Comparing 5 Basses Under $250! 

Results would be the same if played in a $100 amp, and still, most of those do sound pretty good regardless of the amp you put them through.

Imagine the amp as the cup and the bass as a sponge filled with water and the larger your skill level the more you can squeeze from the sponge to the cup. The better the amp the larger the cup, the better the bass the larger the sponge and larger your skill level the more you can squeeze from the sponge to the cup. If you can squeeze more water from the sponge than the cup can hold your amp is restricting your full potential, if there's not enough water in the sponge the bass is restricting you and if there's too much space left in the cup and there's still water in the sponge you are set and / or practice more. Cables , effects peddles and other gear can help you aswell of course.

Goes to show the amp is the more important of the pair. But as said below an inexpensive amp is still going to sound good. Technology has come so far.

No !

I own a Harley Benton PJ-74 VW. I can guaran-freakin'-tee it'll sound as good as most top brand 1000$ basses out there regardless of the amp. And it's just a great bass all around even without considering the value. 😉👍

Hell, yeah. Bet we can afford it, jejeje

Of course it is, it's a P Bass

For me too!

I have one, it's a good bass but it's unbalanced, the neck dives a lot and hurts the shoulder, that's my only complain on it

Billy Cox doesn't use a pick at all.

Holy crap

Like a spider crawling out of the room

it didn't made it to another dimension tho

get me away from that squire hahahahaa

BRUh

Thank you so much!

I agree. Gives the instrument a proper work out. 😎

Yeah and not a slap or pop in sight! Nice to hear how the basses sound rather than how fast a thumb can slap! Great demo.

@@melvinsargeant5058 there was a tonne of slaps and pops lmao

It was Davie504 warning him to get rid of his picks

Picks have come a long way.

No but manage he call the 6 pole single coil, a lipstick. Though he have a pair of proper lipsticks on the wall to his left.

Yeeted it

Not the sort of thing I like look out for 🤣

I tried it, it works great. I also used it to threaten my ex.

Perfect bass for black metal

That’s why Dave Mustaine plays Dean guitars now

Varg? Is that you?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦👍

I'd rather have the Nuclear Green variant of that model, to be honest. www.thomann.de/de/dean_guitars_custom_zone_bass_ng.htm

Green Shinobi Looking forward to do that, bro.

Put on a horror clown costume and you are all set!

bahahahaha you're totally right, didn't even notice that!

I have the nuclear green dean, it's fantastic. Also scared the crap out of my band mates when I brought that instead of my Ibanez.

This dude is kind of a weird duck. I thought the Dean and the Jazz were by far the best sounding. Maybe because I don't care at all about bottom end, I don't know.

It really to me had a 60's tone. lacked a little bit of sustain and punch but wasn't bad. kind of a one trick pony like the bronco.

Bright? WHERE

Personally I think if it had a musicman pickup and preamp it would be the greatest bass ever, I mean just look at it.

I'm a Bass player and always find myself coming back to Squier. I currently play on the Squier he features here same finish except mine as an Indian Laurel fretboard. Think he is butt hurt over the price.

@@jeffreylarson7646 I personally like the dark to light differences with the Indian Laurel, which is funny because I ordered a custom pick made of the same wood and the fretboard looks tons darker. Something about bright colored basses with equally bright wood for the fretboard has visually displeased me. Anyways, I love my slick silver squier and half-step versions of songs sound great on it. After I fixed the intonation I can't say the difference was mind blowing, but that's probably because I've stuck with the default strings since I got it for Christmas. Did you change your strings and set it up? How much better is it?

I don't understand why everyone hates it so much. I'm looking for a bass and I went to guitar center and picked the green one up and loved it so much.

I think the affinity series is great. My favorite strat I ever owned was an affinity strat. I gave it away when I got a fender strat, then ended up selling the fender to pay bills and I miss the squier more than the fender.

get a new phone :)

Really depends where u get them from

If you live in America yes, but Harley Benton isn’t really supposed to be for outside Europe

America moment

😐

Me as well!

because you like the jazz bass sound. i like it too, but i prefer the first one, the haly benton P+J

I too have the 4 string of it, also it is a active bass, so not sure why you didn’t mention it nor demo it?

