Easily over $5000... This includes numerous basses, amps, pedals, pickups, and strings.
Thankfully, finding the right amp (brand) was easy. The rest was just me being too cheap to upgrade, so I side-graded a lot - stupid move and I'm glad I learned (am learning) from it. A lot of Squiers because they were good for the money, but to me, they will never compare to a Fender that isn't a lemon. I've spent time with Ibanez basses during a metal-phase and that was never a brand I liked to begin with. Now, I pulled the trigger on a cheap Douglas WEB 5-string to get my fix for some complex stuff I want to do. Love Fender, but most models just don't have 24 frets, which is a shame (at times, rarely).
Then there were Boss pedals up the ass. I've bought every Boss pedal for the bass or with a bass option on it and have sold every one of them. I now use Digitech Hardwire - made for the guitar, and works well with basses, too. Like a 2-in-1 combo without another input that reads "Bass" on it, using them for both my Stratocaster and Precision.
Now, it's strings. I've gone through Fender rounds to GHS rounds to Ernie Ball rounds to D'Addario rounds to D'Addario flats to Fender flats and now GHS flats. Most members (from what I've read) seemed to have tested every single string manufacturer on the market. For now, I love these GHS flats and I hope never to let the string GAS take over me because those TI flats look scrumptious.
For amps, I was all Peavey until I had me some Acoustic. It was love the moment I heard my playing through one of them at GC. Nothing else gave me what I wanted and I'm so happy I found my amp brand as early as I did.
Last but not least, pickups. Granted, I've only used Seymour Duncan because... well, he's Seymour Duncan. I like the 1/4'ers and now my taste have changed to Fender pickups - at the very least - Seymour Duncan SPB-1 vintage pickups. I'm still not an active fan, but who knows? Once my 5-string comes in, I might make the jump with a 9-volt battery in each hand!
My setup now: Fender '50s Precision bass (stock), Acoustic 200H + B115 cab, Digitech Hardwire Overdrive-Chorus-Delay-Reverb, GHS medium gauge flatwounds. Soon, I'll have a Douglas WEB in there, but it's an experimental phase I'm going through at the moment. I'll spend more later on additional cabs, too. I'm always looking for a pair of Acoustic 4x10s or another 1x15, or all three to make my upside-down "T" stack configuration.
Thankfully, finding the right amp (brand) was easy. The rest was just me being too cheap to upgrade, so I side-graded a lot - stupid move and I'm glad I learned (am learning) from it. A lot of Squiers because they were good for the money, but to me, they will never compare to a Fender that isn't a lemon. I've spent time with Ibanez basses during a metal-phase and that was never a brand I liked to begin with. Now, I pulled the trigger on a cheap Douglas WEB 5-string to get my fix for some complex stuff I want to do. Love Fender, but most models just don't have 24 frets, which is a shame (at times, rarely).
Then there were Boss pedals up the ass. I've bought every Boss pedal for the bass or with a bass option on it and have sold every one of them. I now use Digitech Hardwire - made for the guitar, and works well with basses, too. Like a 2-in-1 combo without another input that reads "Bass" on it, using them for both my Stratocaster and Precision.
Now, it's strings. I've gone through Fender rounds to GHS rounds to Ernie Ball rounds to D'Addario rounds to D'Addario flats to Fender flats and now GHS flats. Most members (from what I've read) seemed to have tested every single string manufacturer on the market. For now, I love these GHS flats and I hope never to let the string GAS take over me because those TI flats look scrumptious.
For amps, I was all Peavey until I had me some Acoustic. It was love the moment I heard my playing through one of them at GC. Nothing else gave me what I wanted and I'm so happy I found my amp brand as early as I did.
Last but not least, pickups. Granted, I've only used Seymour Duncan because... well, he's Seymour Duncan. I like the 1/4'ers and now my taste have changed to Fender pickups - at the very least - Seymour Duncan SPB-1 vintage pickups. I'm still not an active fan, but who knows? Once my 5-string comes in, I might make the jump with a 9-volt battery in each hand!
My setup now: Fender '50s Precision bass (stock), Acoustic 200H + B115 cab, Digitech Hardwire Overdrive-Chorus-Delay-Reverb, GHS medium gauge flatwounds. Soon, I'll have a Douglas WEB in there, but it's an experimental phase I'm going through at the moment. I'll spend more later on additional cabs, too. I'm always looking for a pair of Acoustic 4x10s or another 1x15, or all three to make my upside-down "T" stack configuration.
Markbass is well worth the $1000 or so I spent for what it has done for me!
. Then when I realised that bass was crap I bought an ESP JM-500 which has been my main player for about 2 years now.
