I did a shootout with the Ibanez SR500, against my much less expensive Orange O-Bass, expecting I would want to sell the Orange and buy the Ibanez. Other than the annoying neck dive of the O-Bass, I preferred it in every aspect, and kept it.
Sire U5 is a short scale bass, just over $500 new, available used for well under. "Low End Lobster" gave it FIVE CLAWS, which is his/her highest rating! I got mine new, being a guitar player a short scale bass is a good start, probably any beginner is better off with a shorty to begin learning? Some advanced players dig them too!
Throughout my 30+ years of being a guitar and bass player with a major case of gear acquisition syndrome, I have noticed that Peavy stuff lasts. Not only their high end up stuff..but even their lower tier/import lines. This goes for both their instruments and their amps. The first amp I got as a child was in either 91 or 92 as a birthday gift from my parents and it is still alive and well..and it is a little Peavy Rage. I don't remember which Rage model...but it was a great amp for a beginner..and actually had good amp DO/distortion for a practice amp. The only thing I've had to do was change the speaker wire a couple of times...which broke due to me cramming pedals and cables back there when I was younger. Every couple of a years, I'll turn it on and plug a vocal mic or my E drums into it...and it works fine.
Video request: I’d love to see a budget short scale bass top 5 that are great for adults who play guitar and want to also pick up a bass that’s easy to play. Btw, did Gretsch stop making the Jr. Jet? I see most retailers that had them in the winter no longer carry them. What’s the deal with that? I wonder if something newer is on the horizon . . . . Thanks!
Modding affordable gear only "pays" if you can do it yourself, and save the stock parts to swap back in/on before you sell. Then you have the good stuff for the next project, or can sell the upgraded parts separately. I play a '97 American Standard tele, and use a classic vibe tele as a backup. The Squier is fine for that purpose, since it spends 99.9% of it's gig time sitting on a stand waiting for me to break a string on my #1. However, the pickups really did sound weak. I swapped them out with another set I already had on hand so that on the occasions where I had to grab the Squier to finish a set, I wouldn't be totally bummed out. If/when I decide to sell it, I'll swap the original pickups back in it for sure. I'd never have paid a tech to do it for me, though. If I didn't already have the pickups on hand, I'd have probably saved a little more money and bought a used MIM tele instead.
Alex how could you pick the muddy sounding P-bass over anything Musicman makes and i got a real hofner bass and i took it back the next day because of feed back issues and the best bass if you can find one is the MM-SUB bass made in the usa 2000-2006 ok !! #aflashfloodofgear love your channel and your trips to JAPAN
I sold off all my electric guitars and basses about a year ago. Metallica didn't call, and neither did Maiden, so I finally gave up. I only waited 54 years, but the wife convinced me that we needed the money so..... On the guitar side of things, I got rid of my B.C. Rich Bich 10 string, my Jackson Kelly, Washburn V and a few others. I decided to keep one of my basses just in case I got a hair up my ass and wanted to play. I wanted to keep the best one, and sold off the others. I sold the Ibanez, the Fender and the Jackson. I kept the ESP LTD (Gen 1) Tom Araya 4 string. Believe it or not, that $500 bass played better than anything else I had (and some of them were well over $1000 way back when I purchased them). Plus, it looked way cooler than anything else I had...except maybe the 10-string Bich. Point is, some companies make "budget" guitars and basses that play better than you would expect, and they have more features with better fit and finish than most of us will ever need. That's definitely the case with ESP's LTDs. I also played, and was really surprised with what Yamaha and Schecter are calling their low to mid range guitars. You can definitely find what you want, for the price you want, as long as you show some patience and do a little shopping.
I’ve bought 1pb & 1jb cheap harley bentons ….change electrionic a lot of fret job setting put high end pick ups and didn’t get near 4hundred and sounds like 1k + basses ….
My favorite bass I’ve played was a Silvertone (pb pickups with a jazz-ish neck). Everyone would be blown away and it was passed around like a cheap…. 😂 I love the necks on those old Ibanez SR bass’ I have gotten one of my own for under $200 SR with active pickups and case about 5-6 yrs ago, a little punchy for my standards (love those p-bass tones) Jackson bass’s are really great and cheaper as well Sterling p-bass are also very good Unlike guitars, the higher the price the worse they are Of course fender & music man p basses are the goats 🐐 Not cheap but amazing are old Rickenbacker basses For cheap bass amps fender rumbles are good but I loved my vintage peavey 1x15 100watt amp was also a local favorite, although kind of hard to find. Played live with it many times and never turned the dial past 5 or it would drown out the guitars and drums, was a power house! A sound guy/toady turned me on to old Peaveys. He always said if it has Jensens it’s good (and I can attest to that in my experience)
@@aflashfloodofgear I was a bass player way back in the late 1960s and early 70s. I became a sound engineer after that for 45 years. I play guitar on the side now for my own pleasure. I bought a Sire S3 7 months ago and it blows me away how awesome it plays and sounds. My other two guitars are in the closet.