I got an 80’s ibanez from a pawn shop as well, it was like $80 and it was a very similar deal. Great sound with fuzz or high distortion. Those 80’s ibanez basses are something else.

I saw it out of the corner of my eye and thought they had roaches in the studio. had to rewind the video for another look

I have one, and I think its a little weird that it only has one single (I think) coil pickup, and it sounds pretty thin. It honestly comes down to your taste, but I cannot change your opinion, so if you like it, good for you.

@@sj3802 sure you are not confusing it with the Bronco? the affinity jazz has two J pickups

@@sj3802 the affinity jazz is the bass on minute 7... you dont know what you have bro ?

I have one that looks just like what Patrick has in the video. I don't understand his bias against that model. Mine plays great, has good output, almost no hum from either single coil soloed, good construction, nice weight distribution, and stable tuners. Why the hate? From the best prices I can find online, it's only $44 USD more than the HB that he liked at the beginning of the vid. And alot of why he seemed to like that was color combination.

Yeah, riffing on a bass guitar usually makes groove bass players change the channel.

Do you mean precision?

@@philipm3173 no, dude, I literally mean slapping a Jazzbass with a drumstick, so you get the best combination of a rhythmic and melodic instrument, that human could think of. (And btw. I patented this technique, so if you're going to steal it I'll definitely sue you.)

Berg Globus sick dude

Best of both worlds...SOME PJS!

Some Jaguars

@Chris Greene Bristol 70s punk band the stingrays

I have a 5 string version I traded a guitar I hated for and I couldn't believe the quality when I started playing it. It sounds and feels great. Def recommend it also

-better quality pickups -better quality tuners -more consistent quality -better body wood I think these can be improved. See the Harley Benton JB-75. It's cheaper but much better than the Affinity. Roswell Alnico V pickups, ash body, good tuners and consistent quality

MaggaraMarine , I agree. I have exactly that Squier Jazz and I tested it against several Jazz basses at the shop when I bought it. I think Patrick is not being entirely fair. My bass plays great, has plenty of punch and output, almost no hum when soloed, balances great, stays in tune and fits well when I have it strapped on or sitting. Plus I only paid $200 for it, so hardly any more than the PJ that was featured first. I thought that one had a worse sounding bridge pickup than the Squier.

@@dezsodebreceni4829 I realize we are only sharing opinions, and I'm no "Fender Fan" but I don't understand your complaints. I have this exact model and color Jazz, and don't understand what you are thinking that this bass fails against? The pickups sound good, and I thought the bridge sounded better than the HB in this vid. The tuners are stable and have good action. Quality is good throughout, holes drilled accurately, good fretwork, no paint blemishes. Wood is painted, so wood quality is irrelevant on an electric instrument. I've not played the Harley Benton JB-75, but from this video, I didn't think it was really any better, and it's only $44 USD less than the best prices for each. Granted, if you want a PJ instead of a J, get the JB-75, but for a Jazz, this one is pretty nice for the price.

Well, just a guess but he was at Thomann which hb is their brand so maybe that has something to do with it? Idk I liked the jazz bass the best.

@@rodshop5897 so i'll give you the bridge pickup having more punch in the squier, but the price difference is actually 70 USD and the harley benton has better body wood, tuners, saddles (brass) and overall fretwork and playability. So in the end these two are still better than all others from the video but i think even if the difference is not huge, harley benton has clearly many more advantages and only one disatvantage; the bridge pickup (which you could well cover with $70 spare ).

p. body Roger Waters plays one of those I think

Nice! I would like to customize also my indo affinity p-bass (which I think are not as good as the new ones with a PJ config) with some pickups maybe with geezer buttler as they're solderless and I then don't need a wiring kit and pots or cooper to isolate the thing. What do you think? Cheers

@@etyramone2000 Mine Was indonesian as well i had the long scale red jaguar 2018 model with p/j setup. For pickups its all about taste. I was aiming for some duncan's still have to install them :) I made it passive too.

I have the pink and my drummer has the green. Honestly I thought about getting a better pickup but it really does sound great. I play on an ampeg and DR fat beams strings. It's a great bass for the price.

Looks like nuclear waste but sounds grrrrrrrrrrrreat! Ha ha.

I have the Dean as well in Neon Yellow I gigged with it stock and it sets well in the band mix and I rock it often.