basswood is totally OK for a bass body (or a guitar body)
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My 2014 American Standard Precision V.
My in-laws blessed me one year with a check at Christmas that allowed me to get this.
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Oh yeah! I have no problem with basswood. Very common in value priced basses that cost lots more than $90. I was just pointing out that they charge a bit more for swamp ash. Just like any company. Most companies are wanting in the $700+ for swamp ash though. 
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I’m a HUGE SX truther!!! I’m thinking of grabbing a Les Paul from them at some point for recording and whenever a guitar player stops by.
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Their Warwick Streamer clone is super cute. I think a real Warwick Rockbass Streamer is not much more though, especially after you fix up the SX.
https://www.sx-guitar.com/index.php/Products/lists/pid/25/cid/34
edit: actually the real streamer is probably less expensive already 
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I like this color scheme, my '84 Stratocaster has exactly the same and I find it looks great. also Caleb Scofield used to have a Precision with this color scheme :
RIP Caleb 
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Hard to make out what colour it is in those lights terb.
Is it yellow?
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Ah ok. Poss Olympic white.
Hang on, I’ll post up a pic of a 93 Squier I have that may be the same colour.
I’ve posted it before, so you’ve possibly already seen it
yeah, I like both but I prefer the aged-white body color with a black pickguard 
and the bass I’m “building” now (based on a crappy P copy I got for free) will look almost like your red one, but with a black pickup cover. and possibly a matching headstock.
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So… I’m so new to playing music I’m not even sure where to start with this question but how do you all decide when to buy a new/another bass? I’ve been in the program for a while dealing with limited practice time (I know - excuses!) and just trying work up my manual dexterity, muscle memory, etc. So I’ve been playing the same bass all along and I’m not even sure what I’d look for when trying another one. The Dean I have now I bought used with just a basic RMS amp and seems fine to work on basic technique, etc. Thoughts? Thanks!
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Welcome aboard mhmraz55 , great question. The time to by another bass is whenever you feel like it- if the one you have now sounds fine to you then fine it is. For me, it took about a year before i could really hear the differences in different basses and my ear is still developing. It was then that my ‘starter bass’ started to sound a bit ‘thin’ and I went for an upgrade. You will get tons of advice when it comes to choosing a bass, but the best I heard (from someone wiser somewhere on this forum) was to select the bass that inspires you to practice and play. I hope this helps.
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Sounds good.
The pickup on the Candy Apple Red one is a DiMarzio DP122 and the covers can’t be taken off those. All my other basses have black pickups
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This… +1 bajillion! It doesn’t matter what it is as long as it answers to this criteria.
@mhmraz55 Welcome to the BassBuzz forum! When you have time, join us on the Introduce Yourself! thread.
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New to the forum! But been watching Josh for about a year now.
49 yrs old and picked the bass back up after not playing since high school. Went overseas after high school, then college, then family…so at 48 yrs old I got the bug now that I have some free time (kids are gone, career going well).
Here is my second bass. First bass is a Ibanez GSRM20 mikro. This second one is my Yamaha TRBX504 for the “full scale” effect
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Hey terb… intresting plucking hand position… are you using your pinky to mute strings?? As a beginner that is my biggest challenge is muting strings! This looks like an interesting way to do it!
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Nice bass… see mine below…lol
Love my TRBX except I need to get it into a music shop for a good setup and intonation. Have a lot of fret rattle on the 9th thru 12th frets…
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Yes really enjoyable to play. Had a similar buzz issue with mine, but a slight tweak of saddle heights at bridge and watching my finger technique seemed to do the trick.
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