i need a 5 string

[hey]

so ive been playing bass for a while now, i dont have one but ive been playin guitar for 2 1/2 years, and i play on my friend's all the time. so its time i get a bass. i want a 5 string. what would be a good bass for 300$ or less? and while were on the subject i need an amp. something i could gig with.

[TheIdiotBox]

$300 for both or just the bass? If just the bass, how much for the amp? What styles of music? Etc...

[Polyamarous]

A 5 string for $300 or less will be balls.

[hey]

300 for just the bass. and i dont know how much for the amp, im not sure whats cheap and what isnt. how is the ampeg BA115? also we would be playing stuff like metal, but have softer stuff so it needs to be kind of versitile. and i would definatly go used. and ive heard good things and Brice from Rondomusic.net

[crazyjake19]

Check out either Brice or Douglas basses on www.Rondomusic.net I got a Douglas 6-string for $170 a couple weeks ago, and it's better than the $600-700 6-strings I've played at Guitar Center.

[EADG]

what would be a good bass for 300$ or less?


"good" and "$300 or less" in the same sentence?


Impossible if we're going by my standard of "good". What's yours? Tell us exactly what you're looking for. Tell us what kind of music you play, and what sort of specs you are looking for.

[BassVirtuoso]

Check out either Brice or Douglas basses on www.Rondomusic.net I got a Douglas 6-string for $170 a couple weeks ago, and it's better than the $600-700 6-strings I've played at Guitar Center.

I don't know about your guitar center, but the way the basses are set up at mine doesn't justify the sound of the bass at all. It's pretty much useless to even go by what I hear in that place.

[EADG]

I don't know about your guitar center, but the way the basses are set up at mine doesn't justify the sound of the bass at all. It's pretty much useless to even go by what I hear in that place.

music store setups = ****.

[Jaded]

If you can find a blemished Ibanez roadgear online, go for it.

[EADG]

^^

Agreed


go used, damaged finish/chips if possible

[Jaded]

My dad scored one of those basses for like 200 bucks new(retail somewhere around 350-400, i think) just because of a tiny amount of green paint on the back of the neck. Hell it gives it character for less cost.

[hey]

yah i wanna kinda go used, get a better bass for cheaper. but i meant like for 300, what would be a good bass, what would be the best bass i could get for 300$?

[EADG]

yah i wanna kinda go used, get a better bass for cheaper. but i meant like for 300, what would be a good bass, what would be the best bass i could get for 300$?


Define "best"

[sixner]

Instead of ragging about "good" and "$300" being associated, you could just list a bass or five.

Are you willing for used?

regardless, i <3 my Peaevy millenium bxp 5. $250 TOPS. it's got a really good neck, and the tone is good. You could op for some pup upgrades if you feel like it, but i havent. Although i believe i got one of the older models, the new ones have diferent pups which i havent used... but i hear they arent too great.

i hear the OLP music man 5 string stingray copy is actaully really good for being a copy.

-Sixner

[EADG]

Instead of ragging about "good" and "$300" being associated, you could just list a bass or five.



I am trying to help TS narrow it down, so that when I do list those basses they are basses that he would actually consider buying. There really isn't much point in listing a bunch of random stuff he wouldn't be interested in.

[hey]

i think ive decided to go with an OLP mm3. they seem good for the price, and i dont need amazing.

[faelun]

i think ive decided to go with an OLP mm3. they seem good for the price, and i dont need amazing.

consider the ibanez gsr205 i payed 399 cdn new for it so it should fit ur budget, its simply amazing IMHO

[sixner]

I am trying to help TS narrow it down, so that when I do list those basses they are basses that he would actually consider buying. There really isn't much point in listing a bunch of random stuff he wouldn't be interested in.

Yeah, but some people were being kind of silly about it.

-Sixner