Intro to me, and advice on acoustic 5 strings

[benramadan]

Morning fellow musicians

I've played bass for 5 or 6 years now. I got by with my first for a while, a pretty (but cheap and cheerful) Westfield, but have had my beloved Cort A4 for a couple of years. She's great, but I keep finding myself in need of two things: a 5th string, and an acoustic. I don't play anything like professionally, the occasional wedding/party etc etc, you know the way, so my budget is not particularly high, probably £200-£250. I know this limits me to pretty average guitars, but instead of sticking a pin in a list and buying one (my local shop doesn't have any) I was hoping someone could advise me on where to start looking for a great 5 string acoustic.

Thanks for any advice.
Ben

[grosa]

hello!

i noticed on thomann they do 5 string acoustics for 130 buff
dont look too bad
specially for the price

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbb35nt_5string_akustikbass.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbb...akustikbass.htm[/url]

theres probably better but there always is isn'it?

[grosa]

[quote name='benramadan' post='65115' date='Sep 25 2007, 01:19 AM']Morning fellow musicians

I've played bass for 5 or 6 years now. I got by with my first for a while, a pretty (but cheap and cheerful) Westfield, but have had my beloved Cort A4 for a couple of years. She's great, but I keep finding myself in need of two things: a 5th string, and an acoustic. I don't play anything like professionally, the occasional wedding/party etc etc, you know the way, so my budget is not particularly high, probably £200-£250. I know this limits me to pretty average guitars, but instead of sticking a pin in a list and buying one (my local shop doesn't have any) I was hoping someone could advise me on where to start looking for a great 5 string acoustic.

Thanks for any advice.
Ben[/quote]

or the olde evilbay

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Crafter-Electro-Acoustic-5-String-Bass-Fender-ESP_W0QQitemZ130155641110QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Crafter-Electro-Acou...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]


looks pretty nice

[benramadan]

[quote name='grosa' post='65121' date='Sep 25 2007, 01:51 AM']or the olde evilbay

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Crafter-Electro-Acoustic-5-String-Bass-Fender-ESP_W0QQitemZ130155641110QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Crafter-Electro-Acou...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]
looks pretty nice[/quote]


Yes this one is currently sat in my Watched list on ebay. Looks pretty. I was looking at the Michael Kelly range, I like the sound of the custom preamps, but have no idea what they retail for! Any of them in my price range? The Club Custom is beautiful. I'll keep looking for prices....