thebrig Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4]Don't know whether this has been done before, but following on from a suggestion by Baxter on the "[/size][/font][color=#323232][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Who on Basschat has the most expensive bass?" thread, I thought I would ask the question. [/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I put both of my basses together for less than £100 each and gig the, both fairly regularly. There's probably some folks on here that can beat theat though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Harley Benton HB550fl deko - £46 all in delivered. I just added a set of D'addario tapewounds and it's bloody brilliant! Some people have thought it's a 'boutique' bass and think I'm taking the pi$$ when I tell them how much it cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Can't compete on cheapest bass, but our guitarist sometimes gigs with a strat copy he found in a skip! Can't get any cheaper than that unless someone pays you to take it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I do sometimes, my Retrovibe Rick copy gets used a bit. I like to rotate and give them each a gig once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I used to gig an 85 quidder until the weight became a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I have gigged a harley benton, the sound is great but the weight is a bit too much for continued use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I regularly gigged my Sue Ryder P (£60 I think it was) in a pro function band culminating in a New Year's Eve gig in the ballroom of the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane. No-one batted an eyelid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefrash Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Harley benton jazz bass... 100 quid. Easily giggable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBerriff Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I have a G&L Tribute JB-2 I gig with. I have a USA MJ-4 but superb bass that it is, it usually gets left at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Aria P copy (£40 s/h) with 1/4lbs and Chromes fitted. Did loads with that including weddings and beer festival with 1200 audience. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Battered Mike Dirnt Precision that I paid £80.00 for, I have repainted it and upgraded most of the parts but it sees far more action than any of my more expensive basses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Westfield VB960 violin bass that I won at an auction for £32 is my current gigging weapon of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 A bass is a bass, is a bass. As long as it's set up OK, what does it matter how much it cost ? It's how you play it that counts surely ? I recently did a dep jazz gig on the drummer's £60 Aria bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I love putting together bitsas...my current favourite is a Pretend Precision consisting of a £20 encore bass body and the neck off a £25 Squier P bass. Hardware and pick up are from god knows where and it's strung with a set of ancient flats. It's painted seafoam green with two tins of rattlecan paint from Fleabay (£9.99 for two...) I absolutely love it and it sounds like a Motown Machine. I may splash out a tenner for a white pearl pickguard, but I'm afraid I might upset its thrift store mojo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1474566343' post='3138895'] A bass is a bass, is a bass. As long as it's set up OK, what does it matter how much it cost ? It's how you play it that counts surely ? I recently did a dep jazz gig on the drummer's £60 Aria bass. [/quote] I could not agree more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I don't own or gig with a cheapest bass. However, I won't gig my German made Hofner Club, Les Paul Gold Top or Custom Shop Gibson ES 335 bass at certain bars. It's too risky. For those bars I have a couple of what I call my "work horse" basses. MIJ Fender Ps. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykilz Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Thought my £150 Yamaha BB would be among the cheapest, but apparently I've been gigging a vastly overly expensive bass !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 My CSL Jazz copy cost £60, it's my go-to bass for pretty much everything. Our guitarist has been known to gig with a Sunn Mustang Strat I gave him for his birthday a few years back. Cost me £5 from a car boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 (edited) Does free count? My prototype Epiphone Explorer bass came FOC from Massman Drive waaay back when. Forgot to say I still have it & it gets gigged regularly when I am not playing my 62 reissue P bass in my rock and roll band. Here it is, recorded in 1988... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhrcSNYLTjw Edited September 23, 2016 by ivansc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 My first bass (Hohner B2A) was actually bought for me by my best mate so that we could start a band as he'd just gotten a drum kit for Christmas, on the understanding that if I sold it I give him the money back. It cost him £60 which is pretty cheap anyway but when I later sold it I got £70 and he let me keep the £10 profit so therefore it cost me -£10 net. However we only ever played one gig which hardly constitutes "regularly" so I'm guessing it doesn't actually win - more hoping for an honorable mention . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I've gigged the Sonderberg PJ and the red no-name J-style I got from here. Cost £130 between them, IIRC. But I don't gig often enough for this to count, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Not a contender , by my £125 yahama BBN5 sees a lot of action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 J&D brothers 1975 J bass. £119 brand new! Although I have gigged it from the day it arrived, it is no longer totally stock as one of the pickups packed in and it now features Toneriders. A few small mods and the whole shebang cost less than £220. It is my main and favourite bass, in fact I sold a Mayones Jabba and a CIJ Geddy Lee as I play this one all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr zed Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 [quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1474559774' post='3138835'] Harley Benton HB550fl deko - £46 all in delivered. [/quote] I bought the fretted version for the same price and it is a cracking bass. We both got massive bargains with these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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