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eXod
beginner
Posts: 23
Joined: 28 Jan 2007
Location: somewhere?
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 First bass guitar
Hi all!
I'm going to buy my first bass guitar. I have about 400$. What can you recommend? Sky Way guitars are cheap, but.. I heard some bad words about them. Is it true than they're just a piece of sh*t?
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:54 pm |
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LeanGoth
guitar adept
Posts: 50
Joined: 27 Jan 2007
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Don't buy SKY WAY!!! Try Washburns - they're good and don't cost a lot  . I know 2 people with Wash basses one 4 and one 5 strings. I don't know whitch models are they but I'm sure that they're rather cheap. Sound and pickups are good. I can't tell anything bad aboud finish .
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:09 pm |
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Caco
guitar adept
Posts: 248
Joined: 27 Jan 2007
Location: Nidzica - Poland
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http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Cort-Curbow-5-String-Bass-Bartolini-PickUps_W0QQitemZ290078320667QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
IMO it's very good gear . I've playied this guitar few times and I can say anything bad 'boud its. Good finish connected with good sound gives good guitar  .
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:24 am |
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ben0111
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washburn basses are cool
i might get a bantam
looks awsome
they play well too
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Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:42 am |
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thunderson
guitar adept
Posts: 72
Joined: 08 Jan 2007
Location: arlington texas
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MY first was a sears craftsman hollow body electric ( bridge and neck). looked kinda funny but it played well and had an unusual sound when cranked through a fuzz and bandmaster...
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:25 am |
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cxo
guitar master
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Joined: 07 Apr 2007
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Allan - forget the model name but it had active electronics and it didn't reawlly sound bad. PLayability - subpar for sure, but playing through an amp it sounded surprisingly full. They're cheap for sure also. I think it was $270 about for mine.
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Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:01 am |
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jerseytarpit
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Location: Florida
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I think for the money Squire makes a great jazz bass and a really cool model with a P and J pickup, I think they call it a precision special or something. But, for the buck, I think Squire or Ibanez are the way to go for a first bass.
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Thu May 17, 2007 11:23 am |
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stoker
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my first bass wasa knackered hofner verithin. wieghed the same as a j-cloth but sounded huge!
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Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:52 am |
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dannygsam
beginner
Posts: 10
Joined: 23 Sep 2007
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mine was an yamaha
my first bass guitar was a 4 stringed yamaha.. which i fitted an emg pickup.. i stil have it however am now havin a ibanez 5 string too.. both of them i like..
check this website.. it contains some links about guitar.. http://www.worldguitarists.com/Guitars/Guitar-Brands/
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Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:33 pm |
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Spacehog
guitar adept
Posts: 278
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Location: Staffordshire Moorlands
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My first bass was a white Japanese Squier Jazz bass that I bought second-hand. Absolutely kick-ass bass, lovely to play, wish I still had it. I hadn't played a J-bass for 13 years until last Christmas when my wife bought me a fretless Columbus Series II Jazz bass, which plays great but sounded awful until I fitted EMGs to it. My next bass was a Charvel Fusion Custom V 5-string (the like of which I've never seen before or since) which was fantastic, but I changed it when I started having problems with the active electronics (got a Washburn XB-600 next). Then I got my Yamaha TRB4II, and I've never needed to try a different fretted 4-string since!
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Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:13 pm |
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guitarfreakyman
guitar master
Posts: 3053
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
Location: somewhere
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ibanez sr485
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