Want to start playing bass - Looking for recommendations for a bass and amp/cab rig

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I'm done with big rigs. I have tried to get some that were a bit bigger and in my 50s and after two hernia surgeries, I just gotta stick to the smaller rigs
 
Back in the day I found that a vertical 2x12 on a chair gave me the best monitoring and on stage at least, most-audible sound.

Too bad it was in a competition that the rig was provided. I persisted with my ridiculous Peavey 1810 bin (1x18 and 2x10 combined). Used to shoehorn that sucker into a 1973 Honda Civic and drive 80kms across town to rehearsals and gigs. My back still hurts. :LOL:

I guess what I'm saying is it's great going for welly, but you just don't hear that super-bottom end on stage, hence why that competition gig provided me with the best, easiest-heard monitoring I'd ever had. It was a JBL 2x12 IIRC.
 
I picked up a mij fender aerodyne Jazz bass from sweetwater last year during a sale. Has p and j pickups. Plays great and sounds great. I don't have a bass rig per se, just running it into the axe fx and it does a fine job.
 
G&L Tributes are insanely nice. I have their PJ (SB-2, I think is the model) and the Kiloton.
 
I can't say enough good things about the Fender Rumble combos. We use the 1x15 200 watt combo. Sounds amazing, records amazing, and is light as a feather.
 
Anyone who's sceptical about the tone of a MM bass should have a listen to Davey 504's videos.

You get to hear his old-school MM vs a plethora of other bass players' rigs whenever he "does battle" with them.

He occasionally plays other basses, but the sweet tone of the MM is night-and-day different (and better) IMHO.
 
I have a Warwick Rockbass Corvette $$ and it's fucking amazing. Only like $600 and comes with all the legit Warwick/MEC hardware and pickups. They are MIC but the quality is great; mine has the tightest bolt-on neck joint I've ever seen on any instrument

I'll never need another bass

I added the Duncan Blackout preamp to it and it took the bass from "awesome" to "holy fucking shit"

My amp is a Taurus THD450 rack amp + a Hartke cab

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Devin said:
I have a Warwick Rockbass Corvette $$ and it's fucking amazing. Only like $600 and comes with all the legit Warwick/MEC hardware and pickups. They are MIC but the quality is great; mine has the tightest bolt-on neck joint I've ever seen on any instrument

I'll never need another bass
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+1 to the Warwick Rockbasses. The quality on those MiC pieces is beyond impressive. You can find some of the German ones for a good price if you're patient (but they tend to get pretty beaten up).

I started out with Warwicks and moved to Spectors once I could afford them. They sound awesome, but I guess I got old and lame and now just use a Jazz bass because I figure that just has to be able to get any job done.
 
cardinal said:
+1 to the Warwick Rockbasses. The quality on those MiC pieces is beyond impressive. You can find some of the German ones for a good price if you're patient (but they tend to get pretty beaten up).
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Yeah, some of the woods used on the premium basses are soft and get dinged-up pretty-easily.

The Thumb bass was Bubinga and Wenge IIRC...
 
Monkey Man said:
Yeah, some of the woods used on the premium basses are soft and get dinged-up pretty-easily.

The Thumb bass was Bubinga and Wenge IIRC...
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Most of that is because they don't finish their basses. I never understood why someone would buy an expensive German Warwick that they have to wax more often than their car.

For the money, I would take a Spector Euro over anything Warwick makes. The Korean Spectors are above anything else in their price range, and are the reason I ended up with Spector. The Euro series is on par with their American Custom shop in quality. They are actually the same neck blanks.

Once upon a time, when I was a young shit in a Metal band, I had an accident with my Euro. I did the bass toss at one point in a song, like always, but instead of going around me, the bass went headstock first into this corner that stuck out into the stage. That was the worst sound I've ever made with an instrument, including the time I tried learning the clarinet. The bass didn't even have a dent. Try doing that with a Gibson!
 
Someone locally is selling a Yamaha Billy Sheehan attitude bass for $1500. The bass looks new. Anyone has any experience with this bass?
 
Econ said:
Someone locally is selling a Yamaha Billy Sheehan attitude bass for $1500. The bass looks new. Anyone has any experience with this bass?
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Yamaha makes good stuff. I'm not sure about the scalloped frets though. That's really the personal question.
 
With small to medium sized hands, I'd recommend a Jazz Bass as their fingerboards are more narrow than those of the P Bass. However, IMO I like the sound of the P Bass more because it usually lives lower on the frequency spectrum so it doesn't crowd the guitar, and I find they're often more punchy and ballsy.

Jazz basses are more fun to play though. :)

Stingrays feel more like Jazz basses and have incredible punch due to the humbucker. Maybe that's what you need!

Warwick makes the best basses I've played.


As for amps, for a beginner recommendation, Fender makes the Rumble series, which as far as I'm aware are just about the best budget bass amps you can get anywhere.
 
japetus said:
I can't say enough good things about the Fender Rumble combos. We use the 1x15 200 watt combo. Sounds amazing, records amazing, and is light as a feather.
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My kid has the 40 watt and my bass player has the 100 watt. Those amps are awesome and can lift with a finger!!
 
What was I thinking? Go Marshall and R
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