Bass Rig Under £500 Challenge - All About The Bass 

You guys should start doing sounds like but for bassists instead of guitarists

Maybe for you guys; Sound Like .... (insert famous bass player here) without busting the bank. My first pic: Geddy Lee.

These guys kick some serious ass on the bass, god damn. Andersons should let then do a sounds like bass

We need an Andertons "yeah" t shirt 😄😄😄😄

This has become my favourite show on this channel. Nathan and Lee are so chill and fun ! It's great they have their own show =D

That's an "affordable" challenge that is closer to my home than guys in "without busting the bank" series, who spend over 3 times the wage most people get here (and close to 2 times the official "medium wage"). These are basses and amps I would (and actually did at one point) look at. But hey, we live in different worlds, that's not a criticism at all. It's also great to see people actually happy with what they got, even though it's pretty cheap ;)

Personally the cheap bass powerful amp would be a better choice for gigs. Unless you're plugging in straight to PA and then the better bass would be a better choice.

"Your 'yeah jar', it's kinda weighty." "Yeah..." Hahaha

My bassy heart swells at hearing the bass duet. I don't think I've ever heard that before. My first video of yours.

for me: more on the bass, nothing better than the feeling of a quality instrument in your hands in my experience.

Great vid guys. Love how you two guys are getting on together, was a really engaging episode this time. As always superb playing.

If you are a bedroom player/recorder, get the nicer bass rather than amp. If you just want to play live, spend the dough on the amp instead.

love it! Please could you guys compare the Sterling range, SUB vs Ray34 VS a proper Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray (with 3band EQ) Id love to hear what you guys can get out of them. I dont think ive seen a proper comparison on youtube yet. Pleasure to listen to you guys jamming.

Rig challenges for different genres might be nice. Blues, metal, reggae, funk... You know, genres, maybe attempting to keep it around 1500. Thanks for this one fellas.

The more episodes of All about the bass I watch, the more I like the presenters and the content. Well done! I play an Ibanez SR500 (Zebrawood). Many would consider it a budget bass, but at $600 (US) it has the feel and a sound that I love! Keep up the good work gents!

"I've been yeahing all over the place". 😂😂😂😂 That's golden, man !!!

Can't believe they went with my idea!! Great job on this one guys. I'd personally go with the Ashdown AAA EVO 60-10T and an Epiphone Thunderbird which comes in at around £460

Brilliant video thanks for the effort, am looking into getting a bass and I dont want to start with a pricey one, really liking the sound of that ibanez gr180, great price, great video!

Love those Rumble amps from Fender! Even though I own two Mesa bass rigs, I still have my Rumble 100. It sounds great and can be a strong presence over drums and guitar.

FINALLY Yes guys more of these big help to starting bassists Also please mic up basses more often and turn up the volume a little bit to make it even worth the voices

I have that music man (before I bought my SR) and the Rumble for home practice, great items both of them. Would recommend.

I love this segment of all about the bass! I myself have an OLP Tony Levin 5 string stingray and an Ashdown five 15, all for under 500 Euros.

I'm a guitar player but you guys present so well that I enjoy these videos....even if they are about bass lol

I have an LTD Viper-104 and a 20 watt Orange crush amp, for about $600 Australian. Fantastic for practice, which is all I really use them for at the moment. I love the Viper, two active pick ups and independent bass/treble controls make it incredibly variable.

Hey guys. Just want to say great job on the videos. However, I would personally like you guys to do more reviews with a guitarist incorporated so that we can get a real idea of what these basses sound like in a mix. Thanks and keep up the great work!

I use a Yamaha bass _very_ similar to the bass Nathan is using. With proper intonation and a good string setup, it plays *_fucking great_* Them perfect fifths above the 12 fret sound so smooth.

Hey guys, really appreciate the concept (especially for new and aspiring bassists), but I find myself doubting whether these amps could hang with a rock band.... My advice to young bassists would be: these are fantastic practice amps, but start saving for a more powerful rig, you'll need it!

Great video, realistic price range love to see either with JAE's rig👌

Best guys to watch on RU-vid for me.. I'd give these guys a prime time show!

Joining a band is the best thing you can do for your progress as a player. Beginner bands do not have PAs. So you can join a band with the 100W amp, but not with the small amp. Plus, if you worry about your sound, the amp does it. There are amps that you can plug anything into and it just sounds great! Amp all the way!

Just what I've been looking for. I've been looking for a rig.

I'd have gone for the Ibanez TMB100. I'm liking what I'm hearing from these.

I think that Nathan had the right idea. I would probably go with a different bass at a similar price point but this is the same kind of amp that I have bought and use for band practaces. It has no issues with keeping up volume wise to a drummer and the flexibility of sounds is just excellent. While I still have my big rig I have simply not needed it since I purchased the Fender.

While in general it's better to get a better instrument because that's what you're in direct contact with, even the cheapest modern instruments are of decent enough quality that you can usually go for the cheapest one you like the feel of, and spend most of the budget on an amp as that has more of an effect on the sound in the entry level market.

