Inexpensive 24 fret PJ 4 strings?

[bopeuph]

It's time to retire my Epiphone EBM. The truss rod is rattling pretty badly and the repairs aren't worth the instrument.

I'd like something I can have as a messing-around ADGC tenor bass, though. What are some good options?

 

[PunkKitty]

Ibanez?

 

[jamro217]

Carvin may have something like that. An LB70 with a P pickup.

 

[Moving Pictures]

Yamaha has some inexpensive PJ4s with 24 frets in the TRBX line. Pretty decent for the price.

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[bassrich]

Washburn Lyon LB40 great P/J

 

[two fingers]

Define "inexpensive". To me that might mean $200 but to someone else that might mean $2,000.

 

[Malak the Mad]

It's time to retire my Epiphone EBM. The truss rod is rattling pretty badly and the repairs aren't worth the instrument.

I'd like something I can have as a messing-around ADGC tenor bass, though. What are some good options?

I can't help on the 24-fret part, but you've sparked a question in my head. I have an extra Aerodyne body lying around which normally takes a 20-fret neck. Could a Warmoth or similar neck that provides extra frets by way of an overhang be capable of proper intonation without moving the bridge?

 

[PunkKitty]

Carvin may have something like that. An LB70 with a P pickup.

Most LB70s have J pickups. I've never seen one with a P pickup. But yeah. They are great basses. My main bass is a LB70.

 

[sotua]

I can't help on the 24-fret part, but you've sparked a question in my head. I have an extra Aerodyne body lying around which normally takes a 20-fret neck. Could a Warmoth or similar neck that provides extra frets by way of an overhang be capable of proper intonation without moving the bridge?

If it takes a standard fender heel neck, warmoth does provide custom necks with overhangs for 21, 22 or 24 frets. However, I'd check with them if the pocket depth is ok, since IIRC the aerodynes are carved top and the standard warmoth neck is made with flat fender bodies in mind.

 

[Gorn]

Yamaha rbx 270.

$199 new and there's a million out there used for about $100. Damn fine bass.

 

[JoeyM]

Cort Action.
Very cheap (less than $300 Australian for a new one, I think), P/J pickups, 24 frets, a sturdy instrument - mine's been dropped a few times, never had any work done to it (apart from new strings of course) and it still plays great.
For a "student level" instrument, it's got some good sounds, a good feel, and has lasted me a long time considering the lack of maintenance.

 

[Ian Perge]

Ibanez' newish SR-660, SR-655 (Ash body 4 and 5s) & SR-750 & SR-755 (Mahogany & Bubinga body 4 and 5s) may certainly be closer to the "midrange" price-point, but with their newly designed Carey Nordstrand "CND" P & J pickups, powerful yet dynamic 3-band Active Preamp with Passive Bypass & Tone Control, bolt-on bodies with choice of very different Tone Woods, I've been considering one... and while I started out as an "Ibanez Guy" and will back them pretty hard, they haven't released a model that I've wanted to purchase in a decade. These change that... ;-)

 

[brianrost]

You can get early 80s Ibanez Roadsters (not Roadstar) for low dough.

 

[DavC]

I'd say Ibby ... also maybe a used MIK Jazz 24 ...

I have my 24 fret 5 ver tuned with the high C ... I'd make sure the bass was designed to have 24 frets to begin with .. !
mine is a Warmoth , which I like a lot ... but they extend the finger board to make their neck have 24 frets ... so the neck and body are still the same as a 20/21 fret ... so I don't have the extra space to easily reach the last few frets .. !! on previous 24 fret basses I've had , they where designed with the 24 fret access in mind ... ! just a thought ...

 

[bopeuph]

I'd say Ibby ... also maybe a used MIK Jazz 24 ...

I have my 24 fret 5 ver tuned with the high C ... I'd make sure the bass was designed to have 24 frets to begin with .. !
mine is a Warmoth , which I like a lot ... but they extend the finger board to make their neck have 24 frets ... so the neck and body are still the same as a 20/21 fret ... so I don't have the extra space to easily reach the last few frets .. !! on previous 24 fret basses I've had , they where designed with the 24 fret access in mind ... ! just a thought ...

OOOH, I don't know why I didn't consider the Jazz 24! It doesn't have a P pickup, but I could get over that!

That's another way I could go--maybe a replacement neck from Warmoth? The truss rod in my EBM is buzzing really badly, and my tech said don't bother with this. Then again, I don't like the orientation of the P pickups at all...they're actually reversed from the standard routing, having the side closest to the neck on the D-G side, which is right on the sweet spot, and I always nail my thumb on the corner of the pickup when thumping the C (G) string!

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Carvin may have something like that. An LB70 with a P pickup.

Will they do that now? I thought the P pickup was only available on the P bass.

 

[jamro217]

Most LB70s have J pickups. I've never seen one with a P pickup. But yeah. They are great basses. My main bass is a LB70.

I'm not sure if they have a P bass pickup, either, but it'd be easy to install one. Still an inexpensive, high quality alternative in the 24 fret neck category.

 

[PunkKitty]

I'm not sure if they have a P bass pickup, either, but it'd be easy to install one. Still an inexpensive, high quality alternative in the 24 fret neck category.

I just checked their site. They don't offer a P pickup for that model. Someone is selling a PJ Carvin in the for sale section right now for $500. If I had the cash, I'd take it. I love Carvin basses.

 

[SolRatner]

Cort Action -or Action A if you prefer active basses- should fit the bill.

 

[Crystalman85]

Yamaha trbx174. it costs about $200 and has a nice punchy sound. also it's passive.