Recently picked up a 1984 MIJ Ibanez Roadstar bass for cheap and I love it :)
@aflashfloodofgear
Ай бұрын
@@Smart-Alex ayee love that! Big fan of those personally
@Xnake
Ай бұрын
Yamaha TRBX and BB basses. And G&L Tribute JB-2 basses
@michaeldecarlo4594
Ай бұрын
I just bought a squire jazz bass for $299 and its fantastic..thought id throw that out there 🤷🏻♂️
@Mr.Monster1313
Ай бұрын
Great video... i wish you guys did more budget guitars and basses 😊
@charlesdoca7145
Ай бұрын
Have a Squire CV 50s P and LE 60s Jazz. Both are great for the price
@gouldaire
Ай бұрын
Epiphone Embassy love the probucker
@vittoriomonticelli2742
18 күн бұрын
Totally! It kills! Huge tone
@MashaT22
Ай бұрын
Video request: I’d love to see a budget short scale bass top 5 that are great for adults who play guitar and want to also pick up a bass that’s easy to play. Btw, did Gretsch stop making the Jr. Jet? I see most retailers that had them in the winter no longer carry them. What’s the deal with that? I wonder if something newer is on the horizon . . . . Thanks!
@ernieflanaganstingraybassm1463
Ай бұрын
Alex how could you pick the muddy sounding P-bass over anything Musicman makes and i got a real hofner bass and i took it back the next day because of feed back issues and the best bass if you can find one is the MM-SUB bass made in the usa 2000-2006 ok !! #aflashfloodofgear love your channel and your trips to JAPAN
@Gaslight.Guitar
Ай бұрын
Mustang basses are my favs as well. So cool!
@sicilianmammalian
14 күн бұрын
Player series go on sale a lot, I got a jazz bass for 600$ a few years ago. Player 2 have rosewood again and a rolled fretboard
@isabellec857
Ай бұрын
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
@pharmerdavid1432
Ай бұрын
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!
@Mr.Monster1313
Ай бұрын
I bought a cheap gretsch bass in the 90s $299 new..im still playing it today..its awesome...
@michaelr.4878
Ай бұрын
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.
@aflashfloodofgear
Ай бұрын
That’s awesome!!
@crave809
Ай бұрын
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)
@sleepy_andy444
24 күн бұрын
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 ….
@michaelr.4878
Ай бұрын
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.
@aflashfloodofgear
Ай бұрын
Nice!! And yes I concur all the older Peavey stuff seems to stick around forever!
@karadordarkraven
Ай бұрын
Close to me!
@JoseSalas-wn7im
Ай бұрын
Thank you for the tips
@themattlewisexperience
Ай бұрын
I love your channel. And I really appreciate that you were playing The cure! Keep rockin!
@aflashfloodofgear
Ай бұрын
Heck yeah, thank you so much!! 🙏
@EastCoastDave
Ай бұрын
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.
@CatzDolz
Ай бұрын
Ive got a 1980's Fender BOXER SERIES PJ bass in candy apple red. I also own a 1979 Martin STINGER.
@billyjay1
Ай бұрын
Lets goo great video!!
@sarpsbassstop
Ай бұрын
Cool sounds
@pinkcricketer1921
Ай бұрын
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.
@timedwards5600
Ай бұрын
It's nice to see younger guys into gear.
@JewTalkinTaMe
Ай бұрын
Gotta love the Sub series StingRays🙌
@aflashfloodofgear
Ай бұрын
@@JewTalkinTaMe yes sir 🫡🫡🫡
@user-zn6gz4ub7w
Ай бұрын
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.
@aflashfloodofgear
Ай бұрын
@@user-zn6gz4ub7w Sire is cool! I’ve only played one that a friend bought but I really liked it!
@user-zn6gz4ub7w
Ай бұрын
@@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.
@reijerlincoln
Ай бұрын
Well meant feedback: the combination of your fast talking & background music made me stop watching the video.
@Gaslight.Guitar
Ай бұрын
Just need to turn down the volume of the music. Easy fix.
@aminahmed2220
Ай бұрын
What is your favorite bass have a wonderful weekend Alex also happy Saturday gang ❤😊
@elbib2446
Ай бұрын
used sgc nanyo bass collection,mij/tune basses mij/westone mij
@rustymohican8280
Ай бұрын
Fender P-Bass Lyte Deluxe
@aflashfloodofgear
Ай бұрын
@@rustymohican8280 those are super cool! Hard to find under $500 but I back that model!
@Aeidotronics
Ай бұрын
I like that cat shirt.
@aflashfloodofgear
Ай бұрын
Ayee thank you so much!! 🐈⬛
@whosbehindthedoor8788
Ай бұрын
Skip background music
@smwoutdoorfishingadventures
Ай бұрын
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
@bigfluffypancake
9 күн бұрын
the “background” music is competing with your speaking volume, so not really in the background. Makes this difficult to watch
@gerd2213
Ай бұрын
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.👴🏻🤘
@davidyeager8524
Ай бұрын
That background music? Is unbelievably annoying! Just turned it off.
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