Bass4real Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 The Bass I paid 399.00 for in 2017 is one of the very best basses I've ever had. A BRICE FREAK 5 SINGLE CUTAWAY And I've owned alot of basses (expensive) Never again though . How bout you ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 The Fish Fingers I paid £3.99 for in 2018 have gone off, go figure. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnozzalee Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 You can get a good Precision for £300 if it's made of the 'right' timbers. I've had over a 100 basses now and those I've kept hold of are in the £750 to £1,000 bracket. My late Overwater was a bit of a luxury, but still sub £2,000. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 I played massive gigs with £400 basses. In the end, none of it matters much. Play the music you like on the instruments you love and forget all the rest. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Frank Blank said: The Fish Fingers I paid £3.99 for in 2018 have gone off, go figure. £3.99 fish fingers? Must have been some line-caught cod fish fingers from Waitrose. Edited December 11 by Burns-bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 1 hour ago, Burns-bass said: £3.99 fish fingers? Must have been some line-caught cod fish fingers from Waitrose. Maybe the staff were riding horses and muttering “stand and deliver”? Possibly also a flintlock pistol in there somehow ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd56hawk Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 I've owned quite a few good, cheap basses, I recommend them all the time, but I'd be lying if I said any of them were in the same league as either of these. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 8 hours ago, Burns-bass said: £3.99 fish fingers? Must have been some line-caught cod fish fingers from Waitrose. Artisanal vegan Fish Fingers woven from top notch tofu. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 No point buying anything but a special bass (i.e. one you can’t put together simply yourself), bitsas built from Basschat/ebay/Reverb parts win on price and quality over factory basses a lot of the time, keeping a keen eye open for used components by Warmoth, Allparts, Mighty Mite, Gotoh, means you can build some cracking instruments 👍 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 I'm with Mr Burns. I have basses in both camps and pretty much use the one I fancy on the night. I stick to particular basses for tours etc but that's more about established levels and amp settings rather than which is best. They're all great basses, irrespective of their cost. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 15 minutes ago, Steve Browning said: I'm with Mr Burns. I have basses in both camps and pretty much use the one I fancy on the night. I stick to particular basses for tours etc but that's more about established levels and amp settings rather than which is best. They're all great basses, irrespective of their cost. Agreed. Despite being active in the buying and selling forums I’ve only used the same 2 basses for gigs over the last 5 years - one I’ve owned for 25 years. What’s more important than cost is the time you spend getting to know your instrument I reckon. It has taken me 4 months to finally get a sound I like from my new double bass, for example. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnybass Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 Totally agree with Mr Burns. Its about getting a good instrument, regardless of price and spending time with that instrument. Any instrument you buy can be tweaked or modded, no matter the price. Basses, strings, amps, effects, cables can be as expensive or as cheap as you like, the only thing that matters is does the sound fit the band/song you are working with and is it reliable. Jonny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 I bought a bass for less than £250. It is a good bass and gigs well, but my Sadowsky and Lull are better by miles. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 Our guitarist has just been given a Japanese Les Paul copy, bolt-on neck, name I`ve never heard of - think Kysugu? - but it`s a stunningly good guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 40 minutes ago, chris_b said: I bought a bass for less than £250. It is a good bass and gigs well, but my Sadowsky and Lull are better by miles. I suspect we evaluate a bass as a function of expectations of that bass, a £250 instrument that performs like one legitimately worth £500 always impresses and generates positive perceptions and emotions. But against a bass with legitimate value of £2,500 that £250 bass, no matter how good, will nearly always lose out. The key question is of course how much that intervening £2,250 means to you 👍 And note my deliberate use of ‘legitimately’ 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 12 hours ago, Bass4real said: The Bass I paid 399.00 for in 2017 is one of the very best basses I've ever had. A BRICE FREAK 5 SINGLE CUTAWAY And I've owned alot of basses (expensive) Never again though . How bout you ? Yeah I hear you. I've got some high end basses and I've played some even higher, but my favourites have nothing to do with their label or their price. Others say differently and that's their prerogative, but how a bass feels in my hands, how it balances on a strap, how it sounds and how it talks to me are the only things that matter. The label and the price are utterly irrelevant. