Alpha-Dave Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 £1500 is a fair chunk of cash to spend on a bass, so it is best to know what you want: try as many as you can! I'm not going to recommend any specific brand as it's a very personal thing, and to be honest I quite like the diversity we have here (I wish I could have one of each). My main recommendation is like food to 'buy British', as I think it's best both now and in the long term, but on the other hand, with the strong £ you can pick up some bargains from the US and Europe. If you want quiet though, its best to go for active p'ups like EMG, MEC or a variety of others. Next best is humbuckers in parallel: they cancel most noise. Then humbuckers in series, they cancel a bit less. Finally single coils let everything through: noise and all the subtle nuances of your playing (good or bad). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 get the jazz looked at and shielded, buy yourself a new cable, dont play near any strip lights, make sure you always have some part of one of your hands in contact with a string, take the wife/girlfriend/future girlfriend out for a lovely meal and give the other £1000 to your local hospice. Otherwise just go to some of the bass shops and buy whatever feels/sounds good to you. I mean if it does what you want it too who cares if it's a shuker or a stagg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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