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Help me choose a bass! AAAHHHG

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bassplaya614

Oct 24, 2009
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I will not be able to try these out, because I live in THE middle of nowhere, and no music store around here sells anything decent.

I am not a very good bassist, I have only been playing for a few years.

I figure, though, that anything is better than a broken Korean Fender JB.

My options are:
Warwick Corvette STD ash active-$650
Warwick Corvette STD bubinga passive-$550
Possibly Warwick Thumb-$850
USA Peavey Millennium-$600

I like to slap. :hyper: And funk. I love funk. But funk is a mindset, not a sound. I also like jazz.

The Warwicks are all new enough to be the baseball necks everyone is talking about, but I think I like the feel of a solid neck.

What would you recommend based on price and sound?

Thanks!
 
#2
A Thumb for 850 is probably the best deal out of all of those, and it's great for slap. I don't know about jazz though, maybe if you put some flats on it or something. But I'd probably get it anyway cause that's a steal.
 
#7
Posted this in your other thread as well:

Like you, I live in the middle of nowhere, only has access to a crappy music store, and hasn't been playing very long. After much research, I recently got an active bubinga vette std, and I love it to pieces. From what I've heard, it's much better sounding than the ash, and more versatile than the thumb. So yeah... the bubinga vette std gets my vote for sure. Just be prepared for the weight, they're pretty heavy...

I've never played a Thumb though, but I don't think I would want one anyway, because of what I've heard about the neck dive & whatnot.
 
#8
THUMB!

I just scored one for $750 used (albeit the input jack is a little funky but that shouldn't be much a problem). Roll back the blend to the bridge for a great Jaco-esque jazz sound that still has the Warwick character. Both pups on full for a narly rock/metal tone. Lots of other sounds are easily unlocked just by your playing style. The slap sound is heavenly.
 
#10
bassplaya614 said:
I own a Jazz Bass... I dunno. They are nice basses but... I dunno. I gotta say I've heard a Jazz up against a Stingray, Stingray blows it away. Rumor has it that Warwicks will blow a Stingray away.
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What are you using for an amp? Maybe your JB is a brick, but maybe it could use better pickups or the J-bass is fine and the amp isn't showing off what it can do.

Concerning the Thumb, I played a used German-built 5-string neck-thru Warwick Thumb a couple months ago. It's tagged at $2500 with intent to sell at around $1800. After playing it I understood why Warwick thru-necks get the big bucks. What a massive, singing, sustaining tone! It also hung just fine w/no neck dive. If you want a modern thumb-poppin' sound, man, it's got it. $850 is a total steal. If you buy it and end up wanting something else, flip it and buy two of the "something else".
 
#11
I've never met a Carvin that didn't feel and sound good, AND win awards! 10 day free trial is tough to beat. Plus they are made in America! Tough claim these days!! You'd be supporting my neighgbors, and the American economy for your efforts. And I HIGHLY DOUBT you'll be sending it back!! I've had my first Carvin since I bought it new in 1980!!! It still rocks da blues, n Jazz, and R&Rs with the best of the rest!
 
#12
I dunno. My amp setup is pretty BA.

I have a Peavey mark VIII with a 4x10 ported peavey cab. I have gotten great tones out of it with other basses. Maybe I just got a sucky bass. Who knows.

And no. I can't buy a new Carvin. I am a poor teenager.
 
#15
Personally I would never spend money on a Warwick without playing it first. Just to be safe. So many people have trouble with the necks on those that there is a high percentage of a chance that you wouldn't like it. Warwick's are way up there at the top of the "love the looks and sound, hate the feel" category.
 
#16
The Millennium is the best bass on there, but the Thumb is the best deal. Millenniums go for around $400 though, they want too much for it. I had a Thumb for a while. Sounded great, but the neck dive is atrocious. It points straight down. Sold it becuase of that.
 
#19
I owned a Thumb 4 for a while (sold due to my extreme preference for fivers) and now have a Thumb NT 5 as my primary. Get the Thumb - reports of neck dive and weight are over the top. Does it sag a bit? Perhaps (I never had problems with the 4 and don't have problems with my 5). Is it a 7.5 pound hollowbody? No. So what - the sound more than makes up for it :)
 

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