Mid-Life Crisis Electric Bass

[KnottedYet]

I've wanted one since I was a teenager.

I'm not a teenager any more, but I still want one. I've never stopped wanting one.
I look at them on the internet. Bass porn.

I want to sound like John Deacon in two easy lessons...

What I really want is a lefty Epiphone oil finish Thunderbird http://epiphone.com/default.asp?Prod...ollectionID=12

What I can afford is a lefty Squier http://www.squierguitars.com/product...tno=0310760506

Lefties cost more than righties, but I play lefty. Even my uke is strung lefty. The Squier would be a special order, and I could choose body color and pick guard since it's a special order anyway.

Anybody have a Squier? They are something of a joke, but so will be my playing; I just wanna know if anyone is deeply disappointed in their Squier and wish they'd gone for the gusto and bought something else.

(confession time: I've tuned my uke like a bass. Oh, I'm so pathetic! Tell you what, this just doesn't sound right with the bass line played on ukelele: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-xVb1qsPCw )

[Mr. Bloom]

You are a teenager inside! Go for it! Can't help you to pick which one, but I know you're younger than your age!

[KnottedYet]

This one is kinda nifty, still a Squier, but outside my price range any way.
http://www.squierguitars.com/product...tno=0326722521

(I just can't spend as much on a bass as I would on a bike!)

[Tuckervill]

My son has a Squire guitar and it's fine. You won't be giving concerts right away anyway! He uses a beat up old flying V-looking bass covered in stickers that we don't even know where it came from. Still sounds good.

The way I look at it, because playing something less than ideal is better than waiting to play something perfect.

Karen

[azfiddle]

Go for it, as long as the set up is good. Then if you find out you really love playing, you can eventually trade up for something better.

[Catrin]

Go for it! I can't help you pick but I know you will enjoy it!