Guest MoJo Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Loving this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 [quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1324402564' post='1473899'] I have Machines old Bb614 and I have to say the Stingray will go first. [/quote] You changed your username! Good to hear it's still around . I've changed instruments more times than i've washed my car since then . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) Initially bought it, just to sell on, but I loved the U-profile neck so much, I decided to keep it. Had the pickups rewound by Wizard, rewired it & changed the bridge. Frequently take it out & no issues gigging it, when I fancy a change from P-Bass. It's certainly more than paid for itself! Edited March 21, 2013 by nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Peavey milestone, great cheap bass, about to be fitted with emgs... power bass for cheap as chips money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Bought a Ryder P-Bass on here as a cheapy stopgap while I wait for my custom P to be built. It was fitted with an EMG Select pickup, and you know what? It plays and sounds great. Not quite as good as my 76P was obviously, but for £60... c'maan! I have for it a Fender-licenced MM P neck, SD SPB pickup, Wilkinson tuners, new bridge etc etc ready to go... when I can find the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstriper Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I got a Tanglewood Warrior for nowt on freegle and it's an excellent bass - I'll do a straight swap for your custom shop Jazz if you pay the postage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 [quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1324414045' post='1474045'] I got a Tanglewood Warrior for nowt on freegle and it's an excellent bass - I'll do a straight swap for your custom shop Jazz if you pay the postage. [/quote] Tempted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 82 Hohner P bass copy (£80),with a MIM Jazz neck(£40) Used it solo for a gig last week, very happy with the tone and feel,may not even go for the Wizards trads I promised it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I love my Squier VM Jazz. For £170 it was a great buy. I've also got a Squier 'Telebass' (in my avatar picture). That's a good 'un too but with the mudbucker pickup a bit of a one trick pony. As much as I also love my more expensive basses it's great to be able to take an instrument out without the anxiety of it getting nicked or damaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Machines' timestamp='1324411998' post='1474018'] You changed your username! [/quote] Yes mate, Bassworlds Longfingerz and here as 610*c and Horizontalste, like comfy old slippers this forum. As for the Bb, nearly sold it once, but soon seen sense, got a 90s one now too. Edited December 20, 2011 by Horizontalste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foal30 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I got a MTD Grendel V and it's a top bass well pleased Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wylie Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 My Squier 77 was $285 (about 180 pounds [can't make pound sign]; I think it's great. Of course, I have nothing to compare it to, as most here seem to have two or three basses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 gigging lots with my squire 82 JV P/J with Quarter pounders. By far the most comfotable bass ive owned with tons of grunt. Dont think i will bother with silly money basses as it gets thrown around a lot, but does whats it's designed for..making music= making money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz666 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 My thoughts are I am in a metal band, I'm not actually that good and dont spend as much time as I should practising, therefore I couldnt really justify spending a lot of money on a bass. I have three basses, a BC Rich Warlock which the band bought me for my birthday, a Stagg version of the Rich and a Wesley Flying V, I love all of them and would never part with any of them. They do exactly what I need them to do, they sound really good in my opinion and if anything happenend to them they wouldnt cost the eartht o replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul h Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I'm still very much enamoured with my Retrovibe Aero2. I'm not entirely sure I could play anything else now. I want to love my bitsa P but it's totally overshadowed by the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrenochrome Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 [quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1324414045' post='1474045'] I got a Tanglewood Warrior for nowt on freegle and it's an excellent bass - I'll do a straight swap for your custom shop Jazz if you pay the postage. [/quote] I had one about 8-9 years ago that I recorded an EP with - not really sure why I sold it, maybe cos the neck was wide but shallow profile and didn't suit my pudgy fingers and poor technique? Sounded good though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earbrass Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 [quote name='nick' timestamp='1324412099' post='1474019'] I paid £20 for this 70's Kimbara a while ago. Initially bought it, just to sell on, but I loved the U-profile neck so much, I decided to keep it. Had the pickups rewound by Wizard, rewired it & changed the bridge. Frequently take it out & no issues gigging it, when I fancy a change from P-Bass. [/quote] My first ever bass was a blonde one of those. Lovely tone, as I recall, but weighed a ton! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender73 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Gigged for years with an OLP MM bought for 67 quid on Evilbay. Only sold it recently as loving my Korean Warwick Corvette (still i'm guessing classed by some as a budget bass). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyhook Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 this little Warwick rockbass fretless to the left.Cost £179 new. Feels and sounds great. Lacks a bit ( D I into desk) when gigging, but sitting in the house playing along to Paul Young's No Parlez album featuring.., no STARRING Pino,...a beautiful fretless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 [quote name='daz' timestamp='1324376940' post='1473479'] The moral of the story is. Never sell on a favourite 'cheap' bass to get a better one, before you have lived with the new one for a few months. You may well regret it badly. [/quote] That's good advice. I had a Japcrap EB3 copy with an EMG Select guitar pickup in the bridge position. Then I bought an MIJ Epi Elitist EB3 and sold the Japcrap one. Later, when the neck dive and other things about the Epi started to really get me down, I wished I hung on to the old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 [quote name='daz' timestamp='1324345666' post='1473339'] Ha! ! My Yin/Yang Victor W00ten Fodera cost all of £7000 and was worth every brass penny. Its high value makes me play to a higher standard. budget basses PAH! I wouldnt give them room in the coal shed. [/quote] I can't afford a coal shed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightSix Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I love my Ibanez GSR200 which doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet...P+J pickups, rosewood board and plays like a dream. I can highly recommend this model to anyone wanting an inexpensive first bass or backup for gigging - it plays as well as my MIJ 62 RI Fender Jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I've had lots of great basses, some have been expensive, some handbuilt boutique stuff, but I'm loving the Epi TBird which cost me £130 (inc hardcase) and I Fenderbirded, and I've always loved my Franken PJ (total cost probably £200). I've learned a lot about what I like in a bass, and nowadays I don't see much off the shelf that suits, so modding budget basses gets me where I want to be. If I want to go upmarket, Warmoth will be my next port of call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) [quote name='StraightSix' timestamp='1325063067' post='1479439'] I love my Ibanez GSR200 which doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet...P+J pickups, rosewood board and plays like a dream. I can highly recommend this model to anyone wanting an inexpensive first bass or backup for gigging - it plays as well as my MIJ 62 RI Fender Jazz. [/quote] Why should it be a back-up? I gigged with a GSR190J (from the jumpstart package) for 12 months. I even got a compliment on my sound at a wedding from a Ric 4003 owner I know that my fellow band mates would look at me as though I'd lost all grip on reality if I left either of the Fenders on a stand while I played the BB414, but the Yamaha is of equal build quality to either of the Fenders and the BB tones aren't a million miles away from the Precision. Edited December 28, 2011 by bassman2790 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I have a Vintage 4+1 Jazz type copy that I got off e-bay for £100.... it plays better than I any Fender I've tried and sounds way better too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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