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    I tend to agree here about ease of playability. I had a really hard-to-play bass, with pretty crap pickups to start with. I had to really work hard, to try and get anything like a decent sound, and I feel that has helped my tone in the long run. In my experience, most music students start on pretty ropey instruments. Mainly because their parents can’t afford to, or don’t want to invest a lot of money initially.
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    Very good point. It would be sensible to flag up short scale basses on the list.
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    Great, this seems to have cleared the issue up somewhat. So good choice for the beginner bass list 👍
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    That’s a bargain then, with a hardwood body 👍
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    These basses sound like a solid choice, I’ll research them more. Cheers.
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    Cheers for your reply, yeah most beginners (including me when I started) don’t have much cash!
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    Thanks, glad you liked it!
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    @lownote12Yeah, it was productive for a while. Thanks for yours, and other’s contributions. Found out about some good basses to add to the list.
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    Ah, I get the confusion now!!! This is a frequent question I get from beginners. It’s not my question! So I am providing an answer in my FAQs page on my website. https://gregsbassshed.com/faqs I get your point, that this is a bit of a vague question, but rather than telling the beginner to go away, and come back with a ‘more correct’ question, I am providing a list of potential basses that they may want to try out. Hopefully that has given you more context to the question? Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. There are a lot more entry level basses out there that I didn’t know about. Keep the suggestions coming.
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    If you can afford a more expensive bass, then that’s a great option. But some beginners can’t.......
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    Want to add some funk to your bass lines? How is your popping? In this week’s video lesson, I will be looking in detail at how to get a great pop sound. This is a vital part of the slap technique. Even if you are not particularly interested in slapping, the pop is extremely useful for adding some funk to your finger-style playing. Follow the link below to view the full lesson. The PDF can be downloaded under the video description. https://youtu.be/JrQg1jSSXDQ
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    I don’t think that this is a polarised, right or wrong discussion. The aim of this list, that I am providing is to give beginners, who ask the question, ‘what is the best beginner bass’, a list of basses to go away and try. I very quickly went on to play jazz, and many other styles of music. Any bass, that I could develop on, would have sufficed at the time. In fact the Encore I managed to obtain for £40, from a guy at school, was my only option! You were obviously very fixed on what you wanted to play from the start, by what you have said. Many players aren’t.
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    Yes, I think this is the case for some people, but remember that ‘the music they like’ could be a lot of different styles. When I started playing bass, I played along to Cream, Hendrix, Weather Report (unsuccessfully 😂), RHCP, Nirvana, Faith No More, Senseless Things, Free, etc. etc... I wanted to play bass over everything! More entry level basses would have sufficed, as I developed the sort of sound I wanted, over time.
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    Great, some good choices there. The intention of compiling a list, is to point beginners in the right direction. I’m not implying that more established players can’t also use these basses. So I agree with you, that we wouldn’t want to define these choices as purely for beginners.
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    Great thanks, so are these the Ibanez P and J range basses?
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    Remember though, that a simple list will suffice, to point people in the right direction. We’ll get onto making the encyclopaedia next. If anyone still makes those?! 😂
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    Good points. The idea of this list, was to answer a question that I hear a lot. Providing a list of basses would steer Beginners in the right direction, to get an idea of what basses to try out.
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    Now that’s a good instrument. Maybe I’ll put it at the bottom of the list! 😀
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    It would give you a range of basses and price ranges to get started though.
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    Another brand I haven’t heard of!! I best pull my finger out! I have frequented The Bass Gallery too, over the years. Great place!
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    Image a scenario..... someone you know, who hasn’t got much money, wants to start playing bass, and has asked you for a few suggestions of basses. Which basses would be on your list?
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    Thanks for this.
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    Thanks, I’ll definitely have a look.
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    Hooky_Lowdown, great, I will research this option more.
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    Twigman, I have a lovely Suhr bass that is extremely easy to play, but I wouldn’t recommend it to a beginner, because of the price. I personally think price is a major factor for a beginner bass, in most cases.
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