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Azver posted:On a serious note, I have a couple of questions. I've been considering getting a new bass, something fretless maybe. But if I go fretless, I want something with a nice hard ebony neck, cause after I took a look at the grooves my friend's strings ate into his rosewood fretboard, it turned me off to fretless for a long time. So, because I need to do everything the hard way, here's my deal. As long as you play flatwounds, and not roundwounds, I don't see any reason why it would chew up your fretboard. I don't think I'd personally buy a bass then spend more money on a new neck for it than I paid for the bass, but that's just me.
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scrabbleship posted:I have been looking to buy a Precision style bass for some time now and I was wondering what people think the best P bass in the $300-$500 price range. I am thinking about just buying the standard Fender P Bass but I figure it would be good to know what else is available before I purchase it. I saw the Peavey Fury on the first page and it sounded promising but I haven't been able to find any so far. In that price range if you buy used you could pick up a Fender US Highway 1 P bass, or if you look hard enough you could probably also find a Japanese or US made one which would be a step up from most MIM ones. If you're willing to look into basses that have a jazz pickup as well as a P pickup the G&L Tribute SB-2s are in that price range, you can pick one up new for under $500 and I've heard they're great instruments with the same electronics as the US ones. I've never tried the Tribute SB-2s but the Tribute L2000s are really nice for the money. Another P/J bass to look into would be the Ibanez RKB900, if you can find one for under $400 they're a killer deal but they're hard to come by used and they do have a really thick neck.
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You don't need to put your thumb over the neck to mute other strings while playing with a pick. You can mute with your fretting hand without using your thumb. Also you shouldn't necessarily be hitting other strings while playing aggresively with a pick. I know when I play with a pick I only get sound out of the string I want, although right now I can't really think of how I do it. I'm not sure if I mute with one hand or just make sure I'm only hitting one string, probably a combination of the two. Maybe later I'll go play with a pick and come back and explain how I do it, I don't play with a pick much these days so it's hard to visualize it.
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Make sure you play before you but it. Danelectros are very 'unique' basses and don't really feel/play like most other basses. As far as getting a short scale it's not really a big deal, but at 5'9 you really shouldn't have any problems playing a regular bass. I mean poo poo I'm 5'6 and I get along just fine.
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Scarf posted:I could have sworn my old GSR200 was passive. But that was years and years ago. My first bass was a gsr200 and it was definitely passive. This was about 8 years ago. Also the RKBs do rule, although I'm not really too sad I sold mine since my G&L p bass kicks the poo poo out of it.
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