Metal/Jazz bass guitars

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i kid. this is Off Topic, which is for the discussion of bacon and related matters.

PS Warwick should suit your needs, have a look for the club thread in Basses.

 

This is my advice.

Start out with a cheap simple bass, but make it sturdy.

Your first bass is a lot like your first car. If you drive badly, you may own a ferrari, but your still just a d-bag with a ferrari.
Likewise no since in owning a Rickenbacker to bang out scales and simple punk rock.
It's your first one, and your probably going to wreck it. So dont spend too much. Get something practical and resilient.

I recommend the Peavy Millennium BXP.
I got mine for $145 brand new. Its serves all my needs at this point in my career. Peavy makes unkillable instruments. Its just pick up knobs and a volume nob. Cant mess the sound up on it too badly. So, simple, strong, and reliable.

In my opinion amplification is much more important than the instrument. I have a little Peavy 15 watt amp, because I am not currently in a band or gigging, and I live in an apartment. Having a large cabinet would be rediculous given my living situation.

As you grow and mature and start a band, upgrade to a pub sized amplifier.

Im a big fan of doing cheap and reliable things. In the end YOU the player makes the music.

 

I recommend a nice Ibanez SR. Or, not to be cli che, but I would recommend a nice MIJ Jazz Bass. If price is a factor, I would recommend a Squier Jazz bass or an Ibanez SR300.q

 

Make sure it has strings on it.

 

A jazz bass could possibly suit your needs, if you like the tone. I'm assuming it can jazz, considering the word "jazz" is in its name.

And as proven by Martin Mendez of Opeth, it can play metal.



But really any bass can play jazz and metal.

 

If YOU like it and it sounds good, get it.