Which bass to start with?

progismylife wrote: sleeper wrote: progismylife wrote: Angelo wrote: progismylife wrote: Angelo wrote: Interesting. What's the issue with the G-series Ibanez? I now have two owners, and one person telling me to avoid them???      No one told you to avoid them. We told you to avoid Squires and Epiphones since those basses are low quality. You didn't - Phileas did: " Stay away from Squiers and Epiphones, or any no-name brand Fender copy."      Ibanez isn't a Fender copy. I think he was talking about cheap rip offs of Fender, like a Yamaha. He said avoid an Ibanez with a G in its name.If your looking for a six string bass then I suggest a Brice, there rather good for the money and a ood way to start.      I am thinking about buying a Schecter next. Five string bass. What do you think of this brand? (I think they are kinda expensive)

Sorry Ben, my knoledge on brand quality is extremely limited I'm afraid.

^I have some experience with Schecter basses, and they're pretty good value. If I remember correctly they're in the same price range as mid-priced Ibanezes, and of similair quality. I'd say it's a good choice!

Hey folks - the meeting with my teacher-to-be is next tuesday. Updates on bass selection after that.
As for the 83 roadstar: it had a disconnected bridge element, and was sold already. The guy forgot to remove the add.
I came across a few other ones already, I'm definitely getting interested in these things. Is there any significant quality difference between say 70's/80's roadstar and 90's editions?

Thnx. 

Well - had a great chat yesterday. Reserved half an hour and got an hour and a half. We played some Gary Moore, Rush and Gong on the studio stereo and fiddled around with a 5-string.
As for bass guitar selection: the guy rents out Silvertone guitars and basses for starters, and uses Ibanez and Blade himself. His approach: start with something simple (i.e. the Silvertone), play around and after a while find something that really fits you and your music.
Thanks for all your input guys - but the amount of options provided makes me follow that final advice.

Guess he'll be visiting PA shortly - he wants to learn more about Gong!


Edited by Angelo - January 24 2007 at 03:00

Well, well - never thought it would take me so long to finally get a new bass....

After considering Fender's (over my budget), Squier (despite the 'disrecommendations' the Vintage Modified Jazz Bass is a good toy), Yamaha (sounds great, but looks like a cheap metallic painted Japanese car) and some more stuff - I got myself a brand new Ibanez SRX-350 today. It's got two massive elements, which make it a bit of a metal bass, but with a bit of twiddling on the knobs I can get a decent blues or jazz-rock sound as well. So far (4 hours) I like it a lot. Thanks again for all the advice inside and outside of this thread.

It is. And we had great fun with it tonight - doing some blues solo improvisations with two guitars and a bass taking turns. Finally I have a match for those humbucker guitar freaks 

Interesting remark on Yamaha, SimD - I tried an RBX-274 and 275 before deciding on the Ibanez. I'd refrain from calling Ibanez in general a solid beginner bass - they have some pretty serious material in the higher price ranges.

Oh yeah, of course haha. They do make amazing high end basses. I actually remember playing one a while back, can't remember the mark. Almost fell in love, until I played the music man beside it.. it's my new goal to get a MM... Just thinking about it gets me all warm and fuzzy inside