mgibson Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 For various reasons, I don't have that much money at the moment and I really want an ERB... Can anyone give me some help with this, don't care so much about looks, more about tone and playablility... Under £500 to spend prefrably less... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Ey! A fellow Norwich-ite! I'm not sure if you can still get them, but I hade a couple of Tobias Pro-6 basses for a while - and they came right down in price when a Bubinga bodied version hit the market some years ago. I'd also recommend the cheaper Spector basses too, also availble in a 6 string version as well as 5. Yamaha and Ibanez both make great budget 5 & 6 strings too. I'm not a fan of Warwick basses personally, but I think that the RockBass range were actually rather good! Your best bet however is to trawl the For Sale pages for a second hand 'high spec' bass - as you are probably going to get more for your money that way. I haven't looked in the Bass Guitars section for a little while though, so can't make any recommendations straight away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Just had a quick look - loads of 5 stringers there - or are you after a 6/6+? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgibson Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 5 or 6 any more and i start to feel faint... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomBassmonkey Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Look at Ibanez, I have a BTB406QM and I can't see any reason why I'd ever want to upgrade. Only cost around £500 for the equivalent that's around now too and some beautiful woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Schecter Studio are stunning for the money. Can't go wrong with a Squire 5 Jazz at around £279... A good set up and there a bargain... And well under budget! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Foster Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 [quote name='pantherairsoft' post='744410' date='Feb 14 2010, 12:16 AM']Schecter Studio are stunning for the money.[/quote] Can't vouch for a Schecter Studio as I don't have that one, but I [i]think[/i] my Schecter Custom 5 is in the price range slightly below that. I don't think the differences are too numerous - pickups are probably the main one? Anyway, pound for pound, a lot of Schecters are great value. If you can find one in the UK, a Custom 5 retails at around £400. I happened to get lucky on eBay with a nearly new one which was just shy of £300. I have few complaints about it other than the slight neck dive, presumably owing to its ridiculously light body and the super long scale neck. It's probably an easily remedied problem, but I just haven't got round to fixing it. In every other aspect it's very good. Three of its strongest assets are arguably its versatile range of tones, comfortable string spacing and the fast neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I can recommend you give the Peavey BXP a look too. Through neck construction and laminated neck for £370. Apparently they can be a bit variable in quality, so it's worth trying a couple out, but there are a lot of good ones out there (mine's a peach ) The 35" scale really improves the B string sound too. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 +1 on the above. I have a Cirrus BXP and can confirm it's ace value for the money. I payed £200 for mine. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benthos Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 [quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='744304' date='Feb 13 2010, 08:30 PM']Look at Ibanez, I have a BTB406QM and I can't see any reason why I'd ever want to upgrade. Only cost around £500 for the equivalent that's around now too and some beautiful woods.[/quote] +1 I have one of these too and they're great for the price. Will be selling it soon on this forum! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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