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Hi i need advice on gettin a 5 string .a budget of £500-700?.ive noticed a warwick rb covette basic and the double humbucker one.brubaker brute,spector legend custon.ive owned a lakland 55-01 and a ray35 wasnt crazy on either.i have a trb1005 and love that .any one tried a carvin lb75 or lakland dj5?

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Definitely look used, your budget will go a lot further, I'd look at Warwick (not Rockbass), you should be able to get a bolt on model easily with your budget.

At the top end, you might be able to get a G&L USA L2500 or Stingray 5 as these seem to go for between £700-800 used, so if you're not too fussed on condition and negotiate a bit you may be in luck.

Yamaha are also another brand to look at, a mate of mine picked up a 6 string Yamaha recently that's great for about £400

If super jazzes are more your thing

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should be able to pick up a TRB1005 easily in that price bracket and hopefully have enough left over for a pedal or something :)

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/96631-the-yamaha-trb-porn-thread/"]basschat.co.uk/topic/96631-the-yamaha-trb-porn-thread/[/url] :D

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Definitely look into Ibanez. You can get their hand-crafted, Japanese made range for under your budget and they're one of the nicest 5 strings I've played. Spacing is quite slim though (which I loved, but you may not), so I'd also go for the USA G&L if you're prepared to wait for one to come up for sale.

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Make sure you play a Warwick before you buy, 17mm string spacing is tight and can be difficult, nicely put together though. Personally I would save up and spend a bit more. Lakland skylines are a decent buy second hand along with sandbergs but they can be heavy.

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if your close to mid devon you're welcome to try out my warwick fna 5 (german built) well within the budget, from all the headed basses I have owned I think warwicks are my personal favourites, mike b

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What's this then ?

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/228190-lakland-skyline-joe-osborn-signature-5-string-sunburst/page__pid__2356776#entry2356776

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2 absolute key points.....

Buy S/H and by seen and played.
The B defines your bass...and you never know how good or poor they are until you hear it.


then.......
I'd make £700 your start point for looking but the higher the better, IMV...

Laklands DJ, if you can find one, and JO's are good albeit 35".....

A £1000 may point you in range of a Metro and other cool stuff and then I think you could be in a different league, bang for buck...

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[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1391384898' post='2356666']
Look out for a used Sandberg Basic Ken Taylor 5, or even a Basic 5. Great, handcrafted basses for not much money.
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+1 won't go wrong with a 'berg

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