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still waiting for Thomann's answer on how much postage would be, its free for my country in order over 199 but not to the islands... and I live in the islands :\

so, went to the store and really was a waste of time, best offer he had for me was the YAMAHA RBX 374 BLK at 380€, thats almost 100€ more than at thomman

Tomorrow going to the small music shop, called there today and the owner told me to drop by that he would give me a good deal on anything i wanted. so tomorrow i might own my 1st Bass and Amp

ok so the SWR is actually 222€ and ive seen 3 basses from the brands you said that i think are good and I like, YAMAHA RBX 374 BLK 298€ (going over the budget and still needing to buy the rest), IBANEZ GSR200BK 259€ (includes gig bag and strap leaving 19€ for cable) and the IBANEZ GSR200EX-BKF 275€ (with gig bag and strap, leaving 3€ for cable). all this not counting the shipment. out of them all I like the Yamaha the most but with that Amp goes way over my budget, besides, do they come with strings? and the other amp you said is 245€ so thats a no no arghhh, decisions decisions.... but thanks alot

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1139458' date='Feb 24 2011, 12:23 AM']Battery compartment (sometimes hidden in the backplate) = Active bass (has active electronics, AKA a pre amp) No battery = Passive bass (tone controls only take away from the overall tone rather than adding anything) None is better than either really. It's all down to the components & the quality of bass. Can you not get your gear online rather than wasting funds in an expensive music shop?[/quote] yes i can but for that i have to know what actually is good or not and for 500€ i cant seem to get a decent amp if i get a decent Bass for what you guys have told me I need around 75W for rehearsal and that goes a bit expensive, specially the brands you talked about

yet another question... i see Basses with a battery compartment, what is this for? the one I used didnt take batteries is it better or worst with batteries?

what is neck dive?

[quote name='daz' post='1138861' date='Feb 23 2011, 05:20 PM']Câmara de Lobos, Funchal and Santa cruz are good sized towns. (Câmara is bigger than my town and we have 3 music shops) Surely there must be music shops there ? Can you look them up on the interweb?[/quote] there are 2 music shops in the entire island, one has been around for a long time but has huge prices, the other is new but small, not much variety

[quote name='silky 2010' post='1138127' date='Feb 23 2011, 08:12 AM']I have just bought a Squier VM Jazz Bass FSR and a line 6 lowdown studio 75W amp. I am so impressed with both of these and the guy at the shop said that the line 6 amp should be loud enough for small gigs and practice. These both come in brand new in your price range... Ben[/quote] hummm, the Line6 amp i find at 300 euros so that would leave me with 200 euros for bass, cable, bag, strap.... but if a 75W amp is enough for that then maybe a gallien krueger backline 110 II that is 70W and costs only 140€ leaving me with 360 for the rest. but then again dunno about the quality of it

a very old Aria. it didnt sound all that great and i really didnt like anything about it except that i was playing... i was happy to be playing, not happy to be playing that bass the one i saw and liked was a bc rich warlock and an epiphone thunderbird gothic btw, do i get Flea's sound with the Fleabass or is it just another one of those "oh yeah, this is just like mine" deals but when you but it its totally different?

thanks for the welcome guys, about the sale section, most of the things that fit into my budget that are in there are amps that would cost me an arm and a leg for transportation... About Bass, Ive seen some I like but again, I like the way they look, have no idea about their sound...

[quote name='daz' post='1138061' date='Feb 23 2011, 02:39 AM']Your best bet might be to go to the nearest big city and see what the music shops there sell. Where are you based in Portugal? Maybe you can find out online where the nearest big music shop is and use a little of the 500 euros to travel there.[/quote] Madeira Island, any trip out of here costs 100+ :\

hummm Yamaha is what the guy that played with Vai used. i see lots of those for sale on alot of sites, never seen one for sale 2nd hand

im just looking in the local auction sites and there arent many basses for sale there, ebay would eat my soul on customs when it arrives here

would a Washburn XB400 for 300€ be a good deal? no case no nothing, just the bass [url="http://miau.pt/leiloes/leilao.jsp?offer_id=9513064"]http://miau.pt/leiloes/leilao.jsp?offer_id=9513064[/url]

is there an online store where i can find these, the one i know doesnt have one or the other. thank you

Hi there, Im new to bass, been playing for around a month that is when my friends and I decided to do a band and learn with each other. I got to be the Bass player mainly because I have big hands, but I ended up loving the sound. Ive been playing with a friends bass and amp but he needs them back so now I have to buy everything. I was going to buy a started kit but the salesman told me that if I was serious about Bass then I should get anything but that due to the Bass being short scale and the Amp lacking the power to be heard in any rehearsal I wanted to know whats the best gear I can get for 500 euros. I'll be needing a Bass, an Amp for rehearsals, strings (i think), a bag to transport the Bass, cables and a strap The bass sounds I like are Ken Casey from Dropkick Murphys, Flea from Red Hot Chilly Peppers, Les Claypool from Primus, Lemmy from Motorhead, Jeff Ament from Pearl Jamand a few other guys i cant remember the name like the black guy that plays with G3 in Barcelona I think and the skinny guy that played with Steve Vai. Thanks in advance for any and all help