ESP LTD basses are known for their tight tone and aggressive styling, and the B-154DX is no exception. The basswood body with flame-maple top delivers deep, rich resonance, and the extended upper horn and string-thru tailpiece provide nearly infinite sustain. An ultra-thin U-shape bolt-on neck lets you fly around the rosewood fingerboard, and the deeply carved lower horn gives full access to all 24 Extra-Jumbo frets. Two ESP SB-4 pickups, combined with a 3-band active EQ, pushes an impressive array of sounds out to your amp.
Price: $355.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
I bought mine in a local store, but i have to say the stock pickups on this are amazing! the sound out of these babys pushes beautiful music through amps of all sorts.
Quality:
ESP makes in my opinion some of the best quality instruments you can get, and overall its amazing.. on the road, in the studio, sitting at home on the practice amp, its everything you have ever wanted in a bass.
Value:
Great bass for a little comparitive price, good deal
Desirability:
OMG the ladies love the red, and the shape is amazing, the headstock is beautiful, and every bit is sexy.
Sound:
I have had this bass for a year, and it has amazing sound! The tone quality i got out of it was amazing. It’s even through the entire range, and it has the ability to achieve any sound you want. Big low bass or the twang of slap, it has it all.
Ease of Use:
It was simple, nothing to amazingly hard here, its a bass, if you know how to play then you are good to go. This was my second bass, but it easily could have been my first.
Support:
Didnt need it. Isnt the best support the one you dont need?
Overall:
AMAZING!!!!
More and more players are passing up the lifeless looks and tired tones of “beginner basses” and going to GSR Soundgear basses — which is why GSR Soundgears are now the most popular basses in their price range in the world. With GSR Soundgears, you get the looks, tone and comfort — and the same warranty, rigorous set-up and inspection — of Ibanez’s most expensive basses. 2003 GSR models come equipped with the pro B10 bridge for even better tone and stability.
Price: $249.95 Buy now!
User Reviews:
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nice accessories i went out and bought the hardshell case and its beautiful, and if you think the cord is not long enough, BUY A LONGER ONE! i play it with a wah pedal, joining a 10 ft. cord, with the 8 ft. cord that comes with it. oh and the strings, arest the best, but stock strings never are for playing 2 hr. a day. my g string turned black in about, 1 week, but still sounds great.
Quality:
great feeling neck, very fast, never would play anything else in a gig. i have a backup, but definitely don’t need it.
Value:
looks like a 400$ bass, plays like a 500$ bass, is a 240$ bass.
Desirability:
great sex appeal, just an amazing bass, beautiful bass, with that black & blue, looks green in black light. amazing.
Sound:
greatest bass ive ever played, really unique after playing a p-bass for a couple of years. although it could have better pickups. i would suggest EMG pickups.
Ease of Use:
very versatile, and playable. i play, heavy metal, funk, disco, country, and just about anything you can think of, and this bass does it all.
Support:
never had to use them, bass is perfect.
Overall:
its just amazing. and you know what, its an ibanez! does it need to be good to be good? abd you know what, when i play the frets off this, imma get me a ibanez sr1005.
Squier’s Classic Vibe Precision Bass ’50s delivers an authentic ’50s-era bass experience in sound, look and feel. The basswood body has a eye-catching Lake Placid Blue finish, and its custom “original” single-coil pickup delivers warm, earthy old-school Precision Bass tone. The gloss-maple neck has wider (1.65 in.) string spacing, a 20-fret fingerboard with a modern 9.5 in. radius and open-gear tuning machines. The four-saddle “HiMass” bridge makes the instrument easily user-friendly for setup and playability.
Price: $349.99 Buy now!
When it comes to Metal, speed comes first. An aggressive, in-your-face look is a close second, though. ESP’s menacing F104 bass has both in (The Ace Of) Spades. The heavily-contoured F-style Basswood body is all sick angles and punishing tone, and the SB-4 tuners with 2-band Active EQ deliver the grittiest Grindcore grooves imaginable. A 24-fret U-shaped neck is ready to handle your fastest runs, and the super-deep cutaway lets you hit every note with precision.
Price: $339.00 Buy now!
