Which basses are good for beginnners

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need some wiews and opinions from you experienced guys going to buy some stuff with my cousin sometimes next week

my cousin is going to buy his 1st bass and i dont know any to recommend him.Which bass models are good for beginners?

im thinking of getting a bass overdrive pedal for myself too but not sure which one to get.i play stuff from RHCP,metallica,gnr,muse.do you guys think that i would require a pedal for these genres?

matt

 

[platypus]

try starter basses for beginnners... comes with eveything you need - bass amp cable strap some even got headphones etc. as for your overdrive, i suggest boss odb3 or ibanez pd7 if you're on the budget of below 200 bucks. or if you can spend more money then maybe you should consider ebs bass valvedrive or maybe a buy a multi effects like bass podxt live or boss me50b and use the overdrive/distortion/fuzz features it has.

 

[5stringedsoul]

for distortion/overdrive, i use an EHX Big Muff on bass...personally i love that sound

 

[rylche]

big muff is definitely the distortion sound I would go for.

 

[jackyboyboy]

if u dun mind second hand stuff get it from Luthur classified. U get a reasonably good bass at low price. No point spending $ on a cheapo bass. One day u still wan to buy a better one. Thus, my advice is get the mid range ones. Some people are letting off good basses at low price. Think i saw a G & L tribute 2500 going at a low price, $880. Worth buying. If really got money invest on top GAS. If not stay using till till it break. New stuff may not be good stuff.

jackyboyboy

 

[HOT]

Get an expensive one so that you will be compelled to play...haha. Just kidding. Agreed with Jacky on the second-hand potential. Otherwise, a soundgear will be ideal, and if the budget permits, maybe a MIJ Fender Jazz.

 

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thanks guys for you views
as for the pedal ive decided on the OLB-3
as for the bass the final say will be from my cousin coz he's buying it not me 8)

 

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you'd be surprised how acceptable the Ibanez Turbo Tubescreamer is with bass 8)

 

[iverson763]

specifically the ts-9dx? would the ts-9 sound good?

 

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the TS9DX has some boosted modes which enhance the lower frequencies, works well with bass, very undefined with guitars (although this pedal was made for guitars primarily).

 

[iverson763]

cool. will definitely look into this pedal man. thanks for the tip

 

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back to bass recommendations:

Samick Fairlane

OLP MM2

 

[slutgarden]

try those jumpstart kits?

the one that has everything in one package,if you have yet to own anything.

 

[tim_1002]

i'm using a ts9dx. good stuff but there is a loss of bottom end. i'm getting a barge concepts vbf-2 to counter the tone suck on the big muff and ts9dx.

 

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the OLP MM2 offered by Davis is a starter pack deal...

 

[Colarndo]

I thought tubescreamer was made to push tubes?
Is the Maxon version better than the Ibanez version?

 

[tim_1002]

i think it was meant to emulate the saturated tube sound. i think the ibanez is more popular but maxon made the early ts pedals for ibanez afaik

 

[Colarndo]

From what I've heard, it meant to compliment the tube sound.
Not sure about its use in as stand alone application.

 

[iverson763]

hmmm... saw a couple of guys using the randolf-ed bd-2 for bass. is it good enough for a dirt pedal for bass? loss of low end?

how bout the randolf-ed ts9? that looks interesting... dun think they have those around which i can try, so anyone tried these pedals b4?

 

[exin]

dudes .. stick to the topic man .. hahaha .. what basses are good for beginners?