So I have just sold the SX bass I’ve had for the last couple of years to help fund a new one. The SX was absolutely fab for its price but I’ve been feeling the GAS for a while now and just wanted to feel the experience of playing a different bass. Unfortunately can’t afford atm to have two, so I sold it.
I’m really torn between two models that are sort of in my price range. I love the versatility of the TRBX304, it seems like a lot of fun to play with the different tones. However I also really love the sound of the CV 70s p bass, and in terms of design I find it more attractive.
I know it’s kind of pointless to ask which I should get but I thought it would be nice to share as I’ve been driving myself mental with deciding What do y’all think?
As my bass tutor told me, when it comes to buying a bass don’t listen to anyone else. Not your wife, mother, priest or social worker. Test drive as many as you need and buy the one that works for you; it’s your money and you have to live with it.
I take your point on budget, but have you thought about buying both second hand?
Finally, don’t ever, ever ask @Howard to help you choose between two basses as you’ll end up buying three.
Um, how much longer before you graduate with enough qualifications to get a full-time job?
Whilst the Japan reference, was mildly flippant, @howard posted an awesome thread on here a while back about shopping for basses there. As well as the incredible, and I mean incredible, selection of instruments the Yen is extremely weak against the USD and GBP (go on, tell me you’re not American or British now!), which makes the prices of some things comically cheap.
Here’s the thread:
And here’s the thread of what happened when I went to Japan last month; of potential interest to you is the photos in my third post in the thread, which you can use to compare the prices with what you see at home:
I started with an ibanez GS200 (or something like this), playbility was super nice but I was not a fan of the sound / multiplicity of choice (active / passive, pick up blend, tone controls…)
went for the PBasss Squier CV 70 and felt in love with it (sound, playability…), it does the job and the finish is great + it fits very well to many songs (without having to wonder which button should be turned to which level for the bass to sound good… it does it 90% of time)
I’m sure that with more experience, I could play around to have the Ibanez bass sound as I like … which is Pbass sound
Both are great choice, but I feel like yours is more a question of what do you want to play rather than wich do you want to choose. This is pretty much a question of a classic vs a modern instrument. I used to own the TRBX305, it was a fine tool for metal but was a very agressive sounding instrument. I switched to a TRBX 605 because of that (the alnico pickup are way more well rounded for most any genre).
Best answer: if you can, try both and see which one connects with you more.
If you can’t try them, think about the kind of sound you’ve been playing lately.
And I agree with everyone who said that at some point you’ll probably end up having both — not necessarily these exact models, but this type of instrument.
What do y’all think?
