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| High Mage Serratus |
What should Dean get?Okay, I've been a pianist for about a year and a quarter, and I'm sick of my crappy Yamaha PSR-e303, so I want to get a Yamaha NP30.However, I'm also planning on taking up bass, so I want to get an Ibanez SR300. The total cost of each, plus the relevant equipment come to about €500 each, so I'm gonna save up for one, which will take a long time, and get one for Christmas and my birthday combined, which will take less time. My dilemma is which one to get. Relevant links below. Bass Bass amp Bass case Keyboard, stand, power supply and sustain pedal Keyboard amp Keyboard case I hereby call this vote to order 
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| Darth Thrax |
Wtf? I have almost the exact same bass. | ||||
| High Mage Serratus |
*shrugs*
It's a nice bass. |
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| Mage Superior Odin |
About bass
Low budget Ibanez basses are not good and it lacks clean tone. On the same price range, I suggest those Yamaha RBX 374 http://bass-guitars.musiciansfrie...ha-RBX374-4String-Bass?sku=519038 Epiphone SG EB-3 http://bass-guitars.musiciansfrie...t/Epiphone-EB3-SG-Bass?sku=518243 Another point, giving money to a flight case is absolutely meaningless. It can be logical if you use a $5000 guitar but for a guitar like these, it is just a waste of money. Just buy a Ritter bag and put more money for guitar, so you will be better. Also flight case are hard to carry, asuming you dont have a car yet. About keyboard If you have a notebook with firewire, just buy those two M-Audio Firewire Solo http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend....Mobile-Audio-Interface?sku=701364 M-Audio KeyRig 49 USB/MIDI Controller http://keyboards-midi.musiciansfr...KeyRig-49-USB-Keyboard?sku=700932 And you will be much better. If you do have a mac, you do not need firewire solo, so you can buy an Axiom 61 http://keyboards-midi.musiciansfr...y-USB-MIDI-Controller-?sku=706315 As a keyboard, if you have serious plans about it, you should save money for at least a Roland Juno, so you can seriously enjoy your instrument |
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| High Prophet Crozeus |
Considering you have a piano (I assume) already, I would go for the bass first. | ||||
| Darth Thrax |
Yep, yep, it is.
I believe the body of mine was made from oak or something like that. That means that no other bass looks the exact same as mine because of the design it made. 
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| Mage Superior Odin |
What's your bass? Looks like an Epiphone Embassy from little pics on your myspace
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| High Mage Serratus |
In the case of the bass, my friend has a similar bass and I think it sounds just fine. Also, to be honest, I think the basses you suggested just look ugly, and I can't really enjoy an instrument that I find ugly. As for the flight case, I'd buy the flight case regardless of how much I payed for the bass, so it's not being a drain on my choice of bass, and a gig bag comes with the bass. As for the keyboard, I don't want a MIDI controller or a synthesizer, just a keyboard, which is one reason not to get a Roland Juno. If I wanted to get one with more than five octaves, then it would be over one thousand euro, which is another reason not to get one, since I probably wouldn't get it until late next year at that price, especially since Ireland is pretty deep in the recession (almost one eight of all people are unemployed here). And as aforementioned, I can't enjoy an instrument I find ugly and Roland Juno's are not exactly the most attractive instrument in the world. I'm sorry if it seems like I'm bashing your suggestions, but I've carefully considered well over 300, maybe even 400, basses and keyboards before settling on these two, I did consider more expensive instruments, different brands, but I'm set on these two. I only want to know which I should buy first.
Well, I have a keyboard, but the keys aren't weighted, it only has five octaves and the touch sense is horrible. The sound is pretty crap too. |
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| Mage Superior Odin |
Then my suggestion is also the bass, you cannot have fun with a keyboard like that. You should also consider those two
http://www.music123.com/Epiphone-...-IV-Bass-518391-i1150015.Music123 http://www.music123.com/Squier-Vi...azz-Bass-519639-i1166457.Music123 |
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| Darth Thrax |
I rather like that Squier.
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| High Mage Serratus |
I don't want suggestions for a bass or a keyboard, I just want to know whether I should get a bass or a keyboard first. | ||||
| Mage Superior Odin |
Sorry for trying for you to get better instruments 
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| Lord Aequitas |
I picked Bass.
My reasoning is that if you want to take up Bass, then you'll need one. Also the fact that if you get a new keyboard after spending x amount on it, when you finally do get the Bass, you'll have to split your time on both and you wont be using the new keyboard as much. |
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| High Mage Serratus |
I'm sorry if I was a little blunt but apart from the fact that I've settled on these instruments, the way you were talking to me made it seem to me that you thought I was stupid and musically inept. | ||||
| Mage Superior Odin |
I never wanted to mean that. I just wanted to show best instruments you can get with that amount of money | ||||
| High Mage Serratus |
I know, let's just drop it.
I'm gonna go with the bass, not just because of what Chris said, which is all very true, but also because I'm in the middle of preparing for a piano exam right now and if I got the new keyboard, I'd have to adjust to using it and I want to devote my keyboard time to getting the exam pieces right and playing stuff with my band. Thank you all for your input. |
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| Fien'Dur |
I picked Keyboard. There aren't many keyboardists compared to people that play bass. | ||||
| Darth Rachk |
Yeah, the keyboard is a dying art, there are hundreds of bassists, but I only know one keyboardist. | ||||
| Lord Aequitas |
I play keyboard.
Well, I'm a Grade IV on Piano, but I can play keyboard. I prefer to use the piano though. |
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| High Mage Serratus |
I'd say classically-trained pianists outnumber bassists 5-1 at least. The problem isn't a shortage of keyboardists, it's a shortage of bands that want a keyboardist. Some bands seem to think that a keyboardist is an 80s thing or a dance thing or just a nerdy thing, when it's not, it's always been a part of rock, in one form or another.
For the record, I'm including pianos, keytars, synthesizers and samplers in my "one form or another". |
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