Originally posted by PonyOne
Hmm, I played a blue Curbow 4 string about a year and a half ago, and it was a pretty damn nice bass. For a bolt-neck the neck joint was comfortable and the whole thing felt pretty solid.

They sound terrible unless you have the active boost on, that could have been it. There are certainly other basses I'd get... in fact I'm in the market for a new bass since I gave my friend my old crap Yamaha RBX (I love Yamaha but this was a terrible, terrible 1991-or-so creation...it's like, you know how sometimes you pick up an instrument, and you can feel right away that it has a soul, that intangible "thing?" If this thing had a soul at any point it jumped ship for something with decent pickups leaving a poorly-painted, scratche dand scraped up, dull-sounding hulk of an instrument). Any bass/amp suggestions as the resident bass guy?

Well, I saw the Curbow in a store and thought, "Ooo, this could be cool."

But I was very much disapointed.

The coolest thing I've seen lately (especially on a budget was Peavey's Grind (neck through version). Exotic woods, fast neck, adequate pickups (though they're the exact dimensions of an EMG-40... therefore very easily upgradable to a badass pickup), and best of all the four string sells for around $400 after taxes.

As for amps, my advice is to scour pawn shops and ebay for something used and cool. The new stuff on the market today has nuttin' to offer. My Sunn 1200s is keeping me pretty happy, but I'm trying to find an old Traynor YB-1 head for more low-power applications.