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  • 04-08-2006 2:25pm
    #1
    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭


    So i've come in to some money, lets say 600 quid. I need a bass!

    I like the traditional Fender percussion style, and tone, and i wouldnt want to strey to far from it.. this is another nice bass that i like and im leaning towards that (i have a big softspot for hollowbodies).

    My overall favourite is almost any rickenbacker (for 600 yea right), but thats the most obscure looking instrument i would go for.

    So, has anyone got any thing in the fender range hidden away in the bookmarks? Any Hollowbodies floating around the net?

    Give me some options!! please!!

    *sends smoke signals to karl and doc*


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    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    Well, a Ric won't sound anything like a Fender bass, so have a think about what it is you're really looking for.

    I'd suggest a Japanese Fender Jazz FTW.


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Fender Aerodyne Jazz. Made in Japan, it has a P and a J pickup so you get the best of both Fender Worlds.


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    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    i kinda hold that stigma against jap instruments... and im not that keen on the shape of the jazz bass :(


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    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    Then get a Precision.

    And forget the stigma. Japanese Fenders are as well made as US ones.


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Eoin Madsen wrote:
    Then get a Precision.

    And forget the stigma. Japanese Fenders are as well made as US ones.

    What this man said.

    I have four basses. All are Japanese. In fact, I sold a Ric and bought a Japanese bass not too long ago.


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    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    red_ice wrote:
    *sends smoke signals to karl and doc*

    Dunno why you'd bother sending signals to me, I'm not that up to scratch when it comes to bassism.

    The only help I can offer here is to say that Japanese instruments for teh rule! :D


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    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    walls shaking, room... spinning...

    heres the thomann list that i like

    http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_fender_mexp_black_prodinfo.html
    http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_artikel-178643.html
    http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_fender_highway_1_us_precision_rw_3tsb_prodinfo.html

    Here are the ones that i really like

    http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_epiphone_jack_casady_eb_prodinfo.html
    http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_fender_mex_stdpbass_white_prodinfo.html

    and heres something that tbh, i wouldnt mind having

    http://www.thomann.de/thoiw6_artikel-189872.html


    which ones stand out to you? What would should i just ditch? I know its a personal preference thing, but as far as hardware and materials go, im not too sure on which is best value and so on


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    Eoin Madsen
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Eoin Madsen


    None of those are good value compared to a Japanese made one, to be blunt. I have a Mex Jazz, they are not particularly good.

    And I've still never played an Epiphone-anything that was worth a damn, so I couldn't recommend that either.


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Well you could get one of those, or you could get something interesting like

    this

    this

    this

    or this

    That second one in particular is a disturbingly good deal.


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    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    I like the second one a lot. :)


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    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    damn it that last one is mint! 536.69 euro...

    The second one is the only one i dont like, but its 371.11 euro

    i really like the last one... How much would i expect to pay on shipping for that?


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    The Jazz? ;)

    Shipping from Ishi is usually about €120.


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    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Doctor J wrote:
    Well you could get one of those, or you could get something interesting like

    this

    this

    this

    or this

    That second one in particular is a disturbingly good deal.
    2nd one is a cracker! Gotta be some sort of snag with it!


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    ferdi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭ferdi


    yeah that blue jazz is stupidly sexy

    660euro....god damn


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Slurms wrote:
    2nd one is a cracker! Gotta be some sort of snag with it!

    Nope, they've been that price on Ishibashi for years. Amazing deal. Weren't they going for about a grand in town? I remember seeing one for sale on the forums here for €800 (the guy said he paid €1100 with case in a large shop in town who we all know) and thinking.... "but I can get a new one for about €500!" :eek:


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    #17
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Damnit, why'd you feckers have to go on about basses. :(

    Now I've got Bass GAS.

    Music Man SUB 5 String and Yamaha John Myung Sig are looking pretty sweet right about now. Those fellows are easily the best basses I've ever played.


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    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Karl Hungus wrote:
    Music Man SUB 5 String
    That's my baby. Except mine only has 4 strings and it's a lovely red.


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    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    I had a look at the SUB5 before I found the Bacchus. They're dirt cheap on soundslive.co.uk compared to Thomann


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    Seany
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭Seany


    Well I dont mean to hijack a thread but I have a G&L L2000 listed on adverts.ie

    The l2000 was one of the last basses that leo fender designed before his death and has features of previous classics as precision, jazz & musicman stingray. Only reason I have it listed for sale is because I bought Doctor J's Rickenbacker from him which has become my first choice.

    If you you like to try this out to get a feel for it, I d be happy to oblige. They are very expensive here though (€2,200 in Musician Inc).

    Cheers
    Seany


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    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Doctor J wrote:
    I had a look at the SUB5 before I found the Bacchus. They're dirt cheap on soundslive.co.uk compared to Thomann

    Shut up damnit! I don't want to have gas for another bass right now. I just can't afford it, so stop giving me more affordable options. Just not right to tease me tbh. :(


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    thebassman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭thebassman


    I recently bought an Ibanez SRX705NT ( check here for spec)........ very nice and in and around the €800 mark


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