Choosing a bass
As I’ve just added a review on the bass I picked to start with I thought I’d give my own personal views on this subject.
Firstly and most importantly - if it’s at all possible try the bass out personally. This way you will know the feel and weight of the instrument and any possible faults. If you are a beginner try to take along a more experienced friend to help you. You will be spending many hours with your instrument so it’s vital you know how you will get on with it from the start.
Also try to play as many different models and makes as possible - if you have any friends that play they can help you out here. This will give you an idea of what type of bass suits you best. I generally like the smaller headless instruments as I think I’m quite clumsy but if you read the review here you can see I went in a completely different direction this time.
Try to include enough in your budget for a hard case. This will make it much easier to move about with and protect it from knocks. Once you start gigging or playing at friend’s houses you will see the wisdom here.
Get the most basic instrument that will get the job done. This should be a 4 or 5 string as anything more will confuse you to learn on. You can go for a more exotic variant later and will be able to make a better choice.
1996 Fender Precision P Bass Electric Guitar MIM Red
US $77.00 (11 Bids)
End Date: Sunday Aug-01-2010 17:00:30 PDT
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Carvin XB75 Extended Scale 5 String Bass Guitar
US $375.00 (1 Bid)
End Date: Sunday Aug-01-2010 15:40:10 PDT
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Vintage Fender Bassman Ten Tube Guitar Amplifier Bass
US $199.00 (1 Bid)
End Date: Tuesday Aug-03-2010 14:39:31 PDT
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EPIPHONE by Gibson® THUNDERBIRD IV ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR
US $107.50 (3 Bids)
End Date: Tuesday Aug-03-2010 10:28:12 PDT
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Guild Acoustic bass guitar Model B30E- NT
US $403.66 (2 Bids)
End Date: Tuesday Aug-03-2010 10:08:09 PDT
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So from this you can see I ignored all the above in my selection but as the outlay was fairly modest I gambled a bit and it paid off. The more money you are thinking of parting with the more closely you should stick to the above guidelines.
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