I need to get myself a bass, hope you can help me choose or maybe steer in the right direction as I am a total noob in regards to bass guitars.
For now I will be using bass for recordings (rock/metal mostly but sometimes some trip-hop) but honestly I am thinking of switch to bass for good as there are too many guitarists out there but just not enough bass players so this might actually increase my chances of finding a cool band to play with (and I love bass as much as I love guitars so that's no big deal for me). So yeah would be nice if this new instrument was good enough to go on stage.
Sound-wise I love stuff like Korn, Limp Bizkit, Tool so mainly dirty, nasty sound. I tune my guitars to B, so guessing a five string would be recommended but I can live with 4 tuned down (not gonna use the high string much anyway).
In terms of visual appearance I like Warwick stuff, Ibanez (especially this one http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_sr605ntf.htm), I like narrow and flat necks (like in Ibanez for example), not really into those wide ones with extra space between strings.
Budget around £300-£400 but I could push it a bit more for the right instrument. I don't mind getting second hand, would actually prefer a used one but I am considering buying new. I will of course go to the shop and test as many as I can but I always do a research first and like to ask someone more experienced than I am.
Thanks,
M.