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Buy a new good bass? or spent money for stompboxes?
- Thread starter Illidan23
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Welcome to TalkBass. Glad you joined the low end.
what's wrong with your current bass?
Hai, ty for your kindness.
Nothing wrong with my current bass, just want to upgrade my bass.I think it gonna be worth if i spent money for a good bass, specially fender.Honestly i kinda like the sound from my squier and never compare it with dee dee ramone sig bass.But on the other hand, i also need buy some pedals, such as DI ,preamp and compressor pedals.
If u were me , what choices u gonna take first?
How long have you been playing?
Do you take lessons?
What rig are you using?
Have you had your bass setup by a tech?
What you of strings do you use?
What type of venues are you playing?
i have been playing for nearly 9 years
i use squier classic vibe 50's precision bass and just boss equalizer, but iam gonna sell the pedal
yeah, i already set up my bass also
i use flatwound string
currently i play in indie rock band in my college academy , sometimes i play in orchestra also
no, just watched it on youtube and honestly the sound so good
not really, but i think i can have a good sound if i buy some preamp, DI, and compressor pedal
yeah i already check it , but they dont have single coil pick up for bass
do you think fender dee dee ramones sig bass have a good quality?
Check out these previous TB threads on the topic:
2014 Fender Dee Dee Ramone Signature Bass
NBD: Fender Dee Dee Ramone Precision
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If you wanna treat yourself to a new bass, after 9 years, you deserve it 
You can grab pedals later as you save money for whatever pedal you need.
You can grab pedals later as you save money for whatever pedal you need.
What is you rig. IMHO your cab is just as important or probably more important than your instrument.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
IvI' seen plenty of people gigging with Squiers, and people playing in basements with basses worth ten times as much. You need to upgrade your bass if it feels/sounds inadequate AND you've played another bass that solves those deficiencies. I think it's more important to get a serviceable amp.
You would grow to regret purchasing those cheesy boxes. Get the P-bass and play it.
I agree with stumbo, mouthmw, jthisdell, and bulldog. I was on my third bass and second amp before I bought my first pedal. An instrument that feels right in your hands, meets your needs sonically, makes you want to play, and inspires creativity is step one. If you have that in your Squier - awesome. On the other hand, mouthmw is right that you totally deserve an upgrade!
Beyond that, here is my advice.
Step 1. There are no rules. It is about you and the music you want to make. Everything that follows is only opinion.
Step 2 is a good amp that meets the needs of the rooms in which you play. Our instrument needs amplification to be heard more than like 6 inches away so even the best bass in the world needs a decent amp. I would also put good pickups here.
Step 3 in my mind are tools. Tuners, DI boxes if you record or play venues that require one, a good strap that helps you play for hours, a clean cable, etc. if you slap (probably not on a P with flats), then a compressor is important and I would put it in the tool category.
Step 4 is enhancing your rig to give yourself more sonic options. You can go two ways here (not mutually exclusive mind you). You have a P bass with flats. Great place to start. Would your music life be enhanced by a Jazz with rounds? A fretless? An active bass? A P with flats Will get you far but a second instrument in your kit might open additional doors for you.
And of course pedals are the other direction. octaves, filters, modulation, overdrive / distortion / fuzz. This can be very fun. But beware! Once you start down the pedal path you cannot turn back and they multiply like crazy without you even knowing it!
Best of luck in your quest! This forum is full of awesome advice.
Beyond that, here is my advice.
Step 1. There are no rules. It is about you and the music you want to make. Everything that follows is only opinion.
Step 2 is a good amp that meets the needs of the rooms in which you play. Our instrument needs amplification to be heard more than like 6 inches away so even the best bass in the world needs a decent amp. I would also put good pickups here.
Step 3 in my mind are tools. Tuners, DI boxes if you record or play venues that require one, a good strap that helps you play for hours, a clean cable, etc. if you slap (probably not on a P with flats), then a compressor is important and I would put it in the tool category.
Step 4 is enhancing your rig to give yourself more sonic options. You can go two ways here (not mutually exclusive mind you). You have a P bass with flats. Great place to start. Would your music life be enhanced by a Jazz with rounds? A fretless? An active bass? A P with flats Will get you far but a second instrument in your kit might open additional doors for you.
