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I play a lot of punk music and love the sound and neck of a precision bass. but they're just to common for me, I'd prefer something a little different in looks. I was thinking of slowly doing a Warmoth build, using a thunderbird body with a P pickup and a P neck and Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders. but I'm interested to see if anyone has any other ideas. the Warmoth build will cost about £300, so that's my limit to price. my dad also owns a CIJ P bass with EMGs and a BADASS, and here's [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5700"]my jazz[/url] that has a decent precision sound on the front pup.

should i go for the warmoth or is there a better Precision like bass out there, or do i stick with the basses I've already got and not bother?

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shukers and laklands cost more than £300 though don't they? i was thinking a white thunderbird with a black pickguard, all bashed up. i was just asking to see if there was anything you'd recomend for less than £300. what p basses are there for about £300?

EDIT: if its going to be a p bass its got to be white or a cool bright colour. maybe a surf green or a lake placid blue.

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To be fair, from what I remember from mine, a T-bird might actually suit you just fine. They've got chunkier necks, the pups are great, and once you move the strap pin to the neck heel, are apparently very balanced.


/Is looking for a sunburst T-bird again, preferably with a few dings in the body so I'm less scared of "breaking it in".

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Fender Mark Hoppus P-Basses are a JB body with a single P-Bass pup (SD 1/4 lb) and a P-Bass neck and Badass bridge. Were made in a variety of bright colours (shell pink, surf green etc.)

Fender Mike Dirnt P-Bass. '51 style P-body and scratchplate, tele type headstock, Badass bridge.

Either of the above are probably gonna be easy enough to pick-up on e-Bay for around the £300 mark.

Ibanez Destroyer - enormous explorer type body with a P pick-up (think some, or maybe all had a J in the bridge too). A difficult SH find but won't cost the earth either.

I think Epiphone made a non-reverse Thunderbird that had a PJ configuration.

I forget what the necks were like, but maybe a Westone Thunder?

BC Rich probably made something that would be up your street too if you're looking for something a bit different.

Lakland made this [url="http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/bass/equip-entwistlegear-endorsements.html#lakland"]http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/ba...ts.html#lakland[/url] shame it never reached production..'

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yeah, i was thinking about the mark hoppus. i've always wanted one. that (and the fact it had bartolinis in) was one of the main reasons i bought my jazz, it looks so cool. if i was to get a mark hoppus i'd sell my jazz anyway, so i could go above the £300 mark.

also, does anyone know how much the duff makagan (im pretty sure i spelt that wrong :)) signature fender costs, and how does it sound?

anyway, im gonna have a look around at music live. i probably wont buy anything, unless it really catches my eye.

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I went to music live yesterday and I tried some stuff and have decided either a schecter model t or an epiphone ripper. they both sound great, feel great to play, and the schecter is just a bit lighter. the schecter costs a little more than the ripper. I'm going to sell [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5700"]my jazz[/url] because its too heavy to help pay for them, so which would be the better buy?

heres as much as i can find about them:

[url="http://www.schecterguitars.com/index.asp"]schecter model t[/url]

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/epiphone_the_ripper_bass.htm"]epiphone ripper bass[/url]

does anyone have either of these? which would you get?

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yeah, i'm probably wrong. i just went over the basic details quickly such as body, pups, bridge and neck. i think that came to about £250 and i just guessed everything would cost roughly £50. i didn't take paint into account, either, which i have just realised costs quite a bit.

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[quote name='charic' post='83661' date='Nov 4 2007, 07:41 PM']How on EARTH are you able to get a warmoth build for that sort of price? Usually when i design mine theyre around £600 :s[/quote]

Maybe he hadn't thought about VAT, duty and shipping. Or paint, or a second pickup. Mine cost about 500, but great quality and very lovely to play. Charic, did you build one, or just get as far as a wishlist?

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I've never been able to understand why we dont see more T-birds played by punk bassists. To me it seems a natural combination. I mean they have a bigger bottom end than a P and they rumble better. I've tried a few of the newer Epiphone T-birds with the bolt on neck and the Alder body and to be honest they had a great sound.
Definitely not the same as a Gibson or a Fender but kind of 1/3 each and 1/3 its own sound. And cheaper to boot.
The best one I tried was Korean. ([url="http://www.musicgearreview.com/review-display/7565.html"]accurate review here[/url])

All had that huge bottom end.

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