Mohawk

Yes I did not see myself getting a "poor man's Musicman" at all. Life can be full of surprises though. I gave that SR605 a spin but there was something about it that put me off. It looked absolutely amazing but did not feel so comfortable, sound was not great (not bad either but completely without character).

Soooo, I went to the Gallery in Camden Town, checked plenty of basses and, to my surprise, I ended up with a Sterling Ray5. It sounds really good, very comfortable to play. It's ugly but who cares. No one ever looks at bassists anyway

Yup, been there already and I am going back. But I always like to verify information with random strangers on the internet

Thanks! The Gallery looks nice, I will definitely get over there as by looking on the website they have some nice second hand basses.

Thanks @redbandit599, I will check them out. I am planning on going all digital, so no amps and cabs (inspired by this http://basschat.co.uk/topic/230948-ios-for-the-gigging-bassist/).

I need to get myself a bass, hope you can help me choose or maybe steer in the right direction as I am a total noob in regards to bass guitars. For now I will be using bass for recordings (rock/metal mostly but sometimes some trip-hop) but honestly I am thinking of switch to bass for good as there are too many guitarists out there but just not enough bass players so this might actually increase my chances of finding a cool band to play with (and I love bass as much as I love guitars so that's no big deal for me). So yeah would be nice if this new instrument was good enough to go on stage. Sound-wise I love stuff like Korn, Limp Bizkit, Tool so mainly dirty, nasty sound. I tune my guitars to B, so guessing a five string would be recommended but I can live with 4 tuned down (not gonna use the high string much anyway). In terms of visual appearance I like Warwick stuff, Ibanez (especially this one http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_sr605ntf.htm), I like narrow and flat necks (like in Ibanez for example), not really into those wide ones with extra space between strings. Budget around £300-£400 but I could push it a bit more for the right instrument. I don't mind getting second hand, would actually prefer a used one but I am considering buying new. I will of course go to the shop and test as many as I can but I always do a research first and like to ask someone more experienced than I am. Thanks, M.

Hello everyone! First post here, hopefully not the last one I'm not a bassist (although I've played in few bands as a "low frequencies manager"), I play guitar and I'm looking for some advise, as I want to get myself a nice bass for recordings and who knows, maybe for live as well. Beware, I will be asking loads of stupid questions