Recommend me a Studio Bass

[ghostofbridgeport]

Im tired of these people coming in here with 80 dollar basses
so im goona buy a bass to keep here at the studio
my price range is 400-600

i was looking at the ROCK BASS by Warwick has anyone played it ? what do they think

or maybe a Fender Precision bass

whats ur guy's thoughts?

 

[Razorjack]

Fender Jazz, the perfect studio bass.

 

[LSD-Studio]

I've bought an 90ies ESP Horizon for that purpose...serves the Job well

 

[greyskull]

Fender Jazz, the perfect studio bass.

+1

 

[Metaltastic]

Low-end Spector all the way baby

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Fender Jazz, the perfect studio bass.

X 1,000,000

The problem is this thing is out o his price range. So maybe a mexican with the pickups and electronics swapped for something better?

 

[Ericlingus]

I like my spector performers series bass. They are around 400 dollars new.

 

[Exocaster]

X 1,000,000

The problem is this thing is out o his price range. So maybe a mexican with the pickups and electronics swapped for something better?

I'd think you could probably pick up a used American Jazz or Precision bass for 600 if you looked around. Judging from Strat and Tele prices, it would be on the low end of the price scale, but they're a common enough instrument I think it would be do-able.

Since he's probably doing mostly metal stuff if he's posting on here, I'd suggest a five string, if only to make switching between lower tunings easier.

 

[greyskull]

mexicans rule

 

[Phoncible]

spector isnt very versatile.. i'd go for warwick, easy to find used too!

 

[Metal Overload]

Go for Fender, Jazz or Precision, best basses i´ve ever heard, even the cheap ones

 

[Machinated]

My bassist just bought a Schecter Hellraiser 5 diamond series. Its sat pretty much in my studio the whole time. Really nice bass, especially for what he paid (£320). I'd really recommend one of them too.

 

[462studio]

I have a four string Fender Jazz and a five string LTD B-105. They seem to cover the gamut of sounds pretty well.

 

[colonel kurtz]

The problem is this thing is out o his price range.

how so? the standard jazz bass is $479 new most online retailers

i owned one for a while, and loved it to death

i've also been looking at some of the $500-ish ibanez basses...mostly because they come with bartolinin pickups

 

[ghostofbridgeport]

so has anyone played the ROCK BASS line by Warwick?

 

[KeithRT99]

i've got 2 mexican fender jazzes, and an ibanez. The pickups in the jazzes sound way better than the more expensive ibanez. I record all my stuff with my beat up 92 jazz.

 

[AStacy2]

Which pickup do you guys like for the Fender Jazz's played fingerstyle?

 

[greyskull]

ibanez basses are horrible to record
dont sit in the mix one bit

 

[ghostofbridgeport]

someone give me a link to the right Fender Jazz bass i would want to look at for doing metal? there is a billion lol

just like a link to musiciam friends or something.....i just want to make sure im looking at the right ones

thanks guys for all your input.....it seems like everyone like the Fender Jazz

 

[Phoncible]

so has anyone played the ROCK BASS line by Warwick?

yeah a little. good for the price.

another cheap alternative is the olp's. great value!