Used P bass or Jazz. Use the rest of your budget on a decent DI. I've used a SABDDI with good results but my personal fave is the Avalon U5 IME.
Jeff
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What bass would suit my studio?
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What bass would suit my studio?
it all depends on the interior decoration. Maybe a feng sui expert can be more helpful answering this question than TB (sorry, but someone had to be a little silly
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And now the proper answer. A P or a J bass (a PJ even better) will cover 90% of your needs (maybe 100% but let's not be extreme). Many options available. Try what suits your hands and ears
it all depends on the interior decoration. Maybe a feng sui expert can be more helpful answering this question than TB (sorry, but someone had to be a little silly
)And now the proper answer. A P or a J bass (a PJ even better) will cover 90% of your needs (maybe 100% but let's not be extreme). Many options available. Try what suits your hands and ears
Rickenbacker.
...I had to break the chain.
Way to go...a Rickenbacker because of what?
It´s versatility?
I'd say a mexican P bass will probably do just fine. It should play decently well and will sound really close to what most people think a bass sounds like. That way, you won't have to obsessively fiddle with the bass sound and you can focus on the overall recording.
Precisions are winning by a landslide, so it's inevitable that I try one.
Let me change directions for a minute though. Considering that I do like the whole heavy metal thing, what is a bass that would suit the heavy metal type as far as looks that sounds as good as everyone says the P bass does? I was thinking Warwick or Spector.
Oh and I've got a couple DI boxes already in the studio, so that's taken care of
. In the future when things really take off I'll have to get a head and cab to mic it up and blend it with a DI, but for now I'm sticking with a DI just to start with. So all I'd need is a good studio bass to start with.
Thanks a lot for all the replies, overwhelmingly helpful
Let me change directions for a minute though. Considering that I do like the whole heavy metal thing, what is a bass that would suit the heavy metal type as far as looks that sounds as good as everyone says the P bass does? I was thinking Warwick or Spector.
Oh and I've got a couple DI boxes already in the studio, so that's taken care of
. In the future when things really take off I'll have to get a head and cab to mic it up and blend it with a DI, but for now I'm sticking with a DI just to start with. So all I'd need is a good studio bass to start with.Thanks a lot for all the replies, overwhelmingly helpful
Let me change directions for a minute though. Considering that I do like the whole heavy metal thing, what is a bass that would suit the heavy metal type as far as looks that sounds as good as everyone says the P bass does? I was thinking Warwick or Spector.
A Warwick Corvette 5 string would do the trick. Make sure it's 5 string though because metal bands these days rarely play in standard tuning.
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This is for a studio........recording right?
P basses look great in the mix.
* edit..
Ok I guess I should add something constructive...
Guys here are suggesting the Precision bc its the most recorded bass out there. As a studio bass you want something that's in a sense generic- you're going to have different bands recording that probably don't want unique individual out there tones... which is why the Rickenbacker (as much as I think is one of the best basses out there and is pure GOLD in the studio....) is not a great choice.
A Fender Jazz is probably a better choice or Precision Jazz (P/J) even better as you can pull a pure P sound or dial in the J bridge pickup. Just to clarify: we're talking about pickup type and position here. eg:
There are many brands out there that have built their own designs using the classic Fender P and J pickup position and layouts. So if you're after something black and pointy then the world is your oyster. Do a search for "best bass for metal". There are eleventy hojillion threads about it.... but I will say this: The bass is a musical instrument, not a handbag. Go for tone.
