Phil your lists are a lot of fun. No complaints. We are talking about budget friendly basses. Thanks for your time doing this review. Peace!

Nice to see Schecter got so high on the list. I've always been a big fan of them. Very under rated.

Thanks for giving the bassists some love Phil.

Yes, do a $600 to $1300 so we can see how PRS SE rank against the entry MIA Fenders and the higher priced Ibanez

@thesmellycatjazz

4 жыл бұрын

...MIA wouldn't be compared to the SE. One is Made in America. It's not an import

@Ovibos5

4 жыл бұрын

You can get PRS S2 in that range, which are MIA (with import parts) that are awesome.

@drdrums1

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if we remove the import-only restriction, I'd love to know how the MIA Performers do (that's my baby, satin blue MIA P-bass).

@terribleliars123

4 жыл бұрын

Personally I think a lot of the se series guitars are a lot better than most us/mim guitars ive owned or played. Had a us les paul and a se singlecut 245 and I sold my les paul instead and id make that decision every day

@wiseguy9202

3 жыл бұрын

@@terribleliars123 I'm literally the opposite. Sold my PRS guitars and ended up buying an R8 and R9.

Great to see Sire so high on the list. Got one recently and it is my #1 out of 6 other basses.

@mladyavery9138

4 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to try one

@jonhmusic423

4 жыл бұрын

I got my Fretless P7 expecting it to be roughly the same quality as my Fender Modern Player Jazz (which is already a great bass for the price). Got it, and it blew the Fender out of the water. Insane quality, easily surpassing instruments over 3x the price. I now play that P7 as my main bass.

Love the vids Phil! You’re my favorite KZread channel for guitar!!! Keep up the great work!

GREAT video series thank you for the past two videos I know this must have taken a ton of time to put together. Glad to hear Schecter ranked so high I have always loved this brand and have had excellent guitars form Schecter that I play everyday.

I always greatly appreciate your lists. You've opened me up to some awesome gear. Please keep at it and thank you for all your hard work.

Love this series! Keep them coming!

Love the pacing of these vids!

Opens up reverb, sweetwater and ams to spend money I dont have. Thanks Phil!

Great series!!!!

I play on an Ibanez five string, and I couldn’t imagine a better bass to play. The tonal options, variety of features, and appearance are stellar. Glad to see the brand appreciated here.

Thanks Phillip. Your videos are so helpful.

Great insights - I learned a lot. Thank you :)

Great idea. Extremely useful. Love your videos.

I'm digging these ranked videos!

Super valuable video, thank you!

Thanks for this! As a guitar player (who actually bought a guitar from your AZ store many moons ago) i have no clue about basses and need one for recording! Appreciate the info!!! 🙏🤘🤘

Great series man! Love the guitar one too! Maybe you could do one about lefty friendly companies. It’s always so hard to find decent lefty’s at this price point and not a ton of variety.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! This helps newbies like me make better purchase decisions.

Was not expecting the bass list! But since I enjoyed the last ranking so much I got to watch this one. For guitar and bass I have a traveler guitar. They are very much sentimental to me after buying my first Strat style and open humbuckers design electric guitar. Also am a Steinberger (under Gibson) owner. I think the stock pickups are just fine, the bass sounds especially good to my ears. The body shape is what I’m really after. Very playable! Thanks Phil!

Thanks for this list! I got my eye on Schecter now...

I would love to see another bass list like this (especially the 600-1000 range). Good list!

I’ve owned several G&L basses and guitars-both USA and Tributes. The SB-2 and M-2000 Tributes are monster basses. I also owned USA SB-2. Two of the best basses I’ve owned has been Peavey Millennium 5+ and TL-5, but both over $600.

I love these rankings videos and you should definitely make this a series. You could rank pieces of gear under $600 (eg best amps, guitar, bass) for a specific genre, like metal, or jazz etc!

Great video homie

Very useful information Phil. Thank you for not taking an hour to present this list. A sub $300 list would be cool.

I’ve had my Ibanez SR 400 since 2006. Active 3 band EQ. All stock. Love it.

I love the fact that you listed the brand that I went with for my first Bass as #1, as a matter of fact, you even showed the model I purchased! I love it, it's a beautiful instrument and it feels great in the hands, no complaints!

Definitely interested in seeing sub 300 and over 1k in the Bass list as well as the upcoming guitar ones. The feel of these video harken back to who owns who videos of a few years ago.

Totally agree about the Ibanez. Picked one up used on a whim for next to nothing and I still have it and haven’t upgraded it yet. A total surprise!

I got my Jackson JS3VQ Concert Bass as my first for $275 on Reverb. It sounds massive, plays well, and I love it. No QC issues, and mine is a 2019 model (based on the serial). I am going to save up for an ESP LTD B-1005 Multi-scale bass. I love the sound of the Nordstrom pickups, the aesthetic is gorgeous, and the 37"-34" scale length is great for downtuning.

