Beginner – Upgrade guitar or amp?

[Mrbigstuff]

57 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

 

 

Sire V/P7 and above tuners (the Grover 142 copies, £24 for a 4 string set from NW Guitars) are generally very good though, I wouldn't confuse them with the budget machine heads you find on ultra cheap basses. In fact in the early days of gen 1 Sire basses they did use the cheap and nasty tuners and a fair few people (myself included) complained about them, they switched to the better ones partway through gen 1 V7 production.

 

I actually put a set of (ex-Sire) Grover copies on one of my Arias and they were a massive improvement, better than the Wilkinsons I have on my fretless.

In that case the OP should get a Sire and pro setup because they’re excellent when done right. If you get a V5 they’re passive and you don’t need to worry about active circuits or batteries.

 

FWIW I had an early V1 and didn’t have any issues with that either.

[ClusterOne]

18 hours ago, SimonK said:

...actually I'd add Sire to the list of reliable second hand (cheaper) basses for the OP to keep an eye out for... getting one for about £150 or so would be fine.

 

EDIT - just looked on eBay and they all seem to be a bit more expensive - around £350ish for second hand instruments. Still a good choice for that price!

Well, actually here on Basschat Marketplace there is one for £250 i think…

 

Local pick up i believe though..

 

Edited 5 hours ago by ClusterOne

[lemmywinks]

Whole setup for you here OP, make a cheeky offer?

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3678068185832967/

[Jack]

Someone is selling a G&L SB2 in the classifieds, that would be a superb bass if you decide to go that route. I've used mine on plenty of rock music gigs. 

 

Maybe an Ashdown combo if you decide to go with the amp. You can get a pro level amp for budget prices with those and again, great rock sound.