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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: poomwah on July 29, 2008, 01:58:27 PM
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any one in here have one or have had one? looking for something at or under 300 dollars for a used one. So far I've found Ibanez AGB 140, Ibanez AGB200, and for just over 300 I've seen Jay Turser JTB-134's
I'm not sure if I want to go with a long or short scale.
Any others I should be looking into for that price? Any thoughts on the ones I've mentiones?
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I have played the Ibanez basses, and for the money and the features they are great. I haven't been too in love with the Jay Turser. I feel the Epi Casady and the little Allman Brothers guy bass - with mini buckers and a Hofnerish control plate? - are nice and affordable. I love short, med, long and extra long scale basses for what they are. That being said, if I wanted the path of least resistance for buying strings, especially if you are a musician who goes on the road at all, get a long scale bass.
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I also think the Epi JCS is one of the best basses around, for the money. And used that could be possible?
No, please, don't start the discussion that the original Les Paul Signature bass is better!
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the only problem is the allen woody's are sellign for about 4 used and casady's are going for about 5 or more :[
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I tried the small bodied Ibanez Artcore at the Frankfurter Musikmesse, but I don't know its type nr.. it's like a hollow body Les Paul. Could that be the AGB200 you're talking about?
I liked that a lot. Real 60s, Nice size. Normally I don't like gold hardware, but it looks oky on this bass. It's dark brown.
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yeah, the dark brown with gold hardware would be the agb200. The bodies are small on those ? how small? I want a HUGE bodied bass
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Hows about those Dano RIs? Might be pushing the budget, but I've seen 'em go in the $300-ish range. I've been tempted by those before.
http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=41.0
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I'll check into those.. read that post you linked, hell if they used one on talking heads, its got to be cool, LOL
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Ibanez has big semisolids, but the brown one is more Les Paul-ish.
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the only two the make now are the agb and afb... the agb is the les paul'ish one. The other is the afb, but they say its not a semi
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I'll go to the site one of these days to check!
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http://ibanez.com/hollow/series.aspx?s=artcoreBass
"The AFB200 offers the rich complex tones of a true full-acoustic body while the semi-acoustic construction of the AGB200 provides increased sustain and feedback resistance."
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or should I just get an acoustic bass?
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This Waterstone speaks to me!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Waterstone-RSG-Semi-Hollow-Bass-Twin-MM-Pickups_W0QQitemZ280251311693QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280251311693&_trkparms=72%3A552%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318
It's a little more than you were thinking of spending, but it looks pretty sweet IMO. They have a couple other models on ebay as well.
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that waterstone is gorgeous, but unfortunately 100 over budget right now :[
speaking of over budget, I'm finding myself falling in love with the Eastwood Classic 4
(http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/Bass/classic4/images/classic4-big/classic4orangeFINAL.jpg)
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unfortunately I'm going to have to sell my yamaha to be able to get it though
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That's a pity.
I prefer semisolids over acoustic basses. Why? Two things:
- I don't like the looks of acoustic basses. They're all the same to me. I know, that's just my bad opinion;)
- You still need an amp to be as loud as a singer or acoustic guitar, so it really has no use. Of course it sounds different (better?) than a semisolid, but a semisolid is just cool, it sounds woodier than a normal solidbody, so cool for acoustic gigs.
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I like that Eastwood. It is a pretty good copy of a Gretsch Broadkaster which typically sells for $1500 or more new.
Hey, check your personal messages, I sent you a note too!
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Acoustic basses usually have piezo's
I have 3 basses with piezos and have owned another 4
Piezo's are not perfect , but they can sound great
If you have a nice bass already , I would keep it and add a hollowbody and an acoustic
You will never find one bass that does everything well
But on the other hand I have over 20 in my collection
The Gretsch copy would be nice , personally I am after one of the Ibanez AFB 200
Have 2 of the agb 140 one with the stock pu and the other with a Nordstrand Big single
I like a bass with lots of bottom
I have been experimenting and really like the sound of a single coil neck pickup and totally hollow body
Hollowbodies are a unusual and distinct sub group of basses
Fat , short sustain and prone to feedback
Center blocks helped solve the feedback , but made them sound like more like solid bodies
Thanks
Robert VanLane
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Right on Robert! No single bass can be all things to all people. A great excuse for collecting so many! I have 8 hollow bodies and I'm working on the restoration/creation of 4 more. I love that hollow body sound/feel.
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The Harmony brand has been resurected. The new line looks great and includes one bass (hollowbody):
http://harmonyguitars.com/ProductLine.asp?pl=vintage&pid=6BF976790F9D7CE8EBCAE9343FF13B9328100959C2E21533 (http://harmonyguitars.com/ProductLine.asp?pl=vintage&pid=6BF976790F9D7CE8EBCAE9343FF13B9328100959C2E21533)
(http://harmonyguitars.com/images/products/front_38.jpg)
It's a shortie. Notice also that there's a switch but only one pup - the website says it's a Baritone switch (I wonder if there's an inductor coil in there). I'm also curious as to whether they'd sell me one with no finish, hardware or electonics for my EB2Recording project (I've pretty much given up on finding a trashed EB2/Rivoli for cheap).
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Yes, but the new Harmony line isn't cheap. The H-22 is about $900. See http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=391.0
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Oh. Right.