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Rondo Music basses
- Thread starter jarrhead
- Start date
- Apr 20, 2009
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- I'm the Squier of Fenderbirds
I just got in my time machine, flew ahead ten years, and checked this website. You just posted about how much you regret selling your Fender.
Just a word of warning froommmm the FUUUUTUUURRRRRREEEEE.
Just a word of warning froommmm the FUUUUTUUURRRRRREEEEE.
Buy strings for current bass rather than multiple basses... which will need even more strings. Take care of what you have before worrying about more.
Buying gear based on what 'may' or 'could' happen is a horrible horrible idea. Just FYI.
But I get the idea that you've already made up your mind that you're going to buy some variant of multiple basses no matter what. So best of luck.
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If you're going to sell that Jazz, which I wouldn't recommend, get something better than an Ibanez 506 for the love of all things holy.
I'm going to go ahead and echo what others here have said. Buy one good bass and worry about adding to your stable later.
If you're going to have 1,300 to kick around for a new 6 string, look at Invalid Link Removed. Yea, it's more than the Soundgear, but it's going to kick the sound gear in the balls.
I'm going to go ahead and echo what others here have said. Buy one good bass and worry about adding to your stable later.
If you're going to have 1,300 to kick around for a new 6 string, look at Invalid Link Removed. Yea, it's more than the Soundgear, but it's going to kick the sound gear in the balls.
DING DING DING
That's like another $500 above what his estimated price for the MIA and his savings was already though, so I didn't mention it.
I play Protest the Hero and Between the buried and Me.
Because of this I need a 6.
I think 6s are more comfortable than 5s anyways. And at the moment, I desperately need the extended range. Even if my tastes change, I know there will be a time I need the range.
And like I said, the fretless 5 can wait. That ones just for fun.
Neither of those bassists uses a 6 string. I enjoy playing the progressive stuff as well, and I can't think of any time where I needed to use my 6'er for that style.
so save?!!?!
why would you buy 3 basses that sort of kind of do what you might want them to, when you can get one bass that does it all.
Well that's what I would do, but I'm not the OP. He wants to sell off an MIA Jazz for an Ibby 506 and some other stuff.
Personally I'd never do that, but different strokes for different folks.
Personally I'd never do that, but different strokes for different folks.
Sell a fender MIA to buy a soundgear.... thats not a very good idea. Keep the 500 and save some more then get a 6 string used. and a fretless used.
I play Protest the Hero and Between the buried and Me.
Because of this I need a 6.
I think 6s are more comfortable than 5s anyways. And at the moment, I desperately need the extended range. Even if my tastes change, I know there will be a time I need the range.
And like I said, the fretless 5 can wait. That ones just for fun.
I might as well chime in with my opinion as well! Please note I own 5 string basses in fretted and fretless, I own 6 string basses in fretted and fretless and I own a real fender jazz V.
My feelings would be to KEEP the Am. Standard, UNLESS you find another Fender that both sounds better to you and feels better to play. I'm not going to tell you to keep that bass simply because it says Fender on it and it's MIA. Fender makes dogs too. So IF and ONLY if you find something better and I mean FIND it, like play it and have it in your own hands until you are sure it's better, then sell and trade. It makes no matter what model the new Fender is, sometimes even Squirers are winners. BUT you have to know that for sure before you buy. I can't tell you the hassle I went through buying by MIM Jazz V. I checked out gobs of stores and scores of basses. I was about to plunk down a huge chunk of change for a MIA version when my BETTER MIM one turned up one day at GC for a song. That's my story.
Your next bass should be a fretted 6 string. If you've been playing a 4 you need to get the hang of 5's and 6's. You can learn that faster and better on a 6 first. Learn the patterns across the neck. Dig the extended range. In many types of music the extended high end isn't needed at all. But my view is it's always better to have it and not play it than to need it and not have it! Only later when you get some spare cash you can back off to a 5 stringer to cut a bit of the weight and neck width when the upper range is not necessary. (in my opinion the lower range is always necessary! ...OK, unless you are into old school sounds)
And next you should get a fretless 6er to get the hang of those. You should note that when I got my fretless 6er (no lines on neck) it was much more bass than I could easily handle. It took me quite some time until I started to feel that I was dominating the bass rather than the bass dominating me!
And here's the kick in the butt! Go look at the 6 stringers at Rondo. Cripes $500 can get you BOTH! Lots of combinations to buy. Douglas ones look great. I like an ash body for a 6er because they are brighter in tone, but taste is your department. If you really feel lucky (well do ya, punk?) $500 gets a killer six string fretless to die for, (Brice Z6 Nat Spalted) If you can play it, it will play anything you can play on a fretted 6. Jazz band front instrument par excellence!
Once you've got this far a 5 is a piece of cake. Any old SX with a bit of setup and shielding will do. Forego a few pizzas to get the cash to buy one later.
And this is my two cents.
Sorry, your description of the ibby gettin kicked in the balls was awesome, never thought of one bass over another in that way haha
Dan uses one for Alaska. You have no idea how annoying it is to have a song you cant play because of no range anyways, so anything really.
Yeah, I really wouldn't do that either...
Sorry, but I'll say it - if you can't hack it on a Fender Jazz, you aren't going to sound any better on a 6-string...
Save your money dude. In a couple years you'll be wanting something else I guarantee it.
Sorry, but I'll say it - if you can't hack it on a Fender Jazz, you aren't going to sound any better on a 6-string...
Save your money dude. In a couple years you'll be wanting something else I guarantee it.
