Richard:
I had occasion to ask my luthier buddy (the guy doing the repair on my F50R) the same question about 2 years ago, on behalf of my god-daughter. He said that one of the really good basses that is very often overlooked is the Yamaha bass family, either the RB or BB series. He said that they were very well made, had good pickups, and were almost always very cheap second hand.
Kostas
I had occasion to ask my luthier buddy (the guy doing the repair on my F50R) the same question about 2 years ago, on behalf of my god-daughter. He said that one of the really good basses that is very often overlooked is the Yamaha bass family, either the RB or BB series. He said that they were very well made, had good pickups, and were almost always very cheap second hand.
Kostas