I started with the same Ibanez bass together with a Rumble 60 (the old looking ones). Some comments from real life experience. I played with some friends in a band for a couple of years and did some gigs. The bass had a very poor setup. The string action was way too high. I could put my fingers under the strings. It is easy to correct. The pickups are nothing special. The electronics in my bass were very bad. The bridge pickup used to go completely off when I used the volume knob, so I had to turn it like a radio station knob and catch the channel somewhere in between. The other thing was the buzz. The sound technician at our gigs was always going - where is this nasty buzz coming from. As for the feel - it is a nice guitar. I like the neck. It plays nice. Would I recommend it - not really. I still keep it and plan on switching the pickups and electronics and see how it goes. Recently I decided to switch countries and travel a bit. I wanted to buy an entry level bass again. I tried the cheapest Squier jazz bass. The instrument felt cheap I didn't really like the feeling, but it was great to play. The pickups were not that great, but as an entry level bass I would go for the Squier, although I would really recommend to go for a Classic Vibe Squier (which are very good). The store where I tried the Squier had that model and a MIM Fender, so I went for the Fender. Buying a more expensive bass does not guarantee no problems with electronics, as the pickup switch on my MIM Fender has some problems from time to time. For the combo I would go for 100 W as well. I could play with a 60 W but when the drummer got excited I had to turn the volume to 10 and the sound got worse. The Rumble series is nice I am not sure for the new lighter ones. I played a Rumble 15, which was very bad. I had to play for several minutes to get a decent sound. I have a Hartke 15, which sounds a lot better. One thing to keep in mind - 15 W amps have smaller speaker, which sound poor for a bass guitar. I would go for a 10" one. One other thing to note is that it is very hard to make the best purchase in the beginning, so don't think about it that much. I have a Fender MIM PBass. At one point I bought an acoustic Kingman. I found out that I like the neck of the Jazz bass a lot more, so I guess at some point I will get a Jaguar. Go in any store play several basses and pick the one you like the best.

Your right again, the low cost basses and amps are of such quality that you cant go wrong. Like in HD audio its easy to get 90% of the experience but its going to cost you to get that last 10%. It all come down to how deep are your pockets.

i love how you can tell they really enjoy just jamming together

Thank you for micing up the speakers 😃

Love the Rumble combo!

You guys are so talented you would make a stick sound amazing.

Good advice, as usual. It is always tempting to spend more on the shiny guitar than the amp, though!

I have a rumble 100v3, it sounds amazing,very versatile amp

Entry level Ibanez basses are just great. I have a GSR 205 (the 5-string one, in case it's not clear) which I bought 8 years ago, and it's my main guy for recording and live. I have no plans to get rid of it.

I bought the Sub ray bass in 2015 because I really wanted that type of bass guitar at the time. I bought a £120 eden bass amp to have fun with. Now I've joined a band and upgraded to £670 Mark Bass amp for gigs. I'd highly recommend this route, as you never know how far you want to take your playing! Anyone that needs a "giggable" amp should already have a bass they like. How else did they get to the stage where they feel they could play gigs?

It might be an option to show how well amps etc perform when up against guitar amps in a live environment, as I doubt even that 100W would push through enough. Bass frequencies are much lower in a live mix, I had to turn up my speaker to hear the Fender amp when the EBS was playing the higher range stuff at the start of the clip. I also like how the cheaper Ibanez sounded really good for the price.

I have a mint green sub bass. It sounds great. I got my fender rumble 40 to sound like Chris Wolstenholme's live tone.

If there had been amps and basses like this twenty five years ago, I might not have chosen a 2nd hand Gibson Explorer guitar!

I've been a guitar-player for over 15 years and basically never touched a bass in all that time, but I still wanted to get into it for the fun and experience of course. I found an old Jazz-style bass at a second hand shop for which they asked like 80 Pounds, and I got it for 70 Pounds. The only thing I needed to do was clean possibly 20 years of gunk off of it (it was really nasty, definitely owned by some careless greasy rocker), but apart from the wear it looked almost like new after. It was structurally fine as well (something you have to really check), and considering this one's from the '90s, has been dragged around through all kinds of environments, given a beating by its owner(s), and probably collected moist and dust for many years, and STILL is in good shape, it really proved its quality already. Then I happened to find an old amplifier, which was just a meant to be kind of thing, cause it's the perfect size as well, and it's an old Roland Cube from the '80s, still works and sounds great (the shop owner even cleaned the potentiometers from dust), and I got it for 90 Pounds. Add some new strings (cause the old ones were so disgusting with grime and rust, even soaking them in spirit didn't help one bit), and the package cost me just under 200 Pounds. This doesn't benefit shops like Andertons (sorry), but you can get a lot of good used stuff for even less money if you're on an even tighter budget than 500 Pounds. Just know what you're looking for and make sure you're not getting ripped off (both in price and integrity of the items). Oh, and you'll have to not be so picky on the way it might look. If you want a completely fresh and shiny package, you might have to forget about that for a while and buy for the functionality. I definitely learned to stop caring, cause ai got great stuff out of it.

