Underrated Basses?

[Baird6869]

Squier Vintage Modified. A truly giggable bass for $279. Can't beat that IMO.

 

[Lowbrow]

ATK!

I think Danelectros are majorly underrated overall though, guitars too.

Me and the Swami are on the same wavelength. It's a mystic thang.

I love my Danelectro "Dano-blaster" Rumor basses ($195 plywood p-types), they play great, weigh ~5.5 pounds, and with just a swap of some hardware, they are gig-ready monsters.

AND I just bought an ATK today at GC and this cheap bass is great sounding and versatile copping a mess of old-school tones! And that huge 62-P style neck! Man, if only it were 3 pounds lighter it would be perfect (probably all that extra metal they stuck on the front).

 

[DanielleMuscato]

Schecter Diamond J:

http://www.instrumentpro.com/image.php?src=/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/SCHDJB.jpg

I played this back-to-back in a store with my American Deluxe Fender. The Schecter blew away the Fender, really - better bridge, better tuners, better action, better fretwork, better preamp, better tone, $500 new.

 

[rick4001s]

Cort and Parker.

The Cort rb-5 and Parker PB41 especially.

 

[vinxbass]

Carvin's are def underrated.

 

[JazzyJames]

Cort, Yamaha, Peavey

 

[Thingus995]

i like my schecter a lot, does the job and sounds pretty good

 

[Bassbasixx]

Squier
Yamaha
Peavey
Dean

 

[spiritbass]

Kinal. Why, I don't know...

 

[lmfreeman9]

Peavet, Yamaha, MIJ Fenders and G & L's. It's amazing to me what people are paying for 70's Fenders which were made 10 years after Leo sold the company, have a poor reputation and are usually played hard or altered. G & L's from Leo's watch can still be bought for a reasonable price.

 

[Lowbrow]

G & L's from Leo's watch can still be bought for a reasonable price.

Let's just keep that a little TB secret, and abuse those weak eBay sellers, OK?

 

[mart356]

 

[Vynns]

Schecter Diamond J:

http://www.instrumentpro.com/image.php?src=/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/SCHDJB.jpg

I played this back-to-back in a store with my American Deluxe Fender. The Schecter blew away the Fender, really - better bridge, better tuners, better action, better fretwork, better preamp, better tone, $500 new.

Preamp? The Schecter isn't passive?

 

[kencasino]

Peavey!

 

[bassalo]

Schecter!

 

[tallboybass]

Yamaha BB300&400s. I tried to sell mine for $250 and nobody cared. I finally realized it was a better P Bass than my P Bass.

 

[Mazatleco17]

imho schecter, since I own one hehe

 

[Figjam]

G&L...by a mile! I spoke to a Best Buy employee about why they're being dropped and he said it's because they don't sell.

If only people knew... :scowl:

your best buy sells basses?

 

[dvh]

Schecter Diamond J:

http://www.instrumentpro.com/image.php?src=/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/SCHDJB.jpg

I played this back-to-back in a store with my American Deluxe Fender. The Schecter blew away the Fender, really - better bridge, better tuners, better action, better fretwork, better preamp, better tone, $500 new.

+1, I really like my Diamond J.

Yes it is passive

 

[gkbass13]

i played a phenominal schecter jazz bass that was 399 new. i think yamaha and peavy are two of the more underrated companies though.