lemmywinks

As far as basses go i'd say Squier Standards are hard to beat. All advice so far has been sound, esp. the bit about a knowledgeable mate (paritcularly where second hand gear is concerned)! It really helps to have someone who can spot faults you would otherwise have missed, buying second hand has drawbacks as well as advantages. I bought my first bass from cash converters and got well and truly robbed, i wish i'd have had someone to guide me in the right direction! Also, even though i really don't like ashdown gear, i'd have to say if i needed a loud little combo for gigging and rehearsing and didn't have much dough i'd plum for an electric blue 15"

It'll have a chubby neck, that's for sure! Very comfortable to play though as the 'board will be narrow at the nut The one i tried had the same neck dimensions as my German Corvette 4, slim board but deep neck. The string spacing felt a little narrower though as there is no adjustment on the one-piece bridge.

Used to have one of these, the passive humbucker in mine sucked! Bought it for £270 in loot and sold it for just over £200. It's a very limited bass and always sounded like a budget P, not a patch on my Corvette with none of the trademark Warwick sound. The neck was lovely though but i couldn't get on with a 5 string Warwick neck. The cavity was big enough for a preamp though so i suppose it could be easily upgraded. I'd rather have a punt on a second hand Corvette for similar money tbh

Two basses i've always wanted are a Tobias and a Warwick Fortress. I always wanted a Zoot though, they've always reminded me of the other two but are a bit more upmarket, so couldn't resist this when i saw it on evilbay...........

Can't go wrong with markbass. I use a LMII with a Schroeder cab (£750 for both 2nd hand) Just over a grand new

I actually tried a rockbass corvette (acvtive) with a view to buying it. Was really impressed with it as it was about £400 new at the time (it was the sunburtsy one and they hadn't been out long, it was 2002 i think). However the shop owner said i could have the German one for £590 new so bought that instead cos it looked better and would have a better resale value As it's the active one it'll sound great as it's the same gubbins as the german stuff The german corvette active standards go for £300+ used i think so it's up to you if you're comfortable with the trade

My bass, head and cab all belonged to BCers. I bought the cab and bass before i even joined and found about it later on! Also suspicious my Warmoth fretless (again bought before i joined) belonged to a forumite. I suspect every bassist in the country has at least a lead formerly owned by one of us!

Hi Got 2 sticks of 256mb laptop memory that i've had knocking about for a while, took em out of my Dell Inspiron 1300 a while ago (when they were still worth a tenner ) and forgot about em! They're PC2-4200 sticks The full label no. is "256mb 1Rx16 PC2-4200s-444-11-CD" If anyone can make use of em give us a shout, not been used in a while but were put in the special little anti static memory bags and kept in a box so should be fine. Ta!

Wish i had the cash for this, my GAS had all but dried up until i saw this thread! Look at that neck!

The BC Rich looks pretty good IMO, the shape is more suited to the paint job. He's obviously pretty good at what he does and cheap too, a bit more subtlety and he could be onto a winner

Spotted this the other day, looks pretty cool but not my cup of tea...... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electric-bass-guitar-Custom-painted-body-headstock_W0QQitemZ190249661459QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item190249661459&_trkparms=72%3A984|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electric-bass-guitar...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] Anybody fancy it?

I'm selling my Hartke HA5500 rig elsewhere on this site and have had a bit of interest in the head. The rig is up at £550 at the mo. The problem is that Hartke have just released a new head that's 500w and £239 new (inc. post), so i'm not sure on the second hand value of mine. I'm certain it will have gone down in value (cheers Hartke!) but is the new head better? Is it replacing the HA series? Any thoughts are appreciated Cheers guys (and gals)!

I've got a 1212r and it sounds massive, loads of bass and low mids with plenty of power handling. Use it with a LMII now and it's a very capable rig. Definitely a good choice if you like clear and prominent mids as well as low end rumble. The 1212r is also a one hand lift as long as you're not carrying it too far! Not heard their bigger cabs but have no real need for anything else so haven't looked into it!

Looks like an old Fenix bass judging by the headstock. May be wrong but.......... [url="http://www.pksmusic.com.au/showProduct/Sold+Items/Bass+Guitars/FXJB/Fenix+Bass+Guitar"]http://www.pksmusic.com.au/showProduct/Sol...nix+Bass+Guitar[/url] If it is a Fenix it'll be ok, looks nice enough! Second hand Squire money though..........

I use a Little Mark II with a Schroeder 1212r. More than enough power for live use, I played a large sized venue last night using borrowed bass bins (which were not up to scratch at all) and the rig did all the work and never complained. I think i paid £397 for the head and £360 for the cab second hand. The Schroeder has an angled 12" speaker that, if you stand the cab on it's end, fires straight up at you while the other one points forwards. Bear in mind that you can't predict what will happen in a live situation, if one of the bass bins blows or part of the PA goes down you might have to depend more on your backline than you first planned. It's happened to me more than once and i was glad i had 500w behind me instead of 250w. Alternatively you could mosey on down to sunny Blackpool and buy my Hartke stack.............. I'd be wary of the Kickback combos as they're made in China now and have some quality control issues. My housemate has the 15" USA one though and it's excellent, clear and punchy but also sounds huge

Carve a monkey grip in it for those "guitar over the head" moments!