Recommend me a bass guitar

You get a lot of bang-for-your-buck with Yamaha (or at least you did when I last looked before Brexit and Covid etc) provided you go for one of their intermediate-upper tiers. Warwick basses are also worth checking out. I only muck around with bass, but my cheap Yamaha punches above its weight. My friends who are much more serious players have a high end Yamaha and Warwick and they are really good to play.

Just like electric guitars there are a variety of things to consider:
Pickup types (single coils, staggered coils, humbuckers/twin coils) - give different tone and the latter are more hum noise/interference resistant
Quality of the pickups and tone pots etc.
Woods - affect tone
Neck radius, profile and scale length i.e. fret spacing - affect comfort/playability depending on the handsize

After that it's workmanship, set-up, string types etc.
 
Yamaha are definitely great value, but as far as quality goes, I think other brands sit above. If I had £1,000 I'd not be looking at Yamahas personally. I also don't like their styling. It's too 80s rock for my liking.
 
ik9000 said:
You get a lot of bang-for-your-buck with Yamaha (or at least you did when I last looked before Brexit and Covid etc) provided you go for one of their intermediate-upper tiers. Warwick basses are also worth checking out. I only muck around with bass, but my cheap Yamaha punches above its weight. My friends who are much more serious players have a high end Yamaha and Warwick and they are really good to play.

Just like electric guitars there are a variety of things to consider:
Pickup types (single coils, staggered coils, humbuckers/twin coils) - give different tone and the latter are more hum noise/interference resistant
Quality of the pickups and tone pots etc.
Woods - affect tone
Neck radius, profile and scale length i.e. fret spacing - affect comfort/playability depending on the handsize

After that it's workmanship, set-up, string types etc.
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String spacing can be an important factor to consider as well.
 
I’m gonna blow some money on a bass guitar here which will be used strictly for home recording - I ain’t gigging with it or nothin’ - and I hope to get away with something under £500
 
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RianBB said:
I’m gonna blow some money on a bass guitar which will be used strictly for home recording - I ain’t gigging with it or nothin’ - and I hope to get away with something under £500
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Try second hand. You should get something very reasonable for £500
 
RianBB said:
I’m gonna blow some money on a bass guitar which will be used strictly for home recording - I ain’t gigging with it or nothin’ - and I hope to get away with something under £500
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Coming from guitar? Ibanez Mikro GSRM20 . Don't be fooled by size or cost :)
 
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