Bass guitars

jazoo

Im looking for a bass guitar for my son,, i dont really want to go over 250....can any one recommend any thing ..not online becauce i need it by saturday.... i dont need amp pack as i have one for my guitar...which he can use for the time being.I play guitar myself....... but dont know much about the bass

novarock

head in to waltons and pick up any SX. Great guitars for the price. You wont need to spend 250 anyway.. They obviously arent top class, but a lot better than the squier that I started on..

Rigsby

novarock wrote: »

head in to waltons and pick up any SX. Great guitars for the price. You wont need to spend 250 anyway.. They obviously arent top class, but a lot better than the squier that I started on..

+1 for the SX.


Take a look on www.adverts.ie and www.buyandsell.ie There are often good SX bargains to be had there.

Here is one for 60 euro on "Buy and Sell" :



http://www.buyandsell.ie/search/quick_search?search_term=bass+guitar&county%5Bid%5D=&county%5Bid%5D=All+Ireland&county%5Bid%5D=&category%5Bid%5D=&search_submit=Search

Malice

I wouldn't recommend running the bass through a guitar amp. The low frequencies could play havoc with it, especially at high volume.

As for a bass guitar, my second bass was a Squier Precision which I still have. It's a solid instrument which would be fine as a starter bass.

Slugs

Malice_ wrote:

I wouldn't recommend running the bass through a guitar amp. The low frequencies could play havoc with it, especially at high volume.

Well I mean his son is starting out, so for the moment, so long as he keeps the bass at low volume, he should be alright me thinks. I've often run mics and basses through a guitar amp and haven't had any problem with sound quality or blowing the amp because it was kept at a reasonable level. (I did see your point on high volume )

I have an Ltd B-50 That I picked up off thomann. Need to do some work on it over the summer, but I absolutely love it ^^ Also picked up a behringer amp with it.

OP how old is your son, and how far is he going to take the instrument? After all there's no point in buying a bass to learn on if he's expecting to gig with it...

Edit: Just found this on Adverts... Would be perfect for your son http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=212767&cat=191 I've used encore before, very good starter guitars, and you could get away with them for gigging, but you'd want to upgrade asap

jazoo

Slugs wrote: »

Well I mean his son is starting out, so for the moment, so long as he keeps the bass at low volume, he should be alright me thinks. I've often run mics and basses through a guitar amp and haven't had any problem with sound quality or blowing the amp because it was kept at a reasonable level. (I did see your point on high volume )

I have an Ltd B-50 That I picked up off thomann. Need to do some work on it over the summer, but I absolutely love it ^^ Also picked up a behringer amp with it.

OP how old is your son, and how far is he going to take the instrument? After all there's no point in buying a bass to learn on if he's expecting to gig with it...

Edit: Just found this on Adverts... Would be perfect for your son http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=212767&cat=191 I've used encore before, very good starter guitars, and you could get away with them for gigging, but you'd want to upgrade asap

My son is 13 he already plays drums.... i picked up an epiphone sg for him ......as for the amp he can use my guitar amp until he saves up some more money... the guy in waltons showed him a roland cube amp. super little thing...thanks for help anyways