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best bass for tapping?
- Thread starter freakyfrog
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I tend to like Jean Baudin's "The Hideous Claw" 
Oh, $250 right...
Take what you can get with this budget for an advanced technique like finger tapping.
Whatever you end up with, make sure the strings are low enough to the fretboard.
Oh, $250 right...
Take what you can get with this budget for an advanced technique like finger tapping.
Whatever you end up with, make sure the strings are low enough to the fretboard.
smakbass
Smakkin basses for 25 years..
Id be shocked if you could tap well on a $250 dollar bass the best budget bass out there for this might be a used Peavey G bass if you can find one as they have the Graphite neck which is very stable of course...
+1. An SX isn't gonna tap like a Zon. A good setup can help, but can't fix everything. The best inexpensive basses for tapping are probably the Peavey G Bass or Cirrus. You can have the strings low as you want, but can you play it like a normal bass without buzzing? That's the question.
I tend to like Jean Baudin's "The Hideous Claw"
Oh, $250 right...
Take what you can get with this budget for an advanced technique like finger tapping.
Whatever you end up with, make sure the strings are low enough to the fretboard.
So ugly it's beautiful.
yep.
anyways, for 250 go used of course. check out ibanez because they make pretty solid necks. otherwise...save your cash.
You want something with a flat fingerboard radius, 12" or higher.
That leaves out the Foundation, as much as I like them, they are 7.25".
In your price range, that is going to be a bit of a problem.
That leaves out the Foundation, as much as I like them, they are 7.25".
In your price range, that is going to be a bit of a problem.
I tend to like Jean Baudin's "The Hideous Claw"
Oh, $250 right...
Take what you can get with this budget for an advanced technique like finger tapping.
Whatever you end up with, make sure the strings are low enough to the fretboard.
Jean got the claw for $465, so it's not too far out of this guy's price range. If he were Jean Baudin and had an adoring fan that was also a master luthier, that is.
I find it decent for tapping. Could use new strings, but other than that it is fine for tapping. Although a flatter board is more desirable for tapping.
lowsound
