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The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

Bass, Electric Bass, Sbl, Education, Music Interviews, Online Bass Lessons, Music, Bass Guitar, Scott's Bass Lessons

4.8 • 522 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Unsure about how much to spend on your next bass? In this episode, we dig into the reasons why some bass guitars are so expensive and other guitars are more affordable - and what this means for the modern bass player on the hunt for a new axe. In this Episode you're going to learn: Are expensive bass guitars really worth it?How simple guitar mods can transform a budget-friendly bass.Is there an affordable alternative to a Rickenbacker?Can a Peavey Cirrus really compete with a Ken Smith?And mu...

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to another episode of the Scott and Ian show on the SBL podcast?
0:05.9	My name is Ian Martin Allison, one half of the hosts of the show.
0:10.6	Today, we have something so fun to dive into.
0:14.1	Look, Scott and I have bougie-ass tastes around bass guitars, right?
0:23.3	We pine away for these expensive, ridiculous bases.
0:27.6	And sometimes people say to us, okay, okay, okay, how about something for somebody that doesn't want to spend like all of their life savings on a bass guitar?
0:45.5	Guys, like, how about something for somebody who's got their priorities straight?
0:51.3	Guys, how about something that doesn't cost what a car costs?
0:58.7	How about something under a thousand bucks?
1:02.0	How about something under 500 bucks?
1:05.5	Hey, Scott, hey, Ian, does it always have to cost $5,000?
1:13.8	No, it doesn't.
1:15.8	And in fact, when I did some research for this episode, I was shocked at what you could
1:21.1	get for the money.
1:22.3	In fact, Scott and I even did a video for YouTube where we went to PMT, which is a music store in England.
1:29.3	We went to the Leeds location and we checked out a bunch of beginner bases and we were floored with what you could get.
1:36.3	It's very different.
1:37.8	Scott and I came up in a time where cheap instruments were crappy.
1:42.6	God, they were crappy.
1:44.3	And now they're not.
1:45.6	They're just not.
1:46.6	You could play your whole career on a base that costs under $500.
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