Bass help!

[The Future]

Hey guys, After my O-Levels in May I definitely plan on starting to play Bass Guitar, I have looked around a few sites but they haven't really helped me decide and this forum usually pops up with good,helpful answers. I need a cheap bass and my budget is limited to 12,000 Bangladesh Taka which is about 174$ and GBP 124.

I want something that has a good sound and is comfortable for a beginner.

[Gabriel]

Hey guys, After my O-Levels in May I definitely plan on starting to play Bass Guitar, I have looked around a few sites but they haven't really helped me decide and this forum usually pops up with good,helpful answers. I need a cheap bass and my budget is limited to 12,000 Bangladesh Taka which is about 174$ and GBP 124.

I want something that has a good sound and is comfortable for a beginner.

I'm not sure what the music stores are like around your area... but I got my bass from a local shop for $150 Canadian, brand new. It's just a standard bass guitar. It's nothing special, but it's also not a piece of a shit either. It's probably the best thing for a beginner to have.

I'd recommend just walking into a local shop if you have one, and talking to the guy there about it.

[The Future]

Well yeah that's the thing, the people in music shops here don't know anything although they do somehow manage to operate a cash register properly.

What's the name of your bass by the way?

Edited March 15, 2009 by The Future

[Dingle]

Dave.

[Gabriel]

Well yeah that's the thing, the people in music shops here don't know anything although they do somehow manage to operate a cash register properly.

What's the name of your bass by the way?

Mine's a Greg Bennett Corsair. Nothing fancy, like I said, but serviceable.

Her name is Lily.

[lari]

Get the cheapest one you can find. Practise with that. Then upgrade if you still feel like it.

[METALMAN]

I have a Fender Precision. It's pretty good. I don't really know of any other bass guitars so I don't know what it's like relative to anything else. It's my dad's.

[Farmer Reil]

I don't know if you have them in Bangladesh, but I'd definately recommend a Car Boot Sale or Garage Sale or similar (where people go to a pre-arranged field and set up tables of their old junk to sell). That's where I got mine, and while it probably sound like shit compared to a 'good' bass, it's perfectly fine for practising on and only cost me £25 including a portable amp (which, granted, is useless for any kind of performance, but for learning it's perfectly fine).

Also, two Youtube channels for you learning to play:

BassLessonsOnline (George Urbaszek)

Dmanlamius

[The Future]

Nah no garage sales around these parts, thanks for the youtube channels thought hey will definitely come in use when I get it.

The bass I am most likely to get is this: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier-by-Fend...426-i1146354.gc

[METALMAN]

I've always thought this would be pretty cool:

[Dingle]

No neck bass' look stupid at gigs. Very very stupid.

[METALMAN]

Ahem...

[Farmer Reil]

What Jou said. If Victor freakin' Wooten can make something look uncool, it's probably uncool.

[Toe]

Nah no garage sales around these parts, thanks for the youtube channels thought hey will definitely come in use when I get it.

The bass I am most likely to get is this: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier-by-Fend...426-i1146354.gc

That is a good starter bass that can probably last you a long time. You can easily get by with it playing shows and everything. It sounds good and is a good quality bass.

[fr34k]

Yeah the Squier by Fender you linked is a really good one for starters.My friend just started out with it and it sounds good and is not that expensive to get.