Bargain Basses

[hellothere]

What are really good basses that can be bought for really cheap? Oddities especially.

Also what are good places to find bargains? Car-boot sales?

[mart]

Sue Ryder Charity Shops, apparently.

[lemmywinks]

I usually find the FS section here or eBay the best bets for bargains.

On here recently there was a Tanglewood Warrior (Warwick-style) for £80, not so long ago there was a Vox for about £70.

EBay turns up some silly bargains too, just a case of persevering and wading through the inevitable mire of junk.

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='Johnston' post='1155126' date='Mar 9 2011, 11:54 AM']collection only Auctions somewhere handy.[/quote]


This too.

Set up a search for anything with the word "bass" in it and specify "nearest first". That way you'll get all wrongly listed auctions, along with a ton of fishing stuff and car/DJ sound systems!

Also worth having the occaisional look for "base".

[TRBboy]

Yamaha RBX270 is virtually unbeatable for the money, easy to hotrod too. I bought one for £70 off Gumtree last year and did it up.

have a look [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=121667&hl=best+%A3200+bass+ever"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...A3200+bass+ever[/url]?

[ead]

[quote name='TRBboy' post='1155214' date='Mar 9 2011, 12:56 PM']Yamaha RBX270 is virtually unbeatable for the money, easy to hotrod too. I bought one for £70 off Gumtree last year and did it up.[/quote]

+1 to that. I paid a clearly over the top £90 on evilbay for a fretless (now also modified)

[Blademan_98]

I got my Yamaha 5 string fretless off here for £80.

Bargain.

[Cat Burrito]

I think a lot of stuff from China & Indonesia is really good these days. Some players will turn their noses up because it's not USA made leaving great bargains for the rest of us. I played a great Aria Mosrite copy recently and I am also thinking of the cheap Hofner stuff that comes from China

[Roland Rock]

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1156020' date='Mar 9 2011, 10:53 PM']I think a lot of stuff from China & Indonesia is really good these days. Some players will turn their noses up because it's not USA made leaving great bargains for the rest of us. I played a great Aria Mosrite copy recently and I am also thinking of the cheap Hofner stuff that comes from China[/quote]


Hey BB,

Was the Aria you tried the [url="http://www.ariausa.com/basses/dmb380.html"]DMB[/url]?
I really like the look of it, and for £185, looks a bargain

[Cat Burrito]

Yes it was & it's an absolute steal at that price. My mate had one in his shop & I was sorely tempted but have enough basses. His was set up really well so you just couldn't fault it.

[megallica]

Some of the 90's Bass Collection basses will find their way onto ebay from time to time, IMO they're well worth a look.
As they're not exactly a household name, they don't command a great deal of interest.

[HADGE]

HI I BOUGHT A YAMAHA RBX 270 FOR £70 FANTASTIC VALUE FOR MONEY