Best cheap bass to Wootenize

[giovabass]

I disagree, I have Squier and relative to its price it is very good. It sounds good, it's comfortable to play. Squier bass guitars only have a bad name because of earlier models. Now a days they're some of the most affordable basses that are also very good quality. You shouldn't decide to get a bass based solely on the name brand, though it is important to take it into consideration. The particular bass that this person is talking about is the bass I have, trust me it's not trash. For such a low price it's better than lower priced fenders by a long shot.

Indeed. In another post I specified that Squier basses are a great choice for the price... some time ago I actually suggested a friend to purchase the Squier Vintage 70' 5ver. I just wouldn't choose a Squier in the first place for a VW mod, especially if I had already spent over $400-500 for top-of-the-line electronics.

 

[Rickter]

I just ordered the EMG-pups/Pope-pre Wooten kit from Best Bass Gear and am now looking for a low to mid-priced good tone-wood p/j style bass to drop them into for a poor man's Wooten bass.

I could go with a Squire vintage modified J bass and rout out the front pup and cavity but I'm wondering if anyone has any good suggestions for other basses to use perhaps with less fuss, like just dropping the pups and pre right in.

Thanks!

Would recommend one of the entry level Ibanez with the PJ config.
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[techbass76]

I had a Peavy Dynabass unity about 5 years ago with EMG pjs and an aguilar obp-3. The bass sounded amazing and the action was super low. Very much the Wooten type sound.
The greatest factor to getting the Wooten sound of coarse is being Victor Wooten.

 

[techbass76]

The newer Ibanez do not compare at all to an old Made in Japan SR800 or similar. Those Japanese basses are very high quality but have a low resale.

 

[BuffaloBass]

Ridiculous. Period.

Most vintage 70s Fender basses I have played were fire wood (with a few exceptions).

I was only 16 when I afforded a used 73 jazz by putting pools in during the summer. This in 77. When I started gigging with a bunch of old farts in a CW band that fall, almost every bass I heard, sounded better than that J bass. I wheeled it for a brand new Peavy T40. Oft wondered if it was my naivety, my still newb ears, or maybe it was indeed a POS build bass. The Peavey was like an epiphany. I could do Chris Squire at home, and swing fat bottomed rockabilly with the old guys every Fri and Sat night at the pub.

Who knew?

 

[J_Bass]

Honestly, I don't see what the problem is to want a bass with a similar tone to Victor or Jaco, for instance. Nobody is going to be able to copy them, that's for sure. I see a million threads here by people looking for the "P" sound or the MM sound. In what way is that different? If you want a certain tone I don't see why not go find it.

 

[Dub Wallace]

A Pope preamp into a Squier or similar "crap" bass is like putting a Ferrari V12 engine inside a farm tractor and pretend it to be a Ferrari...

Ferrari_RE

• Dub Wallace
• Sep 14, 2017

What's ironic about this quote is that Ferrari was making farm tractors before he was making high end super cars.

 

[phillipkregg]

Kiesel/Carvin

I'd rather have the Squier

 

[aprod]

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[MYLOWFREQ]

I just ordered the EMG-pups/Pope-pre Wooten kit from Best Bass Gear and am now looking for a low to mid-priced good tone-wood p/j style bass to drop them into for a poor man's Wooten bass.

I could go with a Squire vintage modified J bass and rout out the front pup and cavity but I'm wondering if anyone has any good suggestions for other basses to use perhaps with less fuss, like just dropping the pups and pre right in.

Thanks!

How about the Yamaha RBX 270?

 

[eddododo]

I just ordered the EMG-pups/Pope-pre Wooten kit from Best Bass Gear and am now looking for a low to mid-priced good tone-wood p/j style bass to drop them into for a poor man's Wooten bass.

I could go with a Squire vintage modified J bass and rout out the front pup and cavity but I'm wondering if anyone has any good suggestions for other basses to use perhaps with less fuss, like just dropping the pups and pre right in.

Thanks!

An ibanez- best-playing cheap basses in the game, full stop.

 

[MVE]

If I already spent the $$$ you did, I'd be on Warmoth's site pimping my ride. "In for a penny, in for a pound".

I was going to say exactly this, until I saw Jazz's post with that Yamaha RBX flame... I think that would be my choice right there.

 

[giovabass]

I'd rather have the Squier

Like they say, tell me about your experience with Kiesel.

 

[wintremute]

Jazz....Yamaha RBX Flame...DITTO!

 

[jdthebassman]

This begs the question: Why do you want to sound like Wooten? I say find your own voice and sound like you!

+10000

 

[Jeff Scott]

Ferrari_RE

• Dub Wallace
• Sep 14, 2017

What's ironic about this quote is that Ferrari was making farm tractors before he was making high end super cars.

I don't recall Enzo Ferrari doing so, but Ferruccio Lamborghini very much got his start doing so.

[Enzo Ferrari to Ferruccio Lamborghini] "I build sports cars, you build tractors. You should stick to building tractors."

 

[Bassmaticmatt]

A Pope preamp into a Squier or similar "crap" bass is like putting a Ferrari V12 engine inside a farm tractor and pretend it to be a Ferrari... a complete waste of money IMHO. Also the key factor to have a "wooten" sound is low action, which you would never get from such a cheap bass. To achieve that, you need a better quality bass than a Squier or similar.
A US made, 24-frets Kiesel/Carvin Icon or Vader with a PJ setup would make it IMHO. I did almost the same mod with my Kiesel Vader VB6 where I put Barts dual coils and the Pope Flexcore preamp with coil tap switches... turned out an awesome bass, my #1 go to.

The first half of this post is complete bull.

 

[Son of Wobble]

I just ordered the EMG-pups/Pope-pre Wooten kit from Best Bass Gear and am now looking for a low to mid-priced good tone-wood p/j style bass to drop them into for a poor man's Wooten bass.

I could go with a Squire vintage modified J bass and rout out the front pup and cavity but I'm wondering if anyone has any good suggestions for other basses to use perhaps with less fuss, like just dropping the pups and pre right in.

Thanks!

I gave you a plus one for making "Wootenize" a verb. If we all took time daily to Wootenize, the world would be a > place

 

[Son of Wobble]

There are a number of Ibanez SR PJ basses that might work well for not a ton of money. Knob position likely isn't right, but you'll also get 24 frets to work with.

I gave you a like just for being so damn handsome.

Tell Uncle Harry I love him and I hope he gets parole soon

 

[giovabass]

The first half of this post is complete bull.

Well, actually 100% of your post is complete bull so I guess you won!