Used Alvarez Bass Guitar

Used Bass Guitars:

Alembic
Alvarez
Ampeg
Aria Pro II
BC Rich
Brian Moore
Burns
Carlo Robelli
Charvel
Conklin
Copley
Cort
Daion
Daisy Rock
Danelectro
Dean
DeArmond
Dillion
Drive
EKO
Electra
Epiphone
Ernie Ball Music Man
ESP
Fender
Fernandes
Fodera
Framus
G&L
Galveston
Gibson
Godin
Gretsch
Guild
Hagstrom
Hamer
Hartke
Hayman
Heartfield
Hohner
Hondo
Hofner
Ibanez
Jackson
Jay Turser
JB Player
Johnson
Kawai
Kay
Ken Smith
Kramer
Kubicki
Lakland
Line 6
Lotus
Martin
Michael Kelly
Modulus
Mosrite
MTD
Musicman
Music Man
OLP
Oscar Schmidt
Ovation
Parker
Peavey
Pedulla
PRS
Reverend
Rickenbacker
Rogue
Roscoe
Sadowsky
Saga
Samick
Schecter
Series 10
Sigma
Silvertone
Spector
Squier
Stagg
Steinberger
Sukop
SX
Tacoma
Takamine
Tanglewood
Taylor
Teisco
Tobias
Tokai
Traben
Univox
US Master
Valley Arts
Vantage
Vox
Wal
Warrior
Warwick
Washburn
Westone
Wish Bass
Yamaha
Zon

Buying a Used Bass Guitar Tips & Tricks:

What type of used bass guitar do you recommend for around $500? When I go to musiciansfreind , what bass guitars should I test out?

I don't think you can go wrong with a Fender in that price range. A jazz bass will be a bit more suited to a guitar player as the neck is thinner than the P-Bass.

I've had my used fender Mexican P-Bass (~$300) for about 8 years and have beaten the living tar out of it. It's done hundreds of gigs and traveled nearly 30,000 miles with all original hardware and electronics. And yet, I still prefer it's action and playability over many basses I pick up at the stores. Although I must admit a fret job is in it's near future from the heavy use, but that's nothing any bass would need well into a hard life.

Instead of the Mexi used Jazz Bass I'd shoot for a used American Series fender bass guitar.
Better built & engineered aprox $500 everywhere.

As for the Jazz Vs. the Precision-Bass. The Jazz string spacing is tighter & it has two single coil pickups which both have to be turned up full to cancel any computer noise. Adjust them in any other way & you will get a lot of 60 cycle hum through your signal chain.

As for the P-Bass, it has a fuller bodied tone thanks to the humbucking P- pickup, better string spacing as well, & no Computer noise interference due to that fact that it's always humbucking (one Volume knob).

All user preferences I know, but I guess though you should at least be aware of the differences.

As for Bass pre amplification before tracking to disk, many bass players & recording engineers would agree that you can't go wrong with the SANS Amp Bass Driver DI.