Kevstein

Hi all, Got myself a squire j bass, black with white scratch plate. Set me back£50 and is in mint condition. Bargain, and sounds great for the money. Fitted a mirror scrateplate and medium gauge nexen rotosound black coated strings. Think for a toy it looks great and like I say sounds really nice. Other bass is a ibanez gsr205 and the guitar is a Mexican fender stray. My other bass is a 1989 charvel in silver. [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/295cmf9.jpg[/IMG] What do u think? Nice basses for the money, let alone for 50quid. Cheers.

Ill give it a miss then. It looks cool, but i assumed it wouldnt be worth it. Asking price is £120. Im not one for buying a guitar for looks but just thought it would be a nice toy to add to the collection. Ill just put it towards the bass i was planning on buying originally. Cheers for the advice mate.

Hi all, I was just wondering what like the make Zenta is? I have seen a bass from the 60s made by Zenta that i thought looked really cool but i have no experience with them whatsoever. Just wondered what you think of this make? Is it a cheap, poor quality make? Anyone got any experience using a 'Zenta'? Cheers in advance.

Even worse than a 4 string? Ive read reviews on sites and they always seem to be positive. Dunno though. I suppose when ive not played any high end basses it might be different for me. But ill certainly keep an eye on it. Ill be restringing it anyways just for piece of mind.

Hi All, Its nothing special but i am picking up a new toy tonight. I use a Charvel 4 string precision bass at the moment. Been playing a lot of Slipknot, Reuben and Korn songs and the charvel makes a good effort but struggles in drop A tuning. Found an Ibanez GSR205 local to me at a reasonable price. She is in perfect nick, looks great and is like new. Getting it for 120 sheets. What is the opinion of you guys on this bass? Ive heard the pups are nothing special, which is fair enough, so i can upgrade these in due course, but as a first 5 string what do you think? Opinions grately appreciated, Kev.

Hi All, I am planning on getting a new bass. I currently have a 1989 Charvel Precision bass which i love and is good, but when playing jazzier stuff it not the best suiting sound. Its really nice sounding when it comes to rock and metal. The bass i was looking at to achieve the jazz sound is the Squier Jaguar Jazz with 2 single coil pickups, and a volume and tone knob per pup. Korean, japanese or USA made. They are advertised with different levels. "Squier Jaguar Jazz bass level 3" etc. What does this mean? I cant find any info on this on the internet whatsoever. Also, would you recommend these? I was planning this for 2 reasons. 1) because i cant afford a genuine Fender at the moment which is why these were made i suppose. 2) because ive seen videos and i think they sound good. Any decent jazz alternatives to look at for the same price? Any help on this would be much appreciated. Kev.

OK, so i have gotten it wrong. I dont have a pic of the actual guitar but here is what it is (its a hohner) but the fittings are all steinberger: http://www.incredibid.co.uk/acatalog/B2AVLARGE.jpg Are they any good? The one im looking at is metallic dark green. What is hohner in relation to steinberger? Is it a fender squier scenario or is it just a range that steinberger do? Wish it was the full bodied one but its still a nice looking guitar. Anyone got an idea of the value? Theres one on ebay for £350 or so, i take it this is overpriced? Any help now that i know the guitar im speaking about, would be great thanks.

Cool. Yeh its a nice looking guitar and as far as i can tell its a Steinberger. It doesnt have "steinberger system" or anything, just steinberger as far as i know. Sorry i dont have any pics myself. But when i get the guitar or the pics ill put some up. Just hope i dont get ripped off cos i want it and will probably just buy it for what he wants. Its not all that much money so shouldnt be overpaying by much if at all. Shame i cant give any pics or quote a model

Hi all, I might be getting a new bass but wondered what people thought beforehand as i dont know much about it. Its a Steinberger. **EDIT: Please see post 6 ** Cheers for any replies. Kev.

Hi all, Just a quick one, to ask if anyone would know where to get cheap basses from? Ive just refurbed my 1980s charvel and i made a rather good job of it i thought, which was surprising. I not have massive plans for a bass. I need a donor bass though of any make, condition etc. Scratches and chips are not important but no gouges. Does anyone know where to look for these? Ive looked on google/gumtree/this site but no luck. I am only looking to spend 20-50quid on it as its just going to be a project. Any help would be great cheers.

I read through all the replies. A lot of great advice it seems. I will keep my normal practice routine and learn some simple songs that go through the notes more to get used to moving around the fret board but i will also do that exercise above and see how i get on. The stretch shouldnt be a problem. I have absolutely massive hands and can stretch playing 1 to 4 with my index / ring finger. But if i play 1-2-3-4 on the E I would normally play the first with my index finger, second fret with my ring finger and then just slide up 3 and 4. Its a really bad habit that has been imbedded in my playing technique and its hard to break/ . Once i am able to do this i should be able to progress quickly hopefully. Thanks for the comments/advice. Really helpful.

Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone could help me. I am trying to get better on bass but wanted to know of any tutorials, techniques or methods that can help me. I am getting faster and faster at playing and can play more difficult songs now than when i started but my problem is using only my index and ring finger on my left hand which limits me a lot. I cant get any sort of independance between my pinky and ring finger. If i use the pinky my ring finger just sits next to it and moves around with it. Which means i can only use one or the other and its always my stronger ring finger that is used. All I do is look at tabs and learn songs. Ive recently got my bro and mate to teach me scales and have been trying to jam more which is helping. What else should i learn to be known as a good bass player? Im told practicing tabs over and over is a poor thing to do as it makes you a jukebox, not a bass player. Basically how to improve your playing or knowledge from beginner to Victor Wooten status lol. Any help or advice is much appreciated. Kev.

Thanks a lot, I much prefer it in silver. The red was nice enough but looked a bit tacky. It looks like it could have just been made like this now and as a bonus it plays better than it ever has.

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1376353073' post='2172813'] Looks good How's the finish? Any little marks? Just realised this has a reverse P pickup, That's cool [/quote] Cheers Myke. The finish is pretty good. There was one bit on the back that didnt get enough paint when i had string hanging it up but thankfully that is underneath the plate on the back. Its a much better finish than i got when it was red. You cant really tell from the photo because i took them on my phones camera in a dark room with a phones flash, i need to get some better pics. But im happy with it. It looks cool, having the silver and black. I noticed that it had reverse P pickup but i didnt know whether it was a good thing or not lol. There wasnt an awful lot of info on them when i googled it, what do you think about them?

New pics added to first post. What do u guys think?