BASainty Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 A guitarist friend of mine gave me his old Rebel 5K from when he had a go at bass years ago, the thing is knackered it will need new a new bridge, a rewire, new tuners and possibly new pickups. Is it worth me spending time and money on sorting it out? I am in the market for a backup 5 string so before I clutter my house up with yet another bass I thought I better find out if this one is worth saving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender73 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 If it's a project/a bit of fun and you can get the spare cheaply enough, why not - they are decent enough basses...but in my experience you may not get a good return on it if you then choose to sell (again, depending on how much you need to spend etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASainty Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Yea I get you I am tempted to work on it as a project but I couldnt see myself using it long term. Basically its either have a go and do it back up and hope I like it or go for a Yamaha BB415 for £200 which I know I like. As both the Rebel 5K and the BB415 are P/J and passive could anyone compare the both for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumps Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Yeh the Rebel does not hold any value, I sold a 4 string for £50 last year. Although i have to say for the cash mine was a belter, It was well set up & looked after. so was a really nice bass to play, I sold it to a guitarist mate who just was on the look out for a cheap plank & he loves it more than his Encore fretless. so if looked after right it they can be a cracking bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender73 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 My money is on the Yamaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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