First Bass

Welcome, after reading your thread here I'm thinking the only advice I can offer is this.

If you want more advice you'd be better off posting a few important details.

Basses range from dirt cheap to insanely expensive. Are you just an average joe ?
Or did you just win the Mega Million and sky's the limit?
What's your budget? Perhaps the most important thing to mention.
What do you like? Is there a bass you saw that sparked your interest?
Or maybe a bass player that plays a bass you could see yourself owning?

Basically in short your question is just a bit too vague.

Good luck and I hope your able to find one for yourself.

 

Squire between $199 to $299...................

 

Are you really online?
Davo

 

Yamaha BB 414

 

Squier Jazz would be a great starter.

In fact last year I bought a used Made in Japan (MIJ) Squier Jazz for $300. This was made in 1986 and starting to become collectable. Early Fender production in Japan = excellent quality.

The quality may be a lot higher than Made in Mexico (MIM) Fender/Squier range.

Ibanez and Dean offer very good value starter basses. There's lots to choose from.

At the top of the page there is a search button. Type in "new bass" and you will get hundreds of previous threads on the subject.

Cheers
Davo

 

Hondo.

 

If you're looking for a starter package (bass, amp, cables, tuner,etc..) I highly recommend the Ibanez GSR190 package. I played the crap out of that thing for years and regretted selling it to buy a MIM Jazz.

 

I just bought a Squire Jazz Bass off Craigslist for $200 with stand , gig bag, small amp and chords.

I have a friend with the Ibanez 190 package and he seems to like it.
Can't remember exact price.

Several different levels of Squires can be purchased for $200-$500 and i am pretty blown away with the few that I've seen and there's affordable amps always on Craigslist.
Or check your local pawn shops for s decent deal on an amp.

I think my next purchase is going to be one of the Olympic White Classic Vibe Squire Jazz basses.
I've gears tons of good things and have seen several for around $300

 

8liter brings up a good point. If you'll need to include an amp, cable, strap and some instructional material in that budget a starter pak may be a good way to go.

I believe Squier has one for around $200 and that leaves you enough left over for some instructional materials and/or to upgrade the bass a bit after a while if you want to. Fender products tend to be the easiest to do that with. They're also a popular style bass and not difficult to sell when you want to upgrade to a better model.

 

I would tend to lean toward this as well, the only downside is that although the Squier package is where I started, you don't get a choice of which bass you get "in the box" and production quality can vary more at this price point.

If I had it to do again, with the knowledge I have now, I would buy used after looking around and being able to inspect and play the bass a little before purchase. This holds for any brand at that price point. And I could have found the same package locally on CL used for half the price of new.

BTW, still have that first bass, modded etc. but still here and still gets a whirl now and then.