andytoad Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Hi all, Do you have recommendations for my brother in law, whom is a newly converted bassist. He has been dabbling with a cheapy, buy now wants to get a little more serious, he has £500 (now he has sold hid guitar stuff). The bass he is after would have: a Les Paul/SG type look Natural wood/sunburst in colour 4 string easy/fast neck (he is a little chap, so would struggle with big tree trunk necks) Funky/Punchy any ideas? I guess the look is the least improtant because a Les Paul/SG look is a Les Paul or SG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh3184 Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 only problem is that there aren't a huge amount of quality Les Paul / SG basses. See if he'll take some other shapes and then he's got a load of fantastic basses for that price range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 For that money I'd go for a SUB Sterling if he can find one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 (edited) Agreed. "Funky" and "punchy" aren't the first words that come to mind when i think of LP/SG basses! The word that does is "mud"! The only one i've liked was an Ltd SG/Viper shape with massive EMG humbuckers in. Sounded huge but was a bit too metal-looking for me Here y'are, ESP/Ltd Les Paul and SG shapes: [url="http://www.espguitars.com/basses_ec.html"]http://www.espguitars.com/basses_ec.html[/url] [url="http://www.espguitars.com/basses_viper.html"]http://www.espguitars.com/basses_viper.html[/url] Pretty sure the one i played had massive Musicman style pickups with exposed pole-pieces so may have been an older model Edited November 3, 2010 by lemmywinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I'd love to see him get a BC Rich Eagle, or Seagull - funky, solid-shapes. Not sure how much change he'd get out of £500 for a decent one. My two: Or a smattering: No idea where you'd find one; however, it was as good an opportunity as any to show decent BCRs are not all points. If you get one, you're my hero What about the ESP? Ltd Les Paul? I know Epiphone do a few flavours also - Goth, which isn't my cup of tea; standard; and a nice up-market version, which looked just the trick for a keeper. If you look about a bit there was one just posted, asking about prices on one - might be worth a dip in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 [quote name='andytoad' post='1010888' date='Nov 3 2010, 03:14 PM']Hi all, Do you have recommendations for my brother in law, whom is a newly converted bassist. He has been dabbling with a cheapy, buy now wants to get a little more serious, he has £500 (now he has sold hid guitar stuff). The bass he is after would have: a Les Paul/SG type look Natural wood/sunburst in colour 4 string easy/fast neck (he is a little chap, so would struggle with big tree trunk necks) Funky/Punchy any ideas? I guess the look is the least improtant because a Les Paul/SG look is a Les Paul or SG![/quote] little chap? so am I, and I prefer, and do just fine with, thicker necks. People often overestimate how hard a bass is to play looking at this. as others said... funky/punchy and SG/LP don't match well. I'd look into a second hand Warwick Corvette, or even their Rockbass series. Or a MusicMan SUB4. In fact make this first choice. Great neck, punchy, punky... no solid wood 'though, butwho cares when it sounds this good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytoad Posted November 3, 2010 Author Share Posted November 3, 2010 I think he is going to like the look of all of those suggestions! Cheers for your opions chaps, i shall keep you informed when he makes a purchase. i originally thought SUB, but i guess he has got to get out there and try a few! I think he will be taken by the ESP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobVbass Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 what about these? [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_artb100bk.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_artb100bk.htm[/url] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/hoefner_hctcbr_clubbass.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/hoefner_hctcbr_clubbass.htm[/url] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_ec_414_fm_stbk.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_ec_414_fm_stbk.htm[/url] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_sg_standard_bass_faded_wb.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_sg_standar...ss_faded_wb.htm[/url] no idea what they're like tho ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 (edited) ESP Ltd EC 404? [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_ec_414_fm_stbk.htm"]£507[/url] Edited November 3, 2010 by merello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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