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jeph:
I did not know you played bass tomselleck!
I will just echo everyone else and say avoid Squiers like the plague. Virtually anything in the same price range is better.
As far as dirt-cheap basses go, I'm a big fan of OLP. They're knock-offs of other designs (mostly Ernie Ball/Music Man) but for the money they're surprisingly well built and playable. The bassist from Explosions in the Sky used one of their basses for a long time.
Lummer:
--- Quote from: jeph on 05 Feb 2008, 16:54 ---
As far as dirt-cheap basses go, I'm a big fan of OLP. They're knock-offs of other designs (mostly Ernie Ball/Music Man) but for the money they're surprisingly well built and playable. The bassist from Explosions in the Sky used one of their basses for a long time.
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A friend of mine had 5-string stingray copy, and was/is quite happy with it!
However, when it was left in an unheated room at our highschool back in the day, for a week or so, the neck went totally banana-shaped. I guess pretty every bass would do that anyway, but still. He was not happy.
Luckily, my Graphite-neck Status bass won't ever have that problem :D
tomselleck69:
--- Quote from: jeph on 05 Feb 2008, 16:54 ---I did not know you played bass tomselleck!
I will just echo everyone else and say avoid Squiers like the plague. Virtually anything in the same price range is better.
As far as dirt-cheap basses go, I'm a big fan of OLP. They're knock-offs of other designs (mostly Ernie Ball/Music Man) but for the money they're surprisingly well built and playable. The bassist from Explosions in the Sky used one of their basses for a long time.
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Yep! Bass is my first musical love.
I forgot all about the OLPs, and I would definitely suggest trying one of those out. It's a real pity they're shutting down.
Warwick did a similar thing with their Rockbass line, although according to musiciansfriend.com they are a lot more expensive than I remember, and I never got play one to see if they match up to the real things. Maybe worth looking into, though.
Dizzydes:
Avoid squiers like the plague i say. all i can say is that Yamahas rbx range was pretty hot last time i looked and they are about 600-700 dollars Australian. if you want to get a squier though, what you need to do is go to all the music shops you know and try the jazz basses, and occasionally, you'll find one that sounds as good if not better than mex fender, and just buy the one you try that sounds good. mostly though they'll sound like a weak excuse for an instrument followed by buzz on all but four frets.
i've got a warwick rockbass 5 string streamer knockoff and excepting the fact that they come badly set-up, they're pretty good, at least mine is.
negative creep:
First off, thanks for your advice so far!
The OLPs do look nice, but as even the cheapest cost over €300 around here, they are out of my range. i may be able to afford one in a few months, but i really need a new bass within 2 weeks tops.
The problem with all those Ibanez, Yamahas and Peaveys is that I really REALLY hate the way the look. I just can't see myself playing such a thing.
As Squiers seem to be out of the question, what about the Epiphone?
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