budget bassist

stunner! i'd really rather like something like that but a four-banger and fixed bridge

[quote name='Tinman' post='754108' date='Feb 22 2010, 05:43 PM']Ignore her Sam It would be great to meet up with you.[/quote] It's alright, i'll be prepared for her

get yourself to the next notts bash!

i have an ashdown perfect ten, it's not great but it does the job. Try and go used if you can, i got mine for £50.

A pub would be grand I'd quite like to meet Pete (Tinman) and Terri (Mrs T)

[quote name='josh3184' post='753852' date='Feb 22 2010, 02:18 PM']depending on condition I'd guess about £350-400?[/quote] +1

awesome collection cetera I'd love me a nice spector one day (try not to get too offended by my avatar though )

[quote name='bass5' post='753668' date='Feb 22 2010, 12:16 PM']I believe that they are more cost effective for our Yankee cousins, as over there they are a lot cheaper. 300-400 quid max.[/quote] That seems to be the way with pretty much everything these days!

[quote name='Mike' post='753379' date='Feb 21 2010, 11:28 PM']I always thought it was (and thought of it as) "the Bass Gallery".[/quote] same, though i guess their official name didn't really do them any favours

[quote name='Bassassin' post='753375' date='Feb 21 2010, 11:24 PM']You make a very good & relevant point. Have a skim through this site: [url="http://cortaction.wordpress.com/"]http://cortaction.wordpress.com/[/url] And that's Korea - one can imagine it's not going to be better for workers in China, Taiwan, Indonesia etc necessarily. Jon.[/quote] I didn't read it, but the horrible conditions and minumal wages people in those countries have to put up with still don't stop us buying those basses or any other objects in our daily lives with "made in china" (or some other middle eastern country) stamped on them, which is quite a lot...

Hah, no i agree with you marvin... though i'm not going to go into politics, as that's a whole other kettle of fish. I've played a few fenders and squiers and other very expensive and not so expensive basses, and to be honest, yes the expensive ones were better.... though not always "X thousand pounds" better. At the end of the day though, it's down to the person what they spend their money on... but some basses are just very very overpriced for what they are, just imagine the top suits at gibson sitting in their hot tubs giggling to themselves about how they managed to flog their latest "special edition" les paul 12th anniversary of god knows what they've come up with this time to some flash yank for $15k. Bastards.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='753232' date='Feb 21 2010, 08:44 PM']It seems there is a lot of either genuine of psuedo anti-feeling for expensive basses at the moment on here. Some basses are expensive, get over it, but dont slag them or the folks that make or buy them, off please. Its unnecassary and frankly a bit boring now.[/quote] I think because manufacturers such as squier etc are making such quality affordable basses that some of the stuff that fender and the like churn out just seems very very expensive for what it is, and i have to agree - to a point. At the end of the day, is £2000 fender really going to sound 100x better than a £200 or so squier VMJ?

[quote name='mikhay77' post='753184' date='Feb 21 2010, 08:00 PM']Ha ha,but for some reason I would still have one if I had the cash,ever since seeing Stan the man doin school daze on an old video,mmm[/quote] They're a bit too flash for me.... and besides, i don't think they're worth anywhere near even half what they sell for. I mean, 4 grand is a LOT to drop on a bass, but £8k+? ridiculous, and i don't see them using any superior woods/techniques that are different to say what jon shuker would use, and he likely wouldn't charge more than (or even close to) 3 grand for a bass of that caliber.

Nice one, i'm probably in no position to do so, financially, but i would be interested in hearing how much my ideas for a custom bass would set me back, particularly a shuker!

They charge that much simply because they can. Although the one that really worries me is alembic. How can anyone justify charging 8 grand for a bass and then have the audacity to put plastic control knobs on it and lay them out with all the efficiency of a toddler?!?!

[quote name='The Burpster' post='752527' date='Feb 21 2010, 09:20 AM']Yep I'd say General Bass discussion. prob get the [u]Notts boys coming ove[/u]r and a couple from Peterboro so could be a great bash.[/quote] quite possibly! And welcome to the forum charlie, they're (mostly) a good bunch of guys and gals here

[quote name='Musicman20' post='752792' date='Feb 21 2010, 01:57 PM']My opinion, if you struggle to play a neck, it means more than likely a technique adjustment is in order, and it might help build more muscles in your hands...(thats just a guess).[/quote] Why spend time trying to get used to a neck you [i]don't[/i] like when you can buy a bass with a neck you [i]do[/i] like? I could get used to a stingray neck again, but i don't want to because I prefer my warwick for the neck and a lot of other reasons. I've owned a couple of musicmans (musicmen?), and a couple of warwicks (no ricks though, don't get on with them) and i can safely say i'll be sticking with warwick for the forseeable future.

i'll be bringing my streamer $$ in my av most likely and if anyone would like to have a go and if there's room in the car, my ashdown ABM head?

wal(s?) please!!!

[quote name='josh3184' post='752312' date='Feb 20 2010, 11:05 PM']Oddly enough I found that my corvette $$ had one of the fastest necks I've ever played! Each to their own of course Certainly agree with the try before you buy though, they seem to polarise opinion (I just happen to be a lover of them)[/quote] Well, that kind of is and isn't what i meant. It has a nice thin jazz profile, and i feel really comfortable on it, but with how deep it is, i wouldn't say it was "fast" like a jazz bass or something similar as it would be a little deceptive. But yeah, i love my warwick necks, they're just SOOOOOOO comfy!

[quote name='Marvin' post='752154' date='Feb 20 2010, 08:13 PM']i'm completely biased against Riki's and for Warwicks. Don't understand the appeal of Riki's either aesthetically or sonically. I'd stick with the Fender if you want an all rounder and the Warwick if you want to go off on a tangent. It doesn't really matter though because [b]we all now know that core tone is a load of crap[/b]. [/quote] indeed....

another reason i don't read BGM anymore....