Dirt cheap budget basses

[whirlwind]

We"re not talking brand names but names you have never heard of.
Were they any good or just a lump of wood with strings on.

I started playing bass a few months ago (im 41) and my missus bought me a "cheetah" bass, medium scale, precision copy.
I"m not qualified to comment on vintage basses but a mate of mine pissed himself laughing when i showed him the bass ( plywood, crap pickups, etc, you get the picture ).
We Plugged it into his amp and he was blown away by the sound, he uses fender precisions and he couldn"t get one of his precisions to sound as good as this heap of shite, he just couldn"t believe the sound.

I"m pretty sure there"s loads of us out there that have bought really crap basses that sound better than higher end stuff but just wont admit it.

I Still have the bass but its hung on my wall as i prefer my yamaha, but i love the bass to death and it sounds like nothing i"ve ever heard.
Maybe its time to get it down again.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

let me be the first to say it... SX

 

[MaddogMonument]

let me be the first to say it... SX

+1

 

[LCW]

How would i hear of a brand name i have never heard of?

 

[Relayer71]

How would i hear of a brand name i have never heard of?

I get it, this is a puzzle!!!!
One of them brain teasers meant to keep your mind occupied... for infinity.

 

[J. Crawford]

How would i hear of a brand name i have never heard of?

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Tis a shame that woodchucks dont "chuck" wood.

But SX is a big one.

 

[Ric5]

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[irishryno]

^ what he said

 

[Hyperfreak]

How would i hear of a brand name i have never heard of?

Er, he said "We're not talking brand names..." So my guess is it would have been better phrased as "We're not talking band names, but rather..."

A lot of the Rondo Music brands are excellent, and are well-known around TB but not the world-at-large.

 

[whirlwind]

You know what i meant people.

It was a serious question but you always get ( certain types ) who think there clever.

 

[Geddy Claypool]

Ess-to-tha-Ex, dude.

 

[savit260]

Five and a half years ago, I had never heard of SX. Rolled my eyes when guitar player told me he was getting a $100 bass for his son that had been recomended to him from some experienced players on another forum. This was before I was on TB as well.

Been gigging an SX for nearly five years now. Over four with it as my primary bass. Funny thing being that I use an MIA Fender Precision as it's back up.

 

[bassbenj]

Five and a half years ago, I had never heard of SX. Rolled my eyes when guitar player told me he was getting a $100 bass for his son that had been recomended to him from some experienced players on another forum. This was before I was on TB as well.

Been gigging an SX for nearly five years now. Over four with it as my primary bass. Funny thing being that I use an MIA Fender Precision as it's back up.

Doesn't surprise me any. Some time back someone put up a blind tone test on the Usenet bass forum. Oddly enough the SX won the contest hands down. Hey, I picked the SX for best tone myself. Then I bought an SX to "Jacoize" by stripping frets to make fretless. Once I got it, NO WAY was I going to trash that bass! It didn't take long to move up to main axe. Now I've got an SX fretless too and I keep thinking about picking up a few more for hideous bass experiments.

But to add to this story, there is a local used instrument store (of the Music-go-round franchise) and they get in hoards of clone basses with names that nobody ever heard of. I try them out and virtually all are hideously bad in more ways than you can imagine.

So yes, SX is a wonderful bright spot in the dark world of no-name student basses. But I keep remembering that in life good things do not go on forever. Hence I keep checking Rondo stock regularly for things I might not be able to live without...

(My backup is Fender Deluxe V MIM)

 

[Jo6Pak]

I currently own four SX basses (the fourth was just delivered today and I haven't even seen it yet). My Fenders are all stored away in their cases, while the SX are out on stands where I can get to them easily.

 

[dave-chaulk]

let me be the first to say it... SX

+ 2312654986519800000

 

[dave-chaulk]

Let me just say, I am very much considering selling ALL of my basses, except my SX's.

 

[Shadi]

I own an American Lakland Duck Dunn, Fender 51' P RI, short scale SX Jaguar Bass, and the $89 SX Jazz Bass. Out of all of them, my $89 SX jazz bass is my go-to bass for everyday jamming, outdoor gigging, and even some recording. SX RULES.

 

[M0ses]

The keyboards player in my band also plays rhythm guitar sometimes. There is no name on the headstock, and he doesn't know who made it, either. It's made of plywood and has crap pickups. Unfortunately in this case it sounds like you would expect. But it's ok because he has a high-end digital piano and a for-real Hammond and he doesn't play guitar very often, and his amp isn't as big as the real guitarists.

 

[abstractart06]

I had never heard of SX before I joined talk bass. I recently met a guitar tech/builder who said he owns and restores Stratocasters. He said he does'nt see a lot of difference between the SX guitars and the Strats he works on. I may have to give one a try.

 

[Dan B]

I haven't dealt with SX at all (although they do look like, and are, bargains) but I did come across a Stagg HH Jaguar bass...thing being sold in the $100s. Any experience with this brand? I have heard some negative things in the past but I was wondering if that has changed.