Well i got a friend whos on a very tight budget. He wants to buy a normal 4 string bass + amp for rm500

Thats quite impossible for first hand but maybe with 2nd hand bass and 2ndhand amps he could. So anywant wanna help me out??

If theres anyone who can help with 1st hand products with rm500 that would be really good. Just a normal bass and normal bass amp heh

leave out the amp and put the 500 all into the bass. It's more worth the investment. And good 2nd hand stuff are hard to come by in malaysia (from my experiences anyway...).

but then again hr cant play without amp, though my housemates got 2 guitar amps can i use that instead lol?

Ur guitar amp's speaker might burst if you use a bass.

So, umm are there any other way to get bass + amp without *upping* the budget heheh..

nope.
get the bass first, you can still practice getting used to the neck etc.
and you can still practice along unplugged, of cos the music cant be that loud...
and of cos provided you dont hit the strings like a sissy.

Heheheh thats not my problem, my friends *roflol*, so ill tell him that. Though still anyone wanna sell 2nd hand would still be accepted *he said that*

well...cheapest 2nd hand bass amps...those 15/20w ones...are still around RM250-300.
that doesnt leave anything at all for a bass.

oo.. most of them, well i hope theres a miracle for him. Though i saw a thread and pmed him a 40w bass amp for 270 and second hand bass santa cruz for 250. Take both rm500.. But still he has yet to reply heh

using a bass on a guitar amp won't cause the speakers to burst. Unless you push the volume to the max. But probably your eardrums will burst first. I use my kustom guitar practice amp to practice my bass. Besides, you can always use the hifi stereo as an amp. It works exactly the same.

Rather than squeezing everything into a small budget, buy less at one go. It's a better investment.

Yup, the speaker won't burst unless you push the volume. Another alternative, you can plug in to your PC mic port.

For RM 500, a SX Jazz-copy is a good start.