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Picking out a good bass

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Danny"God"Rubio

Jul 23, 2010
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#1
Ok well im getting a 300$ reimbursement from Gc pro coverage sicne my fender fretless jazz bass has a warped neck. Now with this 300$ im looking for a fretted bass but im not sure which to get form GC. I am going to be playing Indie, Punk, Ska and such but im not sure which bass would be right for this kind of music hitting the 299.99$ mark.

I was thinking of getting the Schecter Guitar Research Raiden Deluxe 4 Electric Bass Guitar but im not sure since i need help :/
 
#9
audiomitch said:
Isn't a Squire Vintage Modified Jazz or P around $300? Those are some pretty serious bang for the buck.
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+ 1 on that

If you have a $300 credit, I'd suggest putting it toward something REALLY nice for some more money. If you were thinking Schecter, get yourself one of the new Warwick Rockbasses. Mine was $750 (corvette standard with active 2-band eq) and its an amazing piece of work, the one with passive tone control is less than $700 IIRC.

If you didn't to go with modern tone though, I'd check out the Squier Classic Vibe 60's P. It's a real Fender pickup inside (signature tone is there) and the look is of the vintage flavor...good for you if you want to go for that indie look as well as tone.
 
#11
Well Vanilla my family adn I really cant afford much so 300 is all we really can afford adn the schecter i was seeing costs 299 so it seemed good but i see no reviews or videos of it so im not sure since it isnt in the store by my city :/

and Martin & Just Bill sounds great but im not sure since i have a vintage modified fretless squier but would this bass sound good for my style?
 
#17
Just Bill i do not think so but at GC im sure i can try one out i only hope i can find a good p bass or p/j bass then sicne the bass part of the store is severly small.

also imfreeman9 i doubt ill get used i dont trust the used in my store :/
 
#18
Buslady7803 said:
I wouldnt go near a low end Ibanez, I had one with a crappy J pickup and the other warped neck.
The newer Warwick Rockbasses are good. If you can locate a German Warwick used, you can get one under 1k.


Save the money, get something good.
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I personally own an SR305 as a backup bass. The neck is perfectly fine and the sound is stellar for the money. Ive also owned an SR706, SR300, SR400FL, ATK100, ATK300, ATK500,S540FM, Jem7V . NONE had any neck issues after many shows.
The thing with ibanez is that setup matters. When I bought my most recent ibanez I was at GC... they had about 6 of them on the floor.... 3 of them were horrible, 1 was so-so, 2 were great.
The active electronics can cover a ton of tones.

If ibanez isnt your thing..... looking at your style of music id say P bass all the way. Perhaps a Squire VM.
 
#19
hmmmmm so a p bass does sound nice this way i can switch form time to time whether i use my fender squire modified fretless vintage jazz bass i only hope th eone i get doesnt look exactly the same i kinda want style with the sound and tone :D
 

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