And of course pedals are the other direction. octaves, filters, modulation, overdrive / distortion / fuzz. This can be very fun. But beware! Once you start down the pedal path you cannot turn back and they multiply like crazy without you even knowing it!
Best of luck in your quest! This forum is full of awesome advice.
I voted bass, however with most of these "what should I do" posts I take the obvious and say whatever you want...it's really only you who can make the end choice based on what you feel you need.
Of course you need a new bass. However, you also need a canoe full of high end boutique pedals.
Fist of all, get youself a very high paying job, such as CEO, or CFO of a fortune 500 company, because you WILL need lots of cash. Once you've secured this position, spend all of your money on gear. You may also need a storage unit, or a large house to hold all your gear.
Get busy.
Fist of all, get youself a very high paying job, such as CEO, or CFO of a fortune 500 company, because you WILL need lots of cash. Once you've secured this position, spend all of your money on gear. You may also need a storage unit, or a large house to hold all your gear.
Get busy.
I had a CV 50's P. They are really pretty nice, so unless there is something you really don't like about it, keep playing it and get a really nice amp, if you don't have one. A good DI/preamp and a compressor are nice to have, but I'd take of amp needs first.
Get the bass... You need good bones before adding meat to it.
I'd personally go for a new bass.
However, it depends on what exactly makes you feel unhappy with and what you are trying to achieve.
If you want to explore new sounds and feel like experimenting, effect pedals may come handy. Thus, I'd stayed away from bass distortion for years until I finally got one, and it allowed me to look at heavy metal from a new viewpoint. At the same time, compressor turned out to be useless (for me personally).
If it's about the quality of your sound, here I can see three directions for improvement: your technique (especially plucking/picking hand), bass itself and gear. I'm not trying to say your technique is bad, don't take it wrong, but from my own experience I can tell you: my sound improved dramatically after I started taking lessons and realized my right hand had sucked for years. Simple as that. I don't regret any penny I've spent on attending teacher. It really was the biggest and most important upgrade I've ever done. Not a single bass or pedal I have ever bought made more difference.
Now, the gear (I mean amp/cabs). It's tricky. It has really much to do with your sound and if you have your own rehearsal space or take your own gear to the gigs, then by all means upgrade it if you feel like. If you don't and have to practice at home at 5% volume because of nervous neighbors, then...you see.
The bass. Squier CVs seem to get a lot of love here. If you are going to make professional recording or play big gigs on cool gear, then you may want a more serious ax, why not. I think getting a cool MIA Fender (or anything you like, not trying to do product placement here) will be a better hardware improvement than some pedal. Maybe better than amp or cab. After all, if you are in a studio, they will be likely to have quality gear. But you'll be using your bass, and the better it is, the better sound you'll get.
Okay, it's been too verbose. To cut it short, I'd go for either new bass or finding a teacher which has something to teach me to.
However, it depends on what exactly makes you feel unhappy with and what you are trying to achieve.
If you want to explore new sounds and feel like experimenting, effect pedals may come handy. Thus, I'd stayed away from bass distortion for years until I finally got one, and it allowed me to look at heavy metal from a new viewpoint. At the same time, compressor turned out to be useless (for me personally).
If it's about the quality of your sound, here I can see three directions for improvement: your technique (especially plucking/picking hand), bass itself and gear. I'm not trying to say your technique is bad, don't take it wrong, but from my own experience I can tell you: my sound improved dramatically after I started taking lessons and realized my right hand had sucked for years. Simple as that. I don't regret any penny I've spent on attending teacher. It really was the biggest and most important upgrade I've ever done. Not a single bass or pedal I have ever bought made more difference.
Now, the gear (I mean amp/cabs). It's tricky. It has really much to do with your sound and if you have your own rehearsal space or take your own gear to the gigs, then by all means upgrade it if you feel like. If you don't and have to practice at home at 5% volume because of nervous neighbors, then...you see.
The bass. Squier CVs seem to get a lot of love here. If you are going to make professional recording or play big gigs on cool gear, then you may want a more serious ax, why not. I think getting a cool MIA Fender (or anything you like, not trying to do product placement here) will be a better hardware improvement than some pedal. Maybe better than amp or cab. After all, if you are in a studio, they will be likely to have quality gear. But you'll be using your bass, and the better it is, the better sound you'll get.
Okay, it's been too verbose. To cut it short, I'd go for either new bass or finding a teacher which has something to teach me to.