Budget Bass

[Guest]

since i dun wanna start a new topic ima juz use this 1 where can i get a new bass for like $200~250? preferably j bass cos i juz got hong bao money and i'm spend-happy pls dun recommend me TGM *cough*

 

[bin4christ]

wat's wrong with TGM?

1 thing i dont understand is y is ther like excess width at the neck of the craftsman jazz bass...i tried a fernandes at yamaha combo n the neck is soo nice...

 

[Guest]

that wasn't helpful bin...

 

[Nefianz]

i'm using a pre greg bennett samick.. works fine for me..

 

[Guest]

and still nobody wants 2 tell me where to get a $200~$250 bass.... no tgm

 

[exin]

and still nobody wants 2 tell me where to get a $200~$250 bass.... no tgm

dude .. go Ranking and find this brand called J&D ... i bet you can find a good bass for that price range .. or if you want you can try Crafter also at the same place if you have a bit more moolah .. if not . SX at Davis works very well .. =) ..

 

[Guest]

k thx exin

 

[Guest]

btw wad model in the J&D? the JD-PB? or the JD-JB? or something else? cos those that i mentioned look really sweeeeet

 

[3notesAbar]

J&D S4B. S5B is the 5 string version of that bass and active. I really think the S4B rocks the socks out of the S5B.

 

[Guest]

*drools* wow that looks sweeeeet! and it's double soapbar pickups!!! so that's the one that costs $200??? holy!!!

 

[3notesAbar]

I think its 400 sorry.

 

[Guest]

8O 8O 8O u gave me false hopes... anyways ima head down there tomorrow with $200 and see wad i can afford. wish me luck!

 

[Guest]

gd luck dude.in any case..dun rush..keep on looking.

 

[Guest]

anyone visited ranking sports recently? anyone know whether the J&D JD-S4B series bass is still in there?

 

[tim_1002]

nope not sure now but i saw it there last week.
i'd recommend the craftman or sx bass. the finish of a TGM is horrible and i didn't like the neck of the J&D brothers one. felt too 'unfinished'. SX is so much better from what i've seen and felt. didn't plug in either bass due to staff issues but i've heard good things about SX from online forums.

 

[Guest]

are they within my budget? which is abt $600

 

[rylche]

anyone here uses J&D basses? anyone can tell me how good they are? thanks!

 

[tim_1002]

wahaha 600 buy my atk 100 . 8)
better than an olp seriously.

i dunno. for me 600 is neither here nor there. in the middle of budget budget(300) and the start of mid level(1k). you can probably get a decent 2nd hand bass like a mij fender and that's about it.

 

[stars]

are they within my budget? which is abt $600

just go davis / luther and try out a OLP MM 2 or OLP MM 3.

 

[RentaBass]

I've tried some of the J&D basses, and I'm pretty impressed! For the price, they actually produce reasonably tight and usable sounds. The model I tried had a Stingray style bridge pickup and a J-style neck pickup.

With the bridge soloed, you can get a pretty decent funk sound for both slapping and sixteenth note funk. The neck pickup produces a nice, wide tone that is pretty versatile. With both pickups blended, slapping on the relatively new strings was pretty wicked sounding. Had enough high end zing to take heads off. Oh yes, the electronics were active, and offered some flexibility. Overall a good bass for the price, thought I would have preferred them to sound a little warmer.

As for the OLPs from Davis, I've also had the opportunity to try one or two. Passive electronics, two volume knobs (one for each coil), one tone. Good for tech morons like me. The sound is more like a Fender Jazz Bass with both pickups backed up against the bridge. Pretty warm, while maintaining good focus throughout all registers. They don't sound anything like the real thing, but are pretty musical sounding.

I would vote for the OLPs, as I'm a fan passive basses.