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miguel2u, That looks amazing! Where do they sell that one and how much does it cost?

+1 The bass is entirely voided if it feels bad. May love the tone but it doesn't matter if you can't play it properly.

This could actually be really neat if each individual were to buy a moderately expensive part (decent $100-$200 pickups for instance), as it would create a bass that really is quality as well as a melting pot of each of the participants. Of course, though a $200 part is minimal compared to a...

I'm pretty familiar with 5 string, fretless will essentially be new to me. It's not totally tone, I'm also interested in learning jazz technique.

Yeah, they make all the same models, but of course, those are the models people buy, so they're always sold out.

So, within my price range I've narrowed it down to a SX Fretless (5 strings, jazz pickups) or some other SX Ursa. Couple things to keep in mind; I'm not a particularly advanced player, which is my main concern with the fretless, but my recent taking to jazz bass has led me to have an inclination...

Seen a bunch of these at some bass shop, plays like a charm. Wish me luck in scrounging up 1000 dollars.

If you've gotta choose between those two, definately the Jaguar, but etechstan is right, Warwick Rockbasses are pretty nice.

Should hold true for anyone on this forum over the age of 10.

I remember being in a bass shop a while back and plugging just about every one they had into a big ol' Gallein-Krueger amp, and despite the remarkable sound the stack made, a lot of the basses, from the glossy Warwicks to the (shudder) Gibsons, and found that only the standard model J-Bass gave...

Some boutique basses are done really well (Warwick Blue Corvette, Traben Array, Schecter Stiletto=INCREDIBLE), but a lot of them, like the Wishbasses already cited, seem to be overdone. Lots of strings, exaggerated wood appearance, weird cutaways and cut ins, strange shapes, really start getting...

Seen a bunch of cats with these, look nice, but feel kinda weird to play, and have almost no tone or low end. Quite honestly never liked the SG guitars either, felt kind of cheap to me.

A lot of it depends on the genre. Tony Levin is a beastly progressive bassist because he is very technically skilled, and that idea could probably apply to a lot of metal and some alternative. Somebody like Tim Commeford writes basslines that are charged with rage, and in a huge span of genres...

Stanley Clarke and Jaco Pastorious.

I've been looking into a cheap, 'gigging' bass that I could use without concern of damaging. I've looked around a lot, and the only ones I can find that are both inexpensive and new were the Rogue and SX basses. Though I have not totally ruled out Rogue, the SX basses seem to get better reviews...