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I'm in agony, choosing for a bass......advice needed

Which one?

  • Stingray 4

    Votes: 54 43.5%

  • Ibanez SR1200 or SR1400

    Votes: 18 14.5%

  • Modify cheap P-bass (or just leave it)

    Votes: 13 10.5%

  • Warmoth custom P-bass

    Votes: 11 8.9%

  • Fender AV57 or AV62

    Votes: 28 22.6%
  • Total voters
    124
valencia0919

valencia0919

Dec 3, 2010
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Brookline, MA
#1
Hey there folks! I've got about $1500 or so on my budget. I was going to go for Ibanez SR1200e, because I heard it is built very nicely. Then, this P-bass thing got to me and I was into Warmoth custom P-bass or modifying MIM Fender P-bass (or maybe get a AV62 or 57?). Right now, I'm looking at the EBMM Stingrays.....I know these basses have a lot of fans for their own characteristics, but I just love'em all. I've played a Stingray, a SR500, a few Fender P-basses(MIM,MIA). I play various genres of music.
So it's like this: Do I want versatility(Ibanez or MM) or stability(P-bass)? I cannot decide.

That was all BS I had in my mind. So please give me your opinions, TBers!
 
#4
I voted Stingray. Of the choices you have listed, it's just in a different class. The others just don't belong.

However...with $1500 you can do much better still. With your budget you can get into a Warwick or a Spector. That's sweetness right there, brother.
 
#6
Personally, I would eliminate the Ibanez choice and go from there.

Basically that leaves you with a P bass of some sort of a Stingray. Before you go with the custom Warmoth build, can you try out any of the other P's you've listed and a Stingray at a store? I hate to give the answer of personal preference, but it really is. They are both similar feeling basses, necks is similar, weight, etc. It's really the tone that is different. Active vs. passive, big fat humbucker vs. p pickup.

I've got both and I love both, so that's not much help. I can play either one and be totally happy in any situation.
 
#9
Those basses are all over the map and "versatile" in their own ways. A precision and mm are both versatile and yet totally different animals. I'd personally opt for one of each. An American standard precision & a musicman stingray 5. I love both basses, but the precision does the four string with flats thing better whereas the sr5 is a much better 5 string.
 
#14
For 1500 bucks I'd get a fleet of American made peaveys. You could get a Foundation (with super ferrite pickups please), a Fury, a TL5 and still have money left over to get a fretless foundation and new strings for all of them. If you didn't know, the foundation is similar to an American made fender jazz. Some would say it is better. The fury is like a p bass, and the TL5 is a poor man's Modulus Quantum. I have owned all of these basses so I have a pretty good basis for my opinions.
 
#16
What bass (basses) do you have already? Figure out what it covers and then get the bass (basses) that covers everything else. If you don't have any bass now, get a Jazz and a P and you will have evrything covered. Or a Stingray and a P. Either way, everybody needs a P-Bass.
John
 
#18
Your bass is an extension of your soul... it's like choosing your girlfriend! Such a personal choice, only you can decide.

HOWEVER... on the list, I voted the Stingray. I like thinner necks, so I play a Sterling. I'll also take a +2 on the G&L.



I fell in lust with a Fender Custom Shop Jazz once, but she was $2,200. :hmm:
 
#20
I see someone said an G&L L2K....
+1 to that!
In addition to the Stingray...The L2K is a great bass that can be had brand new for the $1,300 - $1,500 price range with fitted hard case.....
I bought a truly amazing L2K for $1,400 brand new from "Guitar Adoptions" in Chicago.
Butterscotch Blonde with Birdseye maple neck and Matching fretboard....

Cannot go wrong!
 

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