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 (edited) I play my £300 Squier Jazz as much as I play my Fender Deluxe Precision and I play my £400 Gretsch more than I play my Pro ii Strat. Fairly recently I realised that most of my choices when it comes to basses and guitars are aesthetically driven. I will pick up a £400 guitar over £2k one purely because I prefer how it looks. Does this mean I'm done spending big money on guitars? Probably not. For a start I really like the look of a Stingray... Edited December 12 by Cato 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 On regular (often lairy) pub gigs I play a Squier Sonic P (£145, plus a rummage through my Parts Box for bridge, tuners and pickup, even though it didn't really need it, it was more my irrisistible urge to tinker) so I don't worry about drunks (and worse) around my Shukers. It's not the same as the Shukers, but I'd put it up against any P under £750 these days, and it's super-light. I gig a lot, and I have lovely works of art in wood which will get used appropriately (posh Xmas hotel gig last night I took 2 Shukers) and cheaper ones. They all earn their money and justify their existence. If they don't, they get moved on. Funnily enough, I sound like me with all of them... If I had the spare money I'd get another (Superleggera) Shuker custom-made, but I don't (and I don't want to sell any of the ones I have to fund it), so that's that. The only potential purchase basses I look at these days are lighter ones (the Cheapo P is 7 3/4lbs) because my left shoulder isn't getting any younger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 Just now, Cato said: Fairly recently I realised that most of my choices when it comes to basses and guitars are aesthetically driven. I will pick up a £400 guitar over £2k one purely because I prefer how it looks. I am on record on here as being (self-confessed) as shallow as a puddle when it comes to looks: for example, I don't care how good Foderas are, I'll never own one, because I can't stand the looks... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 5 hours ago, Frank Blank said: Artisanal vegan Fish Fingers woven from top notch tofu. Ponce. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie C Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 15 hours ago, Bass4real said: The Bass I paid 399.00 for in 2017 is one of the very best basses I've ever had. A BRICE FREAK 5 SINGLE CUTAWAY And I've owned alot of basses (expensive) Never again though . How bout you ? I have a Squier 4-string fretless jazz bass. Sunburst with tort. Bought for around £350 just before covid lock down. It's been rebuilt by a local luthier, set up for me and I really can't see me ever buying anything else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 8 hours ago, Lozz196 said: Our guitarist has just been given a Japanese Les Paul copy, bolt-on neck, name I`ve never heard of - think Kysugu? - but it`s a stunningly good guitar. Kasuga? If so, one of the best 70s/80s Japanese manufacturers by a long, long way. On topic, I used to make a few quid buying old guitars & basses for pennies, tidying them up & selling them on. In 2003 or thereabouts, I picked this up for £60, thinking I'd hose it down & maybe flip it for £150 or so. Tuned it up & it was the best-playing bass I'd ever had in my hands, bar none. Still is. It's had a few upgrades & a bit of bling over the years but still probably only owes me £120 or so, all in. It's the one I'd save in a fire - you can stuff your four-figure basses. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 Yep that’s it, Kasuga! Really good guitar, I’ve had a few Gibsons and wouldn’t feel short changed by owning this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dclaassen Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 11 hours ago, Frank Blank said: Artisanal vegan Fish Fingers woven from top notch tofu. How do you tell if they’ve gone off? For me, it would be immediately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 The only people who care what you play are you and other musicians, punters don’t know or care. I’ve realised the price tag doesn’t equate to anything other than what you might lose or gain in the future. I’ve bonded with very expensive basses and equally £100 things. Recently took a punt on a broken bodied 6 string for a £100 and that and my £120 53 year old Hofner jazz bodied precision are currently what I pick up to play. My Wal has only left it’s case for photos and a clean in the last 10 years, same with the Warwick’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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