Buying a bass guitar

[Pualee]

I'm watching the thread too (for myself).

I'm looking primarily used, but I know stock levels boost pretty significantly around Christmas. I also know that the local used market (craigslist) has a glut around Christmas too of people offloading things they don't use while trying to fund the ridiculous shopping binge of the holiday.

[EoE]

Ibanez . just a good go to and she will use it a long time she will dump the fender as most of us did. get her classical guitar lessons best thing I ever did for my bass technique and the size of the neck will not matter as she will develop good hand positioning from that. all my bass students get that from me.

[jomaynor]

Originally Posted by mistigri

I'm still reading this thread attentively, thanks for all the comments.

We haven't been shopping yet, and it doesn't seem like a great time of the year for guitar shopping in Europe - stocks seem to be really low at both our nearest good guitar shop and the on-line sellers. We will definitely be looking at those Squiers, though.

And please remember: with Squier, go with the Classic Vibe series. Thomann should have them in stock.

[EoE]

I have to admit I bought a bass to carry with me just for practice did not want to spend a lot of money found a bass called cort it just loved me (fenders hate me we do not get along at all) paid 300 dollars for it (all my other basses cost over 1000]. 3 years later with a lot of abuse neck is still straight and I love it. but please stay away from short scale I just hate seeing a new bass player buy one .there is a reason violin necks are shorter than cello it is called intonation .unless you tune it high like Stanly Clarks piccolo bass. and now days getting a 5 string is a good idea

[The Growler]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

The '59 EB-3 that never was, and I'm sorry I didn't grab one while they were still in production - would've been killer in Heritage Cherry or TV Yellow like the '59 LP Juniors; I'm also wondering why they chose to do the current 335 Bass rather than an updated EB-2D (short scale/full neck access)...

Originally Posted by The Growler

Yeah, I don't know why either. All I know is it is killer. Very glad I grabbed one while I could.

Here's a link to pics of the ES-335 in case you are interested:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=357730