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The Talkbass forum raved about them and I finally managed to find one new at the start of the year. I think they were £500 to £550 and supposedly you could find them for £250 (never saw this), but a step up on a Squier CV - Comes with a rosewood board too.
I'm sorted now but thanks for all the suggestions, guys. As an FYI, oiling the laurel fretboard has done it some good. Now, it's not as dark as the 16yo rosewood on my strat, but it's definitely not unattractive (defo doesn't look worse than the pau ferro I see on mexi Fenders). More importantly, I simply don't care!
Fitted an old set of flatwounds on the CV, it now definitely ticks my P Bass boxes.
I think when I want to step up to the next budget level, I'll do a parts job. A partscision?..
Seems straightforward enough, with not that many parts to budget for. Thinking a nice nitro aged fiesta red, maybe a US neck... Anyway, getting carried away there, I reckon the Squier is all I'll ever need as I learn to play bass decently.
Last year I saw a super ugly second-hand Vintage V4 in my local shop, and although I hated the look (pinkish red with matching headstock over a very very pale maple fretboard), I decided to try it. Damn. It was sooo good. I left with it and play it more than my other basses combined since then. Very lively and responsive, as in opposite to "compressed". I put flats on it, but it really shone with rounds. Very playable neck too, I could set the strings on the other side of frets if I wanted to.
But then to be fair, I've tried another, prettier V4 some time later and it was nowhere near as good sounding or playable.
No idea how good it is, the price makes me skeptical.
If part of the price is that they're not known as an instrument brand then that's a bonus for us.
Does seem to have a les Paul shaped body though which would be a big down side for me.
I'd still like to try one to be honest.
You planning on getting one at all?