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  1. I have a chance to snag a Blacktop Jazz bass. I'm not a bassist in general, I'm an electric guitar player and have been playing for many years but I want to expand my range with music a bit and take up bass also. I play a lot of pop punk music and rock or funk kind of music. Most importantly music wise the bands I like are: Blink 182, +44, The Ramones, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers. I was looking into a standard precision bass but they lack the defined edge that I'd like for some styles. But a standard Jazz bass lacks the super nice low end of the P-bass. I have a chance to grab a Blacktop bass (MIM) for $350 Canadian here in good condition. I was wondering if this would be versatile enough to give me good low end for music I like but good enough for the rare time I need a bit more aggression. I've read that blacktops don't sound super good or don't have life but I'm not sure if there is any credence to that. So would a blacktop jazz bass be cool for this or do you suggest something else like a regular standard p-bass? It's hard to find used basses (can't find a P-bass) here so I'm surprised I even found a blacktop jazz bass. They usually only have cheap $100-200 basses here. P-basses (MIM) new here are about $800 + tax (so it'd be about $920). More or less it will be running into an interface into my computer to record quick songs, so the amp and stuff is "covered" more or less by that. I guess the sound I'm going for it more or less a mark hoppus style bass tone or so (maybe a bit less bright). Similar to in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgSot0csXUI So should the blacktop jazz bass be alright for this or do you have a better suggestion for Fender basses? Thanks
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