DH Gate

[Burns-bass]

I have a Squier Bronco Bass I leave in the car when I play double bass gigs. It’s basically insurance if anything goes wrong with the big dog.

 

I can see the appeal of a cheapo bass. I’d buy one local to me on FB marketplace or Gumtree.

[Russ]

9 hours ago, BabyBlueSound said:

 

It's still a big lottery for £250 when you can get 2 proper Harley Bentons for that price...

If you want something to play out of the box, definitely. HBs are ridiculously good value for money, and are testament to what a cheap Chinese factory can produce when there's proper quality control in place. 

 

If you're a tinkerer and are looking for a mod platform, you could do worse than go down the path of the Chinese custom builder on DHGate though. I think that's the point I was trying to make. 

 

 

[tauzero]

8 hours ago, Russ said:

If you're a tinkerer and are looking for a mod platform, you could do worse than go down the path of the Chinese custom builder on DHGate though. I think that's the point I was trying to make. 

 

Or if you want a bit of a challenge, when 15 strings isn't enough:

 

[BabyBlueSound]

On 22/05/2025 at 16:14, Russ said:

If you want something to play out of the box, definitely. HBs are ridiculously good value for money, and are testament to what a cheap Chinese factory can produce when there's proper quality control in place. 

 

If you're a tinkerer and are looking for a mod platform, you could do worse than go down the path of the Chinese custom builder on DHGate though. I think that's the point I was trying to make. 

 

 

 

If I'd ever get a new bass just for the purpose of tinkering, I'd still go HB!

 

My current tinker bass is the Ibanez Talman TMB30 shortie, that was like £170 back when I got it. I think it's £200-ish nowdays. And I had some quality issues with it, like a seriously bent tuner, but I did not mind as I planned to put on black schallers from the 1st moment 😁 I think the HB out of box quality is higher at this point than even a similarly priced Ibanez.