Why the hell am I favoring my cheaper basses??

[EdO.]

I'd like to know where to get one, I can't find one anywhere...

Steinberger strap hook? Sam Ash can get you one, that's where I bought my Steiney and ordered the strap hook with it. They had to go back to Gibson to get it but the guy I dealt with said any Gibson dealer can get them, just have to get 'em off their asses to order it. I paid $25 shipping included FWIW.

 

[Pyrat]

The great thing is, we DO have options. Imagine being able to drive a different car every day or be at the beach one day, mountain streams the next...what a wonderful world we live in where we can walk up to a stable of able ponies and ride off on the one that tickles our fancy! The cool part? WE GET TO PLAY~

 

[angst178]

I'm torn between a MiM Jazz my friend is selling or a new SUB Ray4. He is coming with me to Guitar Center next weekend so we can a/b both basses on the same amp. Looking into the reviews and YouTube videos he is interested in the Ray as well.


I think it comes down to something simple. CNC machines. Years ago to keep low cost basses cheap, the body and neck were not well made because that meant a lot more man hours. Cheap pickups and bad paint helped lower the cost too. Fenders were more expensive than Squiers because there was more time put into the build. A lot more.
Now they throw the wood onto the CNC and turn it on. That lowers cost, so they can buy better paint and better spray guns. They can focus on the polishing process more too.
Then because they have more profit available they can be competitive by using better hardware and pickups. Low cost basses are better now because other low cost basses are better.

 

[Basshappi]

Don't worry about it. Your attention will shift back and forth. I try to show all my basses a little love from time to time, but one or the other will get more play, for a while and then shift to another, sometimes without explanation. It happens.

THIS.
Variety is the spice of life after all.

 

[jonnybass1]

My Squier Jag gets almost as much play as my Warwick. However I will usually grab my Warwick if in doubt of what bass to play and it Usually gets played as my main bass. It just plays and sounds better IMO.

 

[bassbully]

After years of chasing the best vintage Fender I found my lower end Squiers were being played more than that bass I chased. I sold off the higher ends, kept a couple Squiers and one Fender. I prefer MIJ, own two, and am happy.

 

[Bassquest]

I feel the same way, playing my Samick cheapo over my Ibby SR300 but that may change later today as a buddy wants to come over and trade his Duff P for a set of drums.

 

[KF2B]

Yeah...

I gather "the thing" with most higher priced items is rather the pursuit, the hunt, the process if you will of finally getting The coveted One. Then when you finally get it turns out in most cases to be a bittersweet experience as no matter how nice it is it most often cannot fulfill the emptiness left by the ended pursuit, hunt and process of moving towards The One.

No such with el cheapo so it´s all just bliss when you land a good one. - In the end an instrument is only an instrument unless we are talking about Lee Sklar´s Carruthers built double P, Lemmy Kilmister´s Rickenbacker, Willie Nelson´s trigger guitar or Billy Sheehans wife P bass...

 

[CID Vicious]

After a decade long bass odyssey...RBX170, mahogany GIO SGR, Dean Edge, SUB SB4, SX SJB74, Ibanez Roadstar II RB690, Canvas PJ, and trying every damn thing on the rack, including "deal" priced used Warwicks, I chose and stand by...

...my Rogue LX400 Pro Series II.

Look it up, read my "Best Four String Bass Under $300" writeup to hear me gush, but that damn thing is Warwick playable. Wicks are great for my style, but even a used Rockbass is nearly twice what my Rogue was new. Used? Much like Daisy Rock guitars, stupid good for $100-$150. "Wrong name on headstock" discount.

A FWIW you can't touch those GFS Slick instruments for that dough. Plays like my Gibson! I wants a SLPB BADLY.

 

[CID Vicious]

 

[DigitalMan]

Sell me the XL-2.

Not kidding.

 

[Murdoc_420]

basslicks said: ↑
Money doesn't buy slappiness.

Great line

Do you have the tabs for that?

(haven't figured out the multi quite thing i guess...)

 

[ThePresident777]

I can get a great 5 string bass from Ibanez for $800, even less, depending on what's on offer. But if I want a 5 string Fender P Bass, I have to pay $1500? Why?












Because:

 

[rufus.K]

Do you have the tabs for that?

Yes.

 

[bassbrad]

Yes, decided many years ago that as much as I appreciate high end basses they just did not get much action so the custom Jackson, Pedulla and Alembic basses went to better homes.

 

[bigtone23]

I love my cheap-o basses. They have been fret leveled, nicer nuts installed and hardware and electronics upgraded as needed. They get the vast majority of my play time now.