[LAU] bassguitar

[Edgar Aichinger]

Am Wednesday 02 July 2008 schrieb Loki Davison:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Martin Horn <martin.horn at ostec.org> wrote:
> > Where are you buying from?
> >
> > There is a czech company named BACH Guitars. The gits are really cheap and
> > at least as good as the typical Harley Bentons and even the Epiphones you
> > can buy on Thomann. I bought a 335 copy from them for 300 Euro and its
> > really good quality. Shure the pickups are not the best, but for the price
> > the wood and mechanics are really good quality. I think better than an
> > Epiphone 335 copy. I don't know about the basses but I would give it a try.
> > You can buy a bassgit on ebay and send it back if you don't like it. The
> > best would be to go there and check out for the best guitar in stock but the
> > guy selling them lives in south of east germany and I don't know where
> > you're coming from...
> >
> > Just check it out:
> >
> > http://search.ebay.de/_W0QQsassZhomophonieQQhtZ-1
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:18 AM, schoappied <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm searching for an (second hand) cheap bassguitar. Do you have
> >> suggestions for me? Which brands are 'good' in a low price class?
> >> Where should I be alert for when buying one?
> >> What about a amplifier? Do I need one, or can I  play it using Linux?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> /D
> >>
> 
> Bass shopping guide:
> 
> Just try one at a pawn shop, etc and if you like it buy it. Reviews,
> etc on the net are a waste of time usually. It's how it is for you,
> not someone else. Not saying the reviews are a good source of making
> you feel better about the bass you bought ;) Of course, maybe if you
> are looking for an instrument, you can't go wrong with a Fender P or J
> Bass. It's really not that much money in the whole computer music $$$.
> It's also a nice simple instrument that does the job at hand. I play a
> washburn tarus t24 that i am very happy with and is quite cheap. $650.
> 
> Loki
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Not being a bass player, I still second that. Guitars are made from wood, and 
especially with cheap instruments there can be huge differences between 
instruments of the same brand/type. You have to play, hear and feel it yourself 
to judge. A friend of mine recently got a very nice cheap telecaster copy, from a 
series of ten in the shop it was the only good one, and he got it even cheaper 
because some kids had made scratches to the surface when trying them out...

Edgar