Cheapest bass you just LOVE

[BowserBass]

My MIJ 62 JB RI off Craigslist, can't keep my hands off it.

 

[PDGood]

The very cheapest is a Peavey Zodiac which I got used for $70 and you can't tell from my '69 Pbass in a blindfold test.
Next best is a used Ibanez SRX3EXQM1 if got for $199. It's the most versatile bass I have and is what I take to gigs when I don't know what I'll need. It can cover most anything.

 

[SBsoundguy]

Johnson JJ800 in transparent green. It was my first bass...may dad got it for me on ebay a little over a decade ago. I wish I still had it, because transparent green jazz basses are hard to come by (affordability wise).

 

[NOVAX]

Peavey Foundy-the Rodney Dangerfield of basses

 

[mtandrews]

SX jazz I bought for $80. Put a 3 band in it and copper shielded it as well. Some EBAY covers and GHS strings... Plays like a dream.

 

[bootsox]

I guess my Ibby GSR200. It's one of those basses that's pretty much junk but has enough character that you can't put it down.

It was free too. nothing in the world like a free bass

 

[Ric5]

Cheap basses that I love.

My Maestro StingRay ... I had to level and dress the frets and I added a 4 band Audere preamp.

My SX StingRay ... I had to repleace the neck and the preamp.

My Frankensteined EB0 SG basses.

 

[darkstorm]

My Jackson JS3. Great playability, tone, fit, and asthetics. And a BC Rich Warlock bass with upgraded pup and 2band preamp. A little under $400 with the upgrades.

 

[autodidact]

My Squier Classic Vibe Precision, brand new under $250.

I dont have any need for another bass, even sold off my Carvin LB76A and that was the first "nice" bass I owned.

 

[codydang]

My favorite cheap bass is my Lakland.

 

[chef wong]

I had a Dean Edge fretless that sounded really good unplugged. It had Dean pickups(that I'd swear are really EMG HZ's) that were giving out. A tricked out Edge could be a great bass.

 

[FretlessMainly]

My '97 CIJ Fender Jazz FL. Paid $190 for it in '99 and it's my go-to bass more often than not. I actually have more $ into it than I paid for it, but it's priceless in terms of feel and tone.

 

[Inconnu]

So, reading your posts, lots of you guys really love Peavey P-basses (Foundation, Fury and Zodiac)... they're that good? I see those in pawnshops so often!!

 

[Inconnu]

The very cheapest is a Peavey Zodiac which I got used for $75 and you can't tell from my '69 Pbass in a blindfold test.
Next best is a used Ibanez SRX3EXQM1 if got for $199. It's the most versatile bass I have and is what I take to gigs when I don't know what I'll need. It can cover most anything.

Is the Zodiac 100% stock?

 

[Basvarken]

This is the cheapest bass that I own. It's a shortscale Telecaster Bass with spalted maple top. Made by BaCH.
It only costs 250 euro. But it doesn't look it and certainly doesn't sound like it.

The single coil makes it sound like a fifties P bass. That typical woody open character.
And the humbucker bridge can make it sound grittier, more like an EB3 with the bridge pickup only.
With the pickup selector in the middle position you get both pickups at the same time, which results in a slighty more compressed type of sound. A little more "dense" sounding (if that makes sense to you...?)

It's been getting a lot of playtime lately and as a result I've been getting a lot of positive comments on this bass.

 

[boombloom]

I bought a used Carlo Robelli fretless at GC for $89. Fantastic player. Wonderful tone and pretty good looking. With case out the door for 120. I just sold it to a neighbor's kid and I kinda miss it. I got a Squier VM fretless for 120 at the same GC and it's a keeper. I have a nice bass from Back In The Day but my go-to player is a Fiesta Red CV P that cost me 260 shipped.

 

[LowNotes1]

My 5-string SX Jazz, $180. I own a 1982 American Fender Jazz with which to compare. Even my beloved E-series MIJ P has been taking a back seat to the SX ever since I got it.

I keep wondering, what's the catch for such a low price, like the neck will fall off or something, but it's solid as a rock and sounds great. I'd like to get the action a little lower, as on my Precision, but otherwise this one's a keeper.

 

[DERECOLA]

I have a Yamaha bb450..

 

[TJSlice]

My Charvette P-Bass. $80 with a hardshell case. Only thing I upgraded was the PUP's; GFS Hot Overwounds straight to the jack. O, and the aesthetics

 

[lokikallas]

Alvarez Dana offset fretless 4. I replaced the pups and pre with emg's and wired for 18v. All for around 200$. It's my go to bass.