Really helpful video!! I agree with Vintage; my current Vintage VJ74 has the issues you mentioned. And I just bought a Cort B5, so I'm on the right track. This will help with my next bass in future!

Love Ibanez basses! I've owned quite a few over the years from entry level to high end BTBs. Even the cheapest of them have great feeling smooth necks, sound great and are tons of fun to play!

Thanks for the bid and recommendations. That Fuji company sounds very interesting.

Wooo! FGN! I have 7 of em and they're AMAZING. Also a big Ibanez fanboy (have 9). I had to take a second to think about your #1 choice, and I agree. Schecter has come a long way, and I could only really ding them on their electronics quality on their older models (the really low end EMGs that were way too trebly), but their newer offerings including some of the more classically styled ones have moved away from that. I am actually eyeing several of them to check out, very impressed with where they've gone over the years! Great video!

@terminatorparty6702

11 ай бұрын

Cameo Appearance!

Thanks for the list. Great to see that my favourite bass builder is in the top 3 😊. Also nice to see that Benton and Squire are as good as I've been contemplating getting them for my collection.

Awesome list Phil! After much research my first bass was a Schecter Omen Extreme 4 left hand model and I still own it to this day (5 years later!).

I have a MIM Fender J-bass that I got for $300 a couple decades ago. I bet it's equivalent to the current $600 basses they offer. It gets the job done for me.

I gigged and recorded with a 400 dollar Ibanez for almost a decade. Definitely great basses for the money.

@sr80bassguy

2 жыл бұрын

My SR406 was my work horse for years

A well done video, Phill.

Great list.

Love the videos, Phillip! More helpful than ever since we're unable to try in stores right now with the pandemic. Question: can you do a video (or just comment) on what you think is the best P Bass style for the money? Thanks so much! Keep it up

Solid list. Spector, Ibanez, and Schecter are my go-to bass brands.

More videos like this please!

This video is brilliant Phil! You are my favourite Nerd - where do you store all this knowledge!

For me the rankings are less important than hearing the brand names themselves. Because there’s always at least one that’s new to me I’ll want to check out.

love to see you do the same video only on 5 string basses

I would love to see all the category scores. I don’t care if a company only has one bass for under $600 as long as it’s a great one! 😉

I’m actually happy to see Spector kinda high on this list. I bought one of their legend series basses and it’s amazing made me a huge fan of the brand.

All of the top five are phenomenal choices for a working musician with a tight budget! Great video!

Thanks for doing basses too!!

We NEED more of this lists

A couple of yrs. ago, I was able to get a Spector Bass for $60 and it is simply a joy to play.

Hi Phil! You nailed this list down bro, Schector is my favorite bass company for the price point by far. And they have very good customer service if you need parts. REALLY liked this list, very helpful for someone with limited resources. Of course if you are lucky enough to be able to afford a top bass like the p bass or custom jazz stuff then good for you! But for the average Joe slapper, I think you can't go wrong with this list.

I love my Schecter Stiletto Stealth 5 -- plays amazing from the factory, and sounds huge!

A great list Phil. And brands I wasn't aware of. Cool 😎. I own Yamaha and Hofner and I enjoy them both. Thanks.

Exactly what I was looking for

Lets see the mid range top ten worst to best (60-1000 usd price point). Loved this video. Keep this going, please.

I have a Sterling Stingray short scale and it is absolutely fantastic!

Anyone know the name of the radiused bartolini pickups at 2:04? I had an Ibanez with radiused soapbars and they were so nice to use as a finger ramp. Also great video, cheers!

Wow! Super great presentatiom, was easy to lusten too and informative. I own a schecter stilletto exteme and love it! Only complaints are small like battery access, lack of thumb rest (love one built into yamaha pickups), maybe knob identification but like i say very small nit picks.

Right on for doing the video that you know might not get the most hits.

Love my import Hofner Violin bass. I've had a ton of fun upgrading it to get close to the German version. I'm curious about Squier's classic vibe line of basses. I have a Classic Vibe Tele and absolutely adore it.

I got a Schecter for just ubder $600, previously had a Yamahap, also solid. Great clip. Was playability, tone in the criteria?

List of best short scale basses would also be great. Thanks

I love my Yamaha basses. Should have been ranked higher. They need to bring back the complete RBX line and the Myung signature bass sans the Myung name. Best 6 string bass around. Albeit I like the narrow string spacing of this model.

@raybbj

4 жыл бұрын

I also think Yamaha should have been a bit higher

@MrMarekbH

4 жыл бұрын

@@raybbj Agree. Yamaha are the best basses in terms of value for the price. Any bass you pick is totally gig-able, reliable, looking & sounding great.

