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The lightest, most resonant cuts of wood will always command a higher price unfortunately. However at this price point they still offer great value for money

Good question by the OP...I've often wondered this same thing too

there is a new thread elsewhere on this site about the new Sire Marcus Miller V3 - the 4 string is priced at £238. That would be a stunning first bass for any player.

Wow...amazing value. Mahogany body too...interesting! Brilliant basses for the money.

I think it's a great idea!

Saxondale - you just cannot go far wrong with either of the Ibanez's at this price point. Great basses for the money. I'm sure you'll get loads of other great advice here, including Squier's etc. It is actually not easy to buy a dud at any price nowadays...which great for first time buyers!

That's amazing. They obviously offer fantastic value for money used!

I tried one and almost bought it a while ago...it was very lightweight and resonant, so they obviously fluctuate in the weight department. The neck was awesome - it just felt so "right" to me! Probably a case of try before you buy though given what other BC'ers have posted.

They really do...and often at an excellent and accessible price point too!

That's awful and must feel so unpleasant...I really hope that the stainless steel strings make a big difference to your hands.

Fantastic seller, excellent honest communications throughout. Top class packaging and David arranged for very fast courier service. Item arrived exactly as described, immaculate and beautifully cared for bass. I am delighted - top class. I cannot recommend David enough. Thank you David for everything.

Hmmm, that's akin to standing in your local street and walking up to a parked Ford Mondeo and announcing, " I never thought i'd see one of them in my street!!!!" ...and that's coming from a Fender Precision player (before the Fender rent-a-mob dig out their pitchforks and light their flaming torches)

The whole point of playing an instrument is to make music. This is most often done in collaboration with other musicians who play different instruments in what becomes a collaborative, complimentary symbiosis of sound. The combination of the musicians become the "senders." The over riding purpose of this is generally for the enjoyment of the listener...the "receivers" The simple truth is this; the average listener (receiver) of music could not give a stinky poo what bass is being used by the sender - and would never be able to tell the difference between basses even if they tried. In fact almost every other musician in the group of senders could not give a stinky poo what bass (brand/age/style) the bassist is using. The only one who really cares will often be the bassist. Its all about the music...and yes, I do realise that I am arguing against the very existence of websites like this

You my friend are not a fool...you are a one eyed man in the kingdom of the blind. You therefore are not missing anything and understand completely. You have sighted the unseen but obvious. It is all of the above and more...myth, marketing ploy, people strutting about with the most expensive/rare items...human nature my friend

I'm interested to know how it plays?

And that my good fellow is what keeps the world turning! ...subjective experience and subsequent preferences. Religion and the emotional defence of ones own preferred brand of bass guitar - the source of almost every human conflict since grass has been growing and strings have been plucked lol.

I have owned 3 Ricks and a couple of Spectors over the years. Here is my honest, objective observations; Spector - modern, ergonomic design, comfortable, flexible powerful pickups, great range of tones, small bodied, great hardware, easy to adjust, light weight (ish) Rick - none of the above :-) The Rick has one sound and it does it well. I personally think a lot of people play them because a lot of people played them. Logic would say there is absolutely no contest and the Spector is the obvious decision all day every day...then again logic often goes out the window when it comes to the performing arts.

This - get ready, it is just the beginning...

Thanks for sharing your experience with that eclectic little collection of basses. Funny that you should mention Warwick...they make fabulous, growly fretless basses and are available second hand for a snip.

There is no too old to play bass.

Very cool indeed...I have to say that I love Dad's just that little bit more!

Without taking anything away from Jaco (I am a big fan and adore his Weather Report era) I actually do find it very annoying that nobody ever wants to mention the contribution that the Welshman Percy Jones made during the same era with his fretless bass playing. His playing on Brian Eno's "Another green world" from 1975 is astounding, groundbreaking and it is blatantly obvious that he had a big impact upon the subsequent work of Mick Karn. In many ways his playing was in many ways more expansive and exploratory than Jaco ever was. Jaco stumbled across Percy in person once in the states (what are the odds?) and overheard him practicing...and was apparently completely blown away by his playing I remember the affect Percy's astounding bass work on the Brand X LP "Masques" had on me as a young player. As a British bassist he is criminally underrated in my opinion.

Brand X Masques - expansive outing from the UK's greatest fusion band - featuring truly astounding fretless bass from the most underrated Bassist ever...Percy Jones (I mean, come on this guy was doing that stinky poo with Eno way before Jaco ...and wwwway before Mick Karn). Rush - Moving Pictures Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind