Spec me a Decent Bass for Less than £200

THMRK · 28 Jul 2009 at 09:22

As said above really.

Been playing guitar for near on 7 years now and I've been doing a bit of recording recently. Things like Addictive Drums and Ezdrummer have really helped out when it comes to doing demos of stuff for the band, but everything I've done so far lacks a bass line.

So hopefully this is where you guys come in. I'm looking for a decent cheap bass. It'll never be gigged, just used for recording at home (probably through guitar rig).

Primarily playing punk music here but I'd like something versatile for the more sorta acoustic, ballad-y and soft rock stuff I've been messing around with recently.

Swampyseifer · 28 Jul 2009 at 15:35

Squire Fender P-Bass would be my suggestion!

Bennie-Mac · 28 Jul 2009 at 17:22

An Ibanez GSR 200 if you can find one. Very good first bass.

Scrutinize · 28 Jul 2009 at 23:14

Bennie-Mac said:
An Ibanez GSR 200 if you can find one. Very good first bass.

This

I have one in the blue next to me and it, like most of the Ibanez stuff is great.

elroberto · 29 Jul 2009 at 00:38

I've heard the Yamaha's are good too, but not sure what the prices are on them. I use a Johnson which looks like a musicman stingray rip-off. Sounds great, but weighs an absolute ton! I think I only paid £120 for it 2nd hand. I was told not to put a bass through a guitar amp though as it can damage it, don't know if that's true or not but why risk it?

Bennie-Mac · 29 Jul 2009 at 01:24

elroberto said:
I've heard the Yamaha's are good too, but not sure what the prices are on them. I use a Johnson which looks like a musicman stingray rip-off. Sounds great, but weighs an absolute ton! I think I only paid £120 for it 2nd hand. I was told not to put a bass through a guitar amp though as it can damage it, don't know if that's true or not but why risk it?

Better guitar amps can handle it well enough, sounds like he has decent enough equipment if hes gonna be recording. Plus a decent bass amp is v expensive, the cheap amps are pretty dire to be honest.

banja · 29 Jul 2009 at 03:39

Would you go to £250 ish? Squier Classic Vibe.

THMRK · 29 Jul 2009 at 11:49

Cause I'm going into guitar rig it means I don't need to have any amp at all. Just direct into the hardware controller for the software and record through that. I woundn't chance plugging a bass into my guitar amp.

£250ish I might strech too. But I've had bad experiences with Squiers in the past...

Thanks for the recs though! Anymore? I'm gonna get playing some on Saturday.

Bennie-Mac · 29 Jul 2009 at 15:45

No you dont need anymore recommendations. The Ibanez is too badass

Scrutinize · 29 Jul 2009 at 20:38

Woody__ said:
Cause I'm going into guitar rig it means I don't need to have any amp at all. Just direct into the hardware controller for the software and record through that. I woundn't chance plugging a bass into my guitar amp.

£250ish I might strech too. But I've had bad experiences with Squiers in the past...

Thanks for the recs though! Anymore? I'm gonna get playing some on Saturday.

Bennie-Mac said:
No you dont need anymore recommendations. The Ibanez is too badass

^^ This. It, like most Ibanez guitars punches well above its weight / value.

Pic of mine