorry...

Any comments on the Fender Bronco 40 amp or Behringer V-Amp? I picked up a Mustang 1 amp for my daughter and the amp modeling and effects on it are a heck of a lot of fun to play with. I love the idea of having that for my bass. Is it worth it or is it like Siri on an iPhone where every one...

Quoted for Truth. Every time I think I have it worked out, I learn something new and it all goes out the window. Thanks for all the reply folks! You are really helping me out here.

JXBass: What about the MIM Squier standard J Bass, is that much different than the Affinity? And I will see what I can find in the vintage and classic as well as SX units suggested. It seems from the comments so far, that the focus should be more on the bass than the amp. I kind of thought it...

Hey all, Stone cold bass n00b here. I have been reading and researching here and all over the WWW in preparing to buy my first bass and amp to start learning to play. I have learned a lot but am now down to decision time and need some specific advice. I have been to many music stores and...