Bass Guitar Suggestions

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Well I see this is an older thread and I hope you, Horizons, have found the bass and amp.
But I will post a reply anyway since it will help other new prospective bass players 

First Price is important But equally important is personal 'playability'.
How does a particular bass feel to you ? How does it sound ? 
Can you get your fingers around the sometimes baseball bat radius necks or do you need a thinner low radius neck ? 
Does the bass have the sound your looking for ? Will the electronics last and what wood is it made out of ?
You can always swap p/u's & electronics later or right away.

As you can see I have not mentioned any brands and that's the way you should approach a purchase. 
As for the bashing of Squire:
Back in the late 70s Fender licensed Japan to produce instruments for them. They turned out to be often better than Fender USA  themselves. Those instruments are highly sought after these days. I owned several MIJ Jazz basses and they were beautiful all around. Squires today are made in SE Asia In owning a few of them as well, they are solid basses with great sound and play smoothly.

The moral is: Don't be swayed by others opinions or 'status symbol' basses They are not the ones spending your hard earned cash and they will not play the bass for you. An famous expensive bass  will not play itself for you either.
Only you can play it and decide. 

Edited by sturoc - January 22 2012 at 23:41

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sturoc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 04 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 124	Posted: December 11 2011 at 10:38
	Well I see this is an older thread and I hope you, Horizons, have found the bass and amp. But I will post a reply anyway since it will help other new prospective bass players First Price is important But equally important is personal 'playability'. How does a particular bass feel to you ? How does it sound ? Can you get your fingers around the sometimes baseball bat radius necks or do you need a thinner low radius neck ? Does the bass have the sound your looking for ? Will the electronics last and what wood is it made out of ? You can always swap p/u's & electronics later or right away. As you can see I have not mentioned any brands and that's the way you should approach a purchase. As for the bashing of Squire: Back in the late 70s Fender licensed Japan to produce instruments for them. They turned out to be often better than Fender USA themselves. Those instruments are highly sought after these days. I owned several MIJ Jazz basses and they were beautiful all around. Squires today are made in SE Asia In owning a few of them as well, they are solid basses with great sound and play smoothly. The moral is: Don't be swayed by others opinions or 'status symbol' basses They are not the ones spending your hard earned cash and they will not play the bass for you. An famous expensive bass will not play itself for you either. Only you can play it and decide. Edited by sturoc - January 22 2012 at 23:41