I love when you two get together.

I would like a shoot out between the two top class D amps, Mesa Subway and Aguilar Tone Hammer

the video starts and IMMEDIATELY lee says "yeah"

I'm a bedroom player and personally, I recommend investing more in the amp. I have a decent bass but then I upgraded the amp and it was a huge difference

Ibanez never disappoint, in my opinion. Yes... I would love to see what you both come up with given: i) £1000 and ii) NO BUDGET!!!

Holy shit!!!!! Nate was just phenomenal on that Ibanez, damn!!!

Best bass channel on the Tube!!!

So much collective groove in that room

Hey! Can you do a video of the squier vintage modified jazz bass? Plz

Anyone looking for a bass amp on a budget would always be better off going second hand, Genz Benz CTR 500 2x10 combos often go for about £200 and they are killer.

Great show guys, I have been playing with my guitar for about 6 months now and am looking for a bass to practice with. The Ibanez GSR180 Bass looks great for a first timer but seems like the pickups are a bit quiet compared to the other, Is it as easy to change the pickups as a guitar?

I just realized that my rig is pretty much a $500 rig. I'm running an Ibanez SR300EB and an Ampeg BA110V2 and they come out to about $530, but it was more than that with tax..🤔🤔 I love the bass and the amp tremendously

Damn', that jam at the end was juicy.

Could you do a comparison of some the the different ibanez basses on the price scale?

Kinda wonder how the rigs might've sounded with a less hyped / pre-EQ'd mic, like a condenser, or an SM7b or RE20...

Do more of these buying rigs on a budget videos

If you're doing a cheap bass rig, the best thing is to buy a £200 squier and then a £300 bass amp. A cheap bass through a decent amp will sound infinitely better than an expensive bass through a cheap amp. Speaking from experience here, my first bass was my dad's Fender jazz bass through a fucking awful 20w peavy amp with a 10" speaker and it sounded awful. As soon as I upgraded to a nice 15", 180w ashdown, the difference was astronomical.

Wow, replace Nathan's amp with the 40-Watt rumble and that is EXACTLY my setup. Who knew that my setup was worth approximately one "yeah jar"

Is it possible for you to do an experiment please .. How would a bass sound if fitted with a guitar neck ?? Same or different ??

Love Lee's rig. Does this mean there'll be a 30watt EBS Practice amp going in the shop for £135? ;)

Best bass jam so far at 4:15

Just switched to bass so this should be helpful

I think it boils down to what you want. If you don't have a band spend more on the bass because you will progress easier and feel like practicing more. If you gig you should spend more on the amp. Either way, if you get serious about playing bass, you will end up spending a lot on both! And some pedals, good cases, divorce, etc.

do a sound like bass edition

i remember buying a fender hotrod precision in about 1999 in Andertons for £500,what a bass shame i sold it when i was skint.

Lee's "Yeah" jar really paid off.

Great vid chaps. Might invest in the sub and the fender based on that! Just after your thoughts on *budget* basses, over the past few years (really since Yamaha first introduced the Pacifica) the quality of budget guitars has dramatically improved. Is this also true of bass guitars?

Loved the "Yeah Jar" joke : D

Lee is my favorite, he seems so nice

I'd be happy to buy a record of you two jamming!

Hopefully Andertons will start selling sandberg basses. Best basses ever.

Hi Guys, a question pertaining to both these amps: Is the speaker disconnected when the DI out is used, so that the amps can be used for silent recording?

I got that sub.4 as my first bass a couple months ago ;)

Affordable Bass amp combo shootout please

I have that same SUB but in white that I bought last year, are you sure it's made in China, because mine says Made in Indonesia on the back of the head stock?

You gotta do a race between the Yeah jar and the Noyce jar ;)

Liking that Fender amp a lot

In 2022 this is going to be an even bigger challenge.

WARWICK PRO SERIES PLEASE

I own a Fender Rumble 100 v3 and they are great, everyone should try this amps, also Lee and Nathan they're great bass players

I think Lee 'yeah'd enough just in this video to up his budget to £700 :)

Does anyone know what mic is being used for the amps?

Still waiting for a Yamaha TRBX305 review.

Hey, can you make an EMG Retroactive Fat 55 vs EMG 57?

I like someone said a few month back in another video .. Why doesn't the shop not sell such packages at various price points .. If the retailer is willing to do such video's in order to attract sales from customers by visting the shop and via online .. it makes perfect business sense to sell guitar packages be it Acoustic / Guitar / Bass ... . Like to hear what you're thoughts are ...

You should have gone with the Ibanez TMB100 mine is so nice with my 40w Fender rumble v3 I feel like I ripped off the store.

Can you do a sound like ritchie blackmore without busting the bank?

A vintage modified and a rumble I reckon

Could you guys do a vid for "Bass Rig Under 2000 QUID"?

Strongly prefer the music man. :D.

Sound like.... With(out) busting the bank bass version please

Could you guys do sounds like Chris Squire without busting the bank?