Choose my bass!

[jonajon91]

Im going on a bit of a road trip to 'bass direct' in Warric just after Christmas, to buy a six string bass. I have never played a six string, but am well adjusted to five string basses.
I generally play anything between dream theater and meshuggah, but I can delve out into anything as far as jamiroquai .
Anyway, the shop has a few six strings in and I have narrowed it down to any within my budget, so I humbly ask the bass forum to take a look. Is there any to avoid, anything that I might of missed or any that jump out as good deals. I will probably still play all of these, but any advice is good advice.
1# Bass Direct - Mike Tobias, MTD, Basses, Kingston, Heir, KZ6 Natural Gloss, Rosewood - Mike Tobias, USA, UK :: For sale
2# Stuart Spector Design Bass Guitars:: USA :: Euro 6 LX EX, Poplar Burl top, EMG, Tonepump :: For sale, UK, EU
3# Clover Bass Guitars:: Stock basses:: Avenger .6, Cherryburst, Six String :: Bassdirect
4# Second Hand Bass Guitar Stock :: Bass Direct :: Marleaux Consat Custom 6 string, Flame Maple, Delano :: For sale uk, EU
5# Bass Direct -YAMAHA Bass Guitars, TRB1006 J, Natural, six string bass, For sale, UK, EU. - UK Bass specialist
6# Bass Direct -YAMAHA Bass Guitars, TRB1006 J, Natural, six string bass, For sale, UK, EU. - UK Bass specialist

Anything is appreciated and I don't really care what it looks like (that clover is not really metal, but ... fuck the system ).

Cheers

 

[JSanta]

I'm not a bassist, but one of my coworkers is not only a great bassist, but really into nicer instruments; he's had a couple of Fodera's and we talk about gear all the time. Last week he was telling me that he was going to buy an MTD, and the ones I have seen have all been superb, so I don't think you can go wrong with that one.

 

[Mwoit]

I'm biased and would vouch for Dingwall (I bought mine from Bass Direct as well and the person who works there whose name I forget is the nicest man ever).

I do love Spector basses though, they sound fat as hell and have that... tone!

 

[GuitaristOfHell]

The MTD hands down.

 

[unclejemima218]

I'd go for the Spector. always wanted one of them

 

[jeleopard]

Spector is my favorite brand of bass, cannot wait to have my very own.

I've never played a Dingwall, but hear good things about them ALL the time, but Spector I KNOW is solid and will not disappoint.

 

[LordCashew]

Wow. I don't think you could go wrong with any of those.

I've played one of the MTD KZ basses and it was very impressive for the price. But it had a very bright, articulate tone to the point where it seemed a little light in the low end. Might work for you, though.

That Clover looks really cool! I haven't seen that model before.

Please report back after you play these beasts!

 

[Winspear]

The MTD or the Spector, whichever has smaller string spacing imo

 

[jonajon91]

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. I will be back here when I have the bass to let everyone know what I went with. I will probably do a mini review and a video playthrough of some song on it.

 

[ToMurderAMachine]

I'm really torn between the MTD and the Spector man.

 

[facepalm66]

spector and no other

 

[jonajon91]

GOING TOMORROW!!!

Probably wont be coming back with the bass, but I will have it before the month is over.

 

[SirMyghin]

They look nice, but I have never played an MTD or Spector. At that price range I would be more worried about paying for looks (ooh figured woods....) over quality for any of those shown. I note you are going longer scales though, otherwise I would recommend scoping some Music Man.

Most folks on this forum aren't bassists, just something to watch when you ask for req's, There are 4 or 5 of us here though

 

[facepalm66]

Most folks on this forum aren't bassists, just something to watch when you ask for req's, There are 4 or 5 of us here though

well dude... definitely not 4 or 5

 

[iron blast]

my vote is either a Dingwall or a warwick

 

[Cuddles]

the Spector will have more bite for your meshuggah than the rest but for an all around bass id say the Mtd i have the 5 string version and man its a beautiful. and think youd be happier with the mtd because of versitillity
another that id recommend would be Dingwall Combustion 5 SII

 

[TimSE]

I would love a Dingwall or Spector

 

[Goatfork]

Marleaux Consat Custom 6 FOR SURE.

(Hey man, make this thread a poll. It'll be easier.)

 

[jonajon91]

Okay, here we go!
Today, I went to bass direct with the idea of looking at some six string basses, with a decent budget. I knew that when I got there I would have to take those six choices down to one, however when I got them there I found out that the MTD had been sold ... and replaced with a slightly better version of the one that was sold! .

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So I still had six basses to choose from.
first up, the yamaha

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This was the cheapest on the list, and when I started playing, I could tell, lots of string rattle. GONE, and GONE with the other color!

five minutes later, I was onto the Marleaux Consat Custom 6

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and I can tell you, this thing sits on your knee like a freaking mold, its the most comfortable thing I have ever played, and I played it for a while! This one was definitely still in the running.

Next up was the new MTD

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mmmmmm... this was good.

after the MTD, I played the clover.

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This bass had everything, everything I tell you! Seriously, if you wanted to do something with the pickups you could do it, and then set it back to default with one flick of a switch.
unfortunately the lower arm was really short to allow access to the higher frets and it kept falling off my knee. GONE

lastly I played that spector

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'looking gooood', I thought, then I picked it up. THIS THING WEIGHED A TON!!!! There was no way I could hold this round my neck without dying which was a pity because it played like a gem. GONE


So there we have it, I was down to the MTD and the mar ... marl ... marleoughsck. hang on, im going to have to google this ... marleaux there we go.

randandandandaladadadandaaaaaaaAAAAAN!!!

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I chose the marleaux!
It was a tough choice, but the comfort and warm tone won out over the purple and the bite(ie) tone on the MTD.

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NGD coming soon!

 

[jonajon91]

Balls! Those pictures are coming up broken on my computer, can anyone else see them, or should I just put links?

edit - put links beside the pictures in case you cant see them