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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Wanted & Wishing => Topic started by: tmoney61092 on November 02, 2010, 06:33:21 PM

Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: tmoney61092 on November 02, 2010, 06:33:21 PM: i'm looking for an old american or japanese beater bass. something that has a great sound but just doesn't look fantastic. i'm in need of one because i don't want anything happening to my nice bass while just jamming and want to be able to jump around without having a big loss if anything happens to it(but still will take amazing care of it)

looking for something like a charvel 3b, jackson bass, any old american fender(precision, jazz, etc.), aria, westone, teisco, or just let me know if you've got something you can live without. also have a couple basses i may trade if it'll help make a good deal go through

i know this may not be the right place for this but don't want to pay to use talkbass :-)

~Taylor
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: afrobeat_fool on November 02, 2010, 07:21:35 PM: Taylor, I have a 81 Kramer that I don't use. E-mail me.

Nick
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: ajdover on November 02, 2010, 07:28:34 PM: I've got an extra Guild B-301 and a Gibson Victory Artist Bass I don't use all that much. The Victory weighs a ton; the Guild is pretty beat but functional (I was thinking of having it restored and Alembicised when I got around to it if I kept it). I've also got a Peavey Dyna Bass that's pretty cool, and it's in pretty good shape.
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: zemog59 on November 08, 2010, 07:48:34 AM: Maybe you should contact this fellow with the
snakeskin bass http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/86756.html?1285616222 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=14415)
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: smokinbear on November 12, 2010, 08:27:36 AM: I have a good Persuader that has been played hard but not trashed that could be considered for this duty. Pm me for details, pics etc.
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: benson_murrensun on November 12, 2010, 09:30:18 AM: I just found a good beater bass; it's a DeArmond Pilot. It has all the makings of a real cheap-o: made in Indonesia, minimal controls (pickup blend, volume, tone), fair-to-middlin' fit-and-finish, mediocre hardware, etc. But when I checked it out, it balanced nicely, and is very lightweight, the tuners work, and the truss rod works. I figured I could deal with it's shortcomings later. I put some black nylon tapewound strings on it and shielded the control cavity with foil tape, ensuring the ground wire to the bridge was secure. Then I did the usual set-up stuff, truss rod, intonation and string height, and pickup height. The bass is now quite usable and actually sounds very good. 'Twas worth the $100.

(Message edited by Benson_Murrensun on November 12, 2010)
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: tmoney61092 on November 12, 2010, 12:40:02 PM: pm sent to smokinbear

~Taylor
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: tmoney61092 on November 12, 2010, 07:49:50 PM: Bear, let me know if you got my email, I sent it through AOL so it might be in your spam

~Taylor
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: gtrguy on November 25, 2010, 01:18:39 PM: An old Aria or Yamaha BB or TRB or one of the early Fender active basses like a Prodigy or Lyte or an early ESP (not a later one) or a nice Mexi Fender or a better yet Japan fender might go for not too much and still sound good.
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: phylo on December 23, 2010, 10:20:30 AM: might check these out:

http://stores.ebay.com/The-Bass-Company (http://stores.ebay.com/The-Bass-Company)
Title: Looking for a good "beater" bass
Post by: tcube on December 23, 2010, 10:36:30 AM: Phylo - Wow, those are some nice lookin' beaters! (That's what she said.) Wonder what do they sound like.