The Best Cheap Gear You Have

[Muddslide]

I have this 70's era "lawsuit" Tokai Hardpuncher which is the best P-bass I've ever owned! I play it all the time. It's a typical sunburst, Jamerson-looking P, and I bought it for around $300 a few years back. A great bass!

Hells yeah. I had a Tokai that looked exactly like that which I bought in the early 80s for $70 in a pawn shop in Oklahoma.

I started gigging with it immediately and it paid for itself twice over the very first night.

I've owned several Fenders of various vintages over the years, plus a lot of knock-offs, and I really think that Tokai was the best P-bass I ever played. Certainly the best I ever owned. It saw hundreds of gigs, quite a bit of recording duties, and lots of abuse.

I never had to do anything to it except wipe it down after a show and change strings now and then. I hardly ever even needed to tune it.

I was a fool to part with it. I had it for around 12 or more years before I sold it. Sounded and played top notch.

 

[DanielleMuscato]

MTD Artist 5, $425 used on eBay, all stock

I like it better than my HJC custom build - it's my #1 for playing live.

 

[DanielleMuscato]

$109 Douglas WEB-846 Fretless. For the money, you just can't beat it. (Yes, I currently have the truss rod cover off.)

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I've thought about buying that bass before. What do you think of it? Is it really ~15mm spacing? (I'm a 19mm guy)

 

[Bobby King]

Hells yeah. I had a Tokai that looked exactly like that which I bought in the early 80s for $70 in a pawn shop in Oklahoma.

Wow, $70?

You know, I've seen these go for $500-$600 on ebay these days.