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#21
Toboe said:
Sweet. So I've asked around a bit and people say I need to know about the effects and what not. Can anyone give me a hand?
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Also: You can get a bunch of various effects to do literally anything to your sound, but they are all added bells and whistles on top of the basic electric bass. Check out the Effects forum here and someone has reviewed just about everything if you need to get something.

Although I'd recommend sticking with just the guitar and amp for now and learn at least the basics before you worry about FX, even more importantly when budget minded. Some people spend more on their FX than you want to spend total.

(this is assuming that you mean you need to know about "effects pedals" and the like, and not basic amplifier effects like gain/level/equalizers/etc.)
 
#22
...effects arent very necessary in the scheme of things, especially if youre just learning the bass. think of it like buying a car...youd rather get a good car than a crappy car that has shiny stuff all over it and bells/whistles ! i use a sweet bass, an excellent cable, and plug it straight into a good amp. thats all you really need. im under the opinion that alot of effects are merely tools to help you mask the fact that you didnt buy the bass or amp (or both !) that you maybe should have, settling for less to save loot.
i also play the drums and my first kit i used was a '72 rogers in pink sparkle, a very sweet kit. im sure you know that it wouldnt be nearly as exciting to try to learn the drums on a piece of junk kit, right ? even if you had a large piece of junk kit with tons of crappy cymbals everywhere. a small, good quality drumset would be the best way to start, then add to it with other quality components when you can. catch my drift ? hope this helps
 
#24
That's a very low end ibanez, but the good thing about that is that Ibanez's come with super low action and fast necks and are very easy to learn on. Down the line you will realize that the tone is inferior, but physically, it's an excellent instrument to learn on.

Also, in recent years, Ibanez's quality control has been a lot more meticulous then Fender's, even their American models. My old teacher bought a custom shop strat, dropped $2600 or so on it and they sent him a defective neck that was so bad GC wouldnt even accept it on the special order.
 

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