@iutchube

4 жыл бұрын

Bought an RBX 765a 20 years ago for almost nothing. Best deal ever.

@trance9158

4 жыл бұрын

@@iutchube Yeah I have a RBX375 series that's 10 to 12 yrs old and still my favorite bass. I also have a 3 yr old TRBX305 series that's a decent back up. 3rd is my Spector 4 stringer.

@mikechecka292

3 жыл бұрын

@@iutchube I have a red RBX765A and its a great bass.

Schecter is making a serious play for the bass market across most price points and that they increased the lines offered since you made this video (and they actually make lefties fairly regularly), watch for schecter, theyre quickly becoming the go-to for basses

Glad to see Ibanez SR basses (and their other less popular bass styles) got some love... but Schecter definitely deserves it. I bought a "cheapo" Schecter Stealth as a cheap intro to 5-string, and it's really amazing how good it is... the P/H pickups sound really good, the setup was unbelievably well done (... 5 years later and I still don't believe it), the fretwork is amazing, and the bass itself is just an absolute tank. As my cheapest bass, it's always the one I think about selling for spare cash... but every time I decide "... no. It's worth way more than I'd get."

Agreed about the Cort brand. I don't really think much of their guitars, but their basses are awesome. For what I paid for my GB75 - great hardware and sound, and very comfortable too.

Thanks Phil for the bass love.

Definitely an Above $600 Bass Ranking video please!

aria's are really a hidden gem. amazing sound and it seems like they experimented with their designs quite a bit

I love my Ibanez bass! Got it for $350 and it's my favorite bass out of my collection! I use it for gigs, tours, recording, etc.

@blaiseroche

4 жыл бұрын

Funny but true . I bought the cheapest Ibanez I could find a few years ago. A GRS 100 with the single humbucker for 220.00. Bought it just to play with my youngest son and his band. Just in an attempt of building a better relationship with him after giving up music 20 years ago. The only thing I did was change out the plastic nut for a brass nut and added a .047uf Orange drop cap. Set it up with the low playing height I like. I didn't even change out the dime size pots or pickup. Three years later while playing everyday and continuing to build another collection of mostly higher end basses. That cheap Ibanez is my main reach every day more times than not.

@renecardenas-villegas9449

4 жыл бұрын

@@blaiseroche I'm glad you're playing music again! That's awesome! I've had my Ibanez for about 3 years now, and I've kept it stock. It's sounded so great out the box, and hasn't given out, or needed anything changed.

@blaiseroche

4 жыл бұрын

@@renecardenas-villegas9449 Thank you. Best move I've ever made. And music made a world of difference with me and my sons relationship too. Who by the way is a hell of a guitar player today. Still I wish I had never stopped, it was apparently a problem for my ex spouse lol. Rule one, Never give up your passion.

@renecardenas-villegas9449

4 жыл бұрын

@@blaiseroche music bonds, and heals all. And yes! Always follow your passion! Haha.

I love my ibanez sr bass. Its a sub 600 dolar bass that I just love to play. Glad to see you rank them so high.

I have owned a Cort Artisan A5 for 8 years and apart from needing to skim the top of part of one fret that was buzzing, it has performed faultlessly. It looks amazing, sounds superb and plays like butter. I also have a Vintage Jaco style fretless Jazz Bass. I understand the quality issues. I picked it up 2nd hand but basically new and barely played. I paid a third of it's retail value! The reason was that the neck wasn't seated in the pocket properly. You could actually see the screws in the gap between the neck and the body! I took the neck off, figured where it was binding and used a Dremel to take the tiniest amount off in one spot. Now it sits perfectly and is tight enough to hold the body on without the screws. A 5 minute job saved me AUS$400! I put on flatwounds and a bone nut (the original plastic one was so bad it still had dags in the slots) and I love it.

Are schecter that good for range? I would have assumed they'd be mainly rock/metal basses. I'm a massive fan of schecter guitars but have just bought my first bass and went with a sire v7 as i wanted a jazz bass/one with good range

That was fast and furious. I bought a Sire P7. I’m happy with my purchase. I don’t think the neck is all that small. It feels pretty average in thickness and width.

@anonymouscarrot2965

4 жыл бұрын

The Sire P range has a bigger neck than the J range

@jonniegibbins

4 жыл бұрын

@@anonymouscarrot2965 I think Phillip got that one wrong. The V series (J bass) is the only one with a thin Jazz neck, the P and M series are much chunkier. Possibly it's because the V series is the best known?

I love my Spector basses and I agree I still have my first Ibanez bass and still love playing it amazing good for the money

Hey Phil I really liked these videos, but I have to ask. Why mention xaviere and slick in the guitar video but not the bass one? Have you not tried them or do you think that they aren't worth talking about at any length?