The Dean Razorback Bass comes with an extra-long 35 inch scale length and rock hard multi-laminate neck-thru construction for powerful playability. Combined with humbucking soapbar pickups and active electronics, the Razorback gives low tunings, incredible punch and response. It also has basswood body wings, rosewood fingerboard, sealed heavy-duty tuners, and high-mass bridge for sustain and tone. Comes with a hardshell case.
Price: $499.95 Buy now!
The Dean Z MetalMan Bass Guitar has a radical and aggressive look. Step away from traditional bass guitar designs and step up to a Dean MetalMan!
Price: $199.95 Buy now!
The Hofner HCT5001 is the contemporary series version of the famous Beatle Bass by Hofner, upgraded from the Icon series. The CT Series is an almost exact copy in the true sense of the word, it’s hard tell it apart, side by side, with the German made instrument. Features include a sustain block inside the body that makes for a modern deep resonating bass with superior sustain. Comes with the original Höfner (German made) ‘Staple-Top’ pick-ups, Zero Fret, Binding, Parchment tinted pickguard and control panel.
Price: $769.00 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Quality:
Superior.
Value:
A great value. marvelous.
Desirability:
A very sexy looking instrument. However, I only purchaed it because of its sound, quality and value. Yeah, sure.
Sound:
My new HCT5001 is a very well made bass. I own a reissue (2001) 1962 German made Hofner. I have the two side- by-side for comparison. The fit and finish of the HCT5001 is superior to the German made Hofner. The HCT5001 is more resonate than the german made Hofner. This is neither better nor worse. Just different. The HCT5001 intonates more accurately in the upper register than the German made Hofner. For Hofner purist who want the attack and decay characteristics of the German Hofner, the HCT5001 will produce far too many high harmonics. But, a lot of this can be EQed out. The result is a sound much like a German Hofner, with more sustain. Another solution is to use RotoSound RS88S strings, rather than the Pyramid flatwound strings. RotoSound RS 88S strings are tapewound, and produce far fewer upper harmonic partials than are present in the Pyramid sound. Note that the string grooves in the (HCT5001) nut will have to be enlarged to allow the RS 88S strings to seat properly. Careful! The HCT5001 nut is plasic, and cuts easily. The RotoSound strings make the HCT5001 almost identical in sound to the German Hofner.
Overall:
I will keep it for the rest of my life.
Ibanez’ Soundgear basses are know for their combination of slim but strong necks, comfortable lightweight contoured bodies and versatile active electronics. The SR780 is an excellent representation of just that type of Ibanez quality you’ve grown to expect. Ibanez has given the SR780 powerful Bartolini Mk-1 pickups and EQ to fill venues and practice spaces with hard hitting bass tone. The Ibanez Soundgear’s of 2009 are better than ever.
Price: $799.95 Buy now!
Since 1987, trends have come and gone. But the fast and versatile Soundgear basses continue to lay down the groove in every style imaginable in every venue possible. Now in 2008, Ibanez offers a vast array of different Soundgear models including neck-thru-body, fretless and left-handed. For 2008, all SR300 models have been upgraded with 3-band Style Sweeper EQs.
Price: $599.95 Buy now!
The Tribute SB2 features a G&L Magnetic Field split coil humbucking pickup in center position, with G&L magnetic field single coil in bridge position for incredible punch and growl. The hard rock maple neck combined with the alder body and G&L saddle lock bridge provides a huge amount of sustain. Other features include custom G&L Ultra-Lite tuning keys and one volume control for each pickup.
Price: $499.95 Buy now!
User Reviews:
Feature:
this bass is very simple and very easy to get a good sound the front nob gives you a full fat bass sound and the back nob (back pick up) gives you a bright sound. mix the to ass desired.
Quality:
very well made.
Value:
I also own a american deluxe jazz bass, this bass is at least as well made and I honestly prefer it over the jazz bass. I payed about one 3rd the price.
Desirability:
nothing special about the looks.
Sound:
very good sound and very easy to get the sound you want, with a very simple tone ajustment.
Ease of Use:
could not get any simpler.
Support:
have not hade to deal with them.
Overall:
if you want a great bass for a great price and you care more about the sound and playablity than the brand are looks, this thing rocks.