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Re: What's the best bang-for-your-buck Jazz bass right now?
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:52 pm
by fever606
Yeah I stopped by Action Music on the weekend and left some pools of drool... I need to find the tine to get out to Atonic (I think they've moved since the last time I was up there)...
Re: What's the best bang-for-your-buck Jazz bass right now?
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:40 pm
by Ancient Astronaught
Action is good for that....
Depends on how long its been, they're right around the corner from where they had been for like 5 years. It's right off the beltway, right on that main road, definitely a better and bigger location.
Re: What's the best bang-for-your-buck Jazz bass right now?
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:53 pm
by fever606
Yeah, last time I was up there they were in kinda like an industrial estate type place... I take it they moved into a nicer, stripmall-ish spot not long after that. If I wasn't working every damn day for the next 3 weeks I might try and roll out there...
Re: What's the best bang-for-your-buck Jazz bass right now?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:45 pm
by Ghost Hip
fever606 wrote:
PumpkinPieces wrote:There is a Squier with no pickguard has active and passive electronics and comes in sunburst with what looks like an ebony pickguard... we had one used at work and it was pretty killer.
Not super into active basses (Jag notwithstanding)...
Gotchya, and I totally said pickguard twice... I meant ebony fretboard.
Re: What's the best bang-for-your-buck Jazz bass right now?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:00 pm
by fever606
yeah I wondered about that!
Re: What's the best bang-for-your-buck Jazz bass right now?
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:52 am
by blindrabbit
If I had $500 and wanted/needed to buy a jazz, I'd buy a Squier CV. If I had $1000 and wanted/needed to buy a jazz, there is a good chance I'd buy 2 or 3 Squier CVs. If you ask me, they are that good. I find the pickups to be pretty decent, but with the extra money you'll have left over, you can swap in some new ones if needed, or even a preamp too.
Now, if I had $500 and was going to buy a bass, any bass, that's a whole other story...a CV jazz would be under consideration, but I'd probably grab a used SBMM SB14 or Ray 34ca or something like that. All the Sterling or Stingray goodness at a fraction of the cost. Generally speaking I always buy used, better stuff for less bucks.