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Poor man's Musicman ??

#3
check out olp basses. licensed copies of the stingrays. quite a few guys on here have em and seem to be happy with them. i'm actually thnking of one myself. i think there's one for sale in the classifieds right now, might be a five string for $375.
 
#5
The Ibanez ATK series are the most obvious basses, IMO. TBC, both the new ones and old ones, are great too. MTD imports are some nice Stingray style basses also. Another great choice is the OLP Tony Levin Signature model. All of these can be had for under $600.
 
#7
dinghy said:
+1 again

I love it even more than the Stingray.
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What a lot of people (including myself) like about this is it has less high end zing than a stingray (which can be good or bad depending on your own opinions) Mine is pretty hefty, but has a freaking hefty tone to it. Its simply amazing for a 12 year old instrument and I get compliments on its tone almost everytime I play :)
 
#14
Sometimes if you dig around hard enough you can find a Musicman for $600.

But if you need one right away, I'd buy a Musicman SUB.
They were made in USA in the same factory as the 'regular' ones. And they come with my favorite 2 band eq, same eq my expensive Stingrays have.
 
#15
ATK. SUBs are quickly becoming very expensive, some are close to what they sold for new. ATK can be had for cheap, I got mine this summer for $212 shipped from eBay, and it's beautiful. You get a 3 band EQ instead of a 2 band, a more massive bridge, a 3 way switch for more tone versatility, string through construction, more contoured body and I'll bet it's lighter too. Nothing against SUBs, but ATK is giving you more for less money.
 
#16
Vic Winters said:
SUBs are quickly becoming very expensive, some are close to what they sold for new.
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Well, I think that says something.... it either retains it's value, or actually appreciates in value as time goes on.
I'm all about buying the piece that holds value.

I've walked in stores that still have new SUBs hanging there.
 
#20
I'd say +2 (one for each of mine) to the ATK, they are great basses. But seriously, go out and lay hands on these basses. They sound somewhat alike, they are all good basses, but different things appeal to different people. I got incredible deals on my ATK's, which I of course am very happy about. I am not someone who gets especially hung up about finishes, but the finish on the subs just puts me off. Sound and playability are good, but they're also orders of magnitude more expensive than ATK's are here in New Zealand.

Play them and get what you like best. Tony Levin apparently actually plays out his stock OLP sig model, which is a pretty cool thing, I haven't had a chance to try out one in person though.

Steve
 

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