Great channel ! Love this video and the one where you shopped in Japan. Learning stuff. Started bass playing 2 years ago and I am in my 50's. Bought a Harley Benton JP-45OP Blue bass that sound pretty neat and will keep it a few years. Fender next for me or StingRay
I love your channel and how you take us to the guitar shows and give us the details of the instruments. But you have to lower the volume of the musuc you add to your videos. It's hard to hear and concentrate on what you are saying.
Yes! I had a Sound Gear bass and it was great. I bought it from a classmate in university for a 60 dollars CAD..and it was a great bass. He was moving home after 4 years and didn't want to travel with it. So he said, '60 bucks' and I said, 'i'll take it'. What made the deal even better was that it was a lefty..which I am. So it was nice. Even thought I sold it a few years later and made a big profit, I regret selling it. Nice, slim neck...sounded great, played great..and it was a lefty.
a verry interresting Video, but - why do You show most of this basses only for 1-2 seconds??? You may be a verry beautifull guy, but - sorry ... I would prefer to see a lot of more Pictures of your favorit Guitars and please, please: show them for a longer time!!! I do not need to see You the hole time speeching, i want to see much more of your Juwels!🎸 Thanks, and - sorry for my ~55 years old School-English!🙏Gerd from Germany.👴🏻🤘
Yamaha TRBX and BB basses. And G&L Tribute JB-2 basses
I just bought a squire jazz bass for $299 and its fantastic..thought id throw that out there 🤷🏻♂️
I did a shootout with the Ibanez SR500, against my much less expensive Orange O-Bass, expecting I would want to sell the Orange and buy the Ibanez. Other than the annoying neck dive of the O-Bass, I preferred it in every aspect, and kept it.
Awesome video. Exactly what I was looking for.
Sire U5 is a short scale bass, just over $500 new, available used for well under. "Low End Lobster" gave it FIVE CLAWS, which is his/her highest rating! I got mine new, being a guitar player a short scale bass is a good start, probably any beginner is better off with a shorty to begin learning? Some advanced players dig them too!
Throughout my 30+ years of being a guitar and bass player with a major case of gear acquisition syndrome, I have noticed that Peavy stuff lasts. Not only their high end up stuff..but even their lower tier/import lines. This goes for both their instruments and their amps. The first amp I got as a child was in either 91 or 92 as a birthday gift from my parents and it is still alive and well..and it is a little Peavy Rage. I don't remember which Rage model...but it was a great amp for a beginner..and actually had good amp DO/distortion for a practice amp. The only thing I've had to do was change the speaker wire a couple of times...which broke due to me cramming pedals and cables back there when I was younger. Every couple of a years, I'll turn it on and plug a vocal mic or my E drums into it...and it works fine.
Nice!! And yes I concur all the older Peavey stuff seems to stick around forever!
Great video... i wish you guys did more budget guitars and basses 😊
Player series go on sale a lot, I got a jazz bass for 600$ a few years ago. Player 2 have rosewood again and a rolled fretboard
Video request: I’d love to see a budget short scale bass top 5 that are great for adults who play guitar and want to also pick up a bass that’s easy to play.
Btw, did Gretsch stop making the Jr. Jet? I see most retailers that had them in the winter no longer carry them. What’s the deal with that? I wonder if something newer is on the horizon . . . .
Thanks!
Modding affordable gear only "pays" if you can do it yourself, and save the stock parts to swap back in/on before you sell. Then you have the good stuff for the next project, or can sell the upgraded parts separately. I play a '97 American Standard tele, and use a classic vibe tele as a backup. The Squier is fine for that purpose, since it spends 99.9% of it's gig time sitting on a stand waiting for me to break a string on my #1. However, the pickups really did sound weak. I swapped them out with another set I already had on hand so that on the occasions where I had to grab the Squier to finish a set, I wouldn't be totally bummed out. If/when I decide to sell it, I'll swap the original pickups back in it for sure. I'd never have paid a tech to do it for me, though. If I didn't already have the pickups on hand, I'd have probably saved a little more money and bought a used MIM tele instead.
Ive got a 1980's Fender BOXER SERIES PJ bass in candy apple red.
I also own a 1979 Martin STINGER.
Have a Squire CV 50s P and LE 60s Jazz. Both are great for the price
Alex how could you pick the muddy sounding P-bass over anything Musicman makes and i got a real hofner bass and i took it back the next day because of feed back issues and the best bass if you can find one is the MM-SUB bass made in the usa 2000-2006 ok !! #aflashfloodofgear love your channel and your trips to JAPAN
I sold off all my electric guitars and basses about a year ago. Metallica didn't call, and neither did Maiden, so I finally gave up. I only waited 54 years, but the wife convinced me that we needed the money so..... On the guitar side of things, I got rid of my B.C. Rich Bich 10 string, my Jackson Kelly, Washburn V and a few others. I decided to keep one of my basses just in case I got a hair up my ass and wanted to play. I wanted to keep the best one, and sold off the others. I sold the Ibanez, the Fender and the Jackson. I kept the ESP LTD (Gen 1) Tom Araya 4 string. Believe it or not, that $500 bass played better than anything else I had (and some of them were well over $1000 way back when I purchased them). Plus, it looked way cooler than anything else I had...except maybe the 10-string Bich. Point is, some companies make "budget" guitars and basses that play better than you would expect, and they have more features with better fit and finish than most of us will ever need. That's definitely the case with ESP's LTDs. I also played, and was really surprised with what Yamaha and Schecter are calling their low to mid range guitars. You can definitely find what you want, for the price you want, as long as you show some patience and do a little shopping.