Must agree about the value/performance/finish available from Schecter. Picked up an Omen 5 Extreme with a minor ding from shipping for a *song* at Music Store up in Köln (D) a couple years back, just to fulfill a crazy idea : a 35" scale "baritone" strung with the EB 20-40-60-80-100 set. When it's just the drummer and me bashing around in the band room, one instrument covers the entire spectrum. It's a blast jumping back-and-forth between crater-inducing low end on the bottom 3 (60-100) and HUGE chords on the top 3 (20-60), thanks to the factory-installed high-gain active pickups in what's officially supposed to be a "metal" axe. Rolling the FX/volume back a couple notches also awakes a gloriously clear baritone voice on the top strings, especially with a pick. With the upper octave on the 24-fret neck, it's also a kick to let the Bass Station II plugged in nearby rhythmically fill the low end and channel the "inner Jaco" all us low-frequency folk usually keep under wraps when the guitar player decides to show up... =)

Phil, what bass is on the thumbnail of this video? MM-Jazz-Precision pickups?

Saw an interview with Marcus Miller on another channel. Very cool and accomplished musician. Have my Ibanez Soundgear bass for years, and love it! Thanks Phil.

I've owned and gigged on most of these (Fender, Sterling, Squier, Sire, Ibanez, Yamaha, Schecter) and I'd put Squier at #1 - their Vintage Modified '77 is honestly one of the best Jazz Basses I've ever played. Looks great, feels phenomenal, and sounds super solid. I ended up modding mine with some Fralins, better pots, and a hi-mass bridge: it's now my #1 recording J and still cost under $600.

I've had my Schecter Stiletto Elite Diamond bass since 2007 and gigged the hell out of it. It has NEVER let me down. Best bass I've ever owned. Everyone that's played it said it's the best they've ever played.

@PhillipMcKnight

4 жыл бұрын

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@revboyerful

4 жыл бұрын

@@PhillipMcKnight Interesting.

Every brand that was bought by Gibson went more ore less to the loo. I don't know why, they seem to buy brands just to ditch them. Thank you fro the reviews mate ! You made a very interesting comparison and I think you are fair in your judgment.

Would love to see you review some of the different lines of Bacchus bass. The entry level Universe series starts at around $200, the Global starts at around $500 and the craft series which is made in Japan and starts at a little north of $800. These are Canadian prices so I imagine it will be slightly less for the USA. They seem to get quite a bit of love on talkbass, but would love to see a review of this brand from someone I trust.

I really liked what you said about schecter they've been a tempting choice for many reasons

If the bass is good, brand value doesn't really matter

@Xubuntu47

4 жыл бұрын

Low brand value might translate to good deals on the used market.

@mikecorey8370

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I'm buying it to play it, not re-sell it. We need to get away from the brand value. Pick it up, and play it. If you like it, buy it. If you don't, well, don't.

@AFN2750

4 жыл бұрын

Depends new or used

@AFN2750

4 жыл бұрын

And if you are reselling

@BradsGonnaPlay

4 жыл бұрын

and even further, a good luthier/guitar tech can turn a $50 guitar/bass into a priceless unique instrument. source: my roommate is a luthier and has turned many of my $50 guitars and basses into priceless unique instruments.

Can you do a similar list with tube amps? looking for a good tube amp with low resale value

And just like that... Schecters are out of stock.... :D Thanks for this video Phil! I actually just bought an Ibanez Sound Gear SR300e used and although i absolutely hate the color, its the Chared Chamagne Burst, i got it for a great deal and it was practically brand new. We'll see how it grows on me, either that or i paint it in just the dark brown tone which i do like better than the champagne tone, or maybe just strip it and stain it to a nice woodsy grain. Keep the great content coming as always!

Great list. It's good to see Sire and Schecter rank so high. I'm a bit suprised about LTD though. Even though they don't have a lot of models to choose from these days (Rip the Stream) the models they have are awesome basses. I love my B-206 to death and would get the 5-string model as well if my finances hadn't been so messed up this year. Plays smooth like a baby's bottom and sounds like a beast.

I gigged on my Squier Jazz for a couple of years until I started trading up. I only had to resolder the output jack; other than that, problem-free

Thanks for your opinions on BASS

glad to to see my Cort Artisan C6 plus ZBMH(my finish wasn't perfect btw when bought brand new) made the Top 10 , i mean it's not the best but for the money I felt like i got a lot of bass!!! I no doubt feel like y'all know what your talking about Phil thanks for doing these list i do believe it's a very accurate assessment !

Interestingly, I'm currently shopping and trying to decide between a Schecter Stiletto Studio and an Ibanez SR500. Thanks for the listing.

Great video!!! I think you should do it with less rush, we want to see you talking freely about the instruments

Definitely need more of these videos, particularly >$600.

Did you publish your list anywhere? It would be a good reference.