I bought a cheap gretsch bass in the 90s $299 new..im still playing it today..its awesome...
I love your channel. And I really appreciate that you were playing The cure! Keep rockin!
Heck yeah, thank you so much!! 🙏
I’ve bought 1pb & 1jb cheap harley bentons ….change electrionic a lot of fret job setting put high end pick ups and didn’t get near 4hundred and sounds like 1k + basses ….
My favorite bass I’ve played was a Silvertone (pb pickups with a jazz-ish neck). Everyone would be blown away and it was passed around like a cheap…. 😂
I love the necks on those old Ibanez SR bass’ I have gotten one of my own for under $200 SR with active pickups and case about 5-6 yrs ago, a little punchy for my standards (love those p-bass tones)
Jackson bass’s are really great and cheaper as well
Sterling p-bass are also very good
Unlike guitars, the higher the price the worse they are
Of course fender & music man p basses are the goats 🐐
Not cheap but amazing are old Rickenbacker basses
For cheap bass amps fender rumbles are good but I loved my vintage peavey 1x15 100watt amp was also a local favorite, although kind of hard to find. Played live with it many times and never turned the dial past 5 or it would drown out the guitars and drums, was a power house! A sound guy/toady turned me on to old Peaveys. He always said if it has Jensens it’s good (and I can attest to that in my experience)
Epiphone Embassy love the probucker
Totally! It kills! Huge tone
Gotta love the Sub series StingRays🙌
@@JewTalkinTaMe yes sir 🫡🫡🫡
I just bought the Sire Marcus Miller M2 . $399. There is no other brand under $800 that can match it. Active pickups. Deep Deep tone.
@@user-zn6gz4ub7w Sire is cool! I’ve only played one that a friend bought but I really liked it!
@@aflashfloodofgear I was a bass player way back in the late 1960s and early 70s. I became a sound engineer after that for 45 years. I play guitar on the side now for my own pleasure. I bought a Sire S3 7 months ago and it blows me away how awesome it plays and sounds. My other two guitars are in the closet.
Lets goo great video!!
Great channel ! Love this video and the one where you shopped in Japan. Learning stuff. Started bass playing 2 years ago and I am in my 50's. Bought a Harley Benton JP-45OP Blue bass that sound pretty neat and will keep it a few years. Fender next for me or StingRay
Mustang basses are my favs as well. So cool!
Thank you for the tips
It's nice to see younger guys into gear.
What is your favorite bass have a wonderful weekend Alex also happy Saturday gang ❤😊
Well made vid with minimal ‘chatter’…do U do a vid on fretless basses???😅
What about PJ?
Cool sounds
Close to me!
Fender P-Bass Lyte Deluxe
@@rustymohican8280 those are super cool! Hard to find under $500 but I back that model!
used sgc nanyo bass collection,mij/tune basses mij/westone mij
Looks like Trogly's is starting to mess around with the Japan Market. Running out of channel ideas these guys always tap into others Formats
Future reference. No background music.
I like that cat shirt.
Ayee thank you so much!! 🐈⬛
Epiphone Embassy bass.
I love your channel and how you take us to the guitar shows and give us the details of the instruments. But you have to lower the volume of the musuc you add to your videos. It's hard to hear and concentrate on what you are saying.
Yes! I had a Sound Gear bass and it was great. I bought it from a classmate in university for a 60 dollars CAD..and it was a great bass. He was moving home after 4 years and didn't want to travel with it. So he said, '60 bucks' and I said, 'i'll take it'. What made the deal even better was that it was a lefty..which I am. So it was nice. Even thought I sold it a few years later and made a big profit, I regret selling it. Nice, slim neck...sounded great, played great..and it was a lefty.
That’s awesome!!
the “background” music is competing with your speaking volume, so not really in the background. Makes this difficult to watch
No Sire ????????🥲🥲🥲
Gonna have to look into those more
Well meant feedback: the combination of your fast talking & background music made me stop watching the video.
Just need to turn down the volume of the music. Easy fix.
Skip background music
Thank you for not putting the names of the guitars on the screen x.x i hate that
a verry interresting Video, but - why do You show most of this basses only for 1-2 seconds???
You may be a verry beautifull guy, but - sorry ... I would prefer to see a lot of more Pictures of your favorit Guitars and please, please: show them for a longer time!!! I do not need to see You the hole time speeching, i want to see much more of your Juwels!🎸 Thanks, and - sorry for my ~55 years old School-English!🙏Gerd from Germany.👴🏻🤘
That background music? Is unbelievably annoying! Just turned it off.
ditch the background music!!!!