Can you guys recommend me a Bass.. guitar

[CYKLVM]

I have a PRS SE CE 24 guitar, what Bass should I buy that's around the same quality level? Budget is ideally 600 and under. I want it to be very versatile

[EyeCloud]

Do you mean versatile in range of sounds? I have a Precision Bass Special that was good before upgrades, but now has a set of replacement Seymour Duncan pickups and a Fender HiMass bridge.

There’s nothing I can’t do with it, and even if you leave it stock it gives you the best of P Bass and Jazz Bass worlds.

[jamcat]

Sterling by Music Man StingRay RAY4 active preamp bass

https://sterlingbymusicman.com/products ... black-bass

[Dirk Diggler]

Yeah I'd vote Sterling MM Stingray too in that price range.
P's and J's from Squier are not in the same class.
Stingray can go from vintage sound to modern, very diverse range of tone.
Active also helps for more modern tones and versatility.
The FSO's (fender shaped objects) really tend to sound great for vintage tone.

Another brand worth looking at is Yamaha, really good bang for the bucks.

[mountainmaster]

If you are primarily a guitar player maybe a short scale bass works better for you. I know it does for me.
I actually have a Sterling short scale bass coming my way. That is, if all goes well... it has been on back order ever since I placed the order in March.

[jamcat]

I actually have a Sterling short scale bass coming my way.

Is that a Music Man Sterling, or a "Sterling by Music Man" StingRay (or Sterling)?

The whole naming thing makes it a bit confusing. A bit of a backstory for those who don't know (or can't follow it):

In the 1980s, Ernie Ball (the company, by then run by Ernie's son, Sterling Ball) bought Music Man. It's actually been called "Ernie Ball Music Man" or "Music Man by Ernie Ball" since then. Back in the '90s, Sterling Ball redesigned the StringRay (which itself was designed by Leo Fender in the '70s with input from Sterling), making a sleeker version of the StingRay that looks mostly the same, but smaller, with a shorter scale and without the metal plate under the knobs. It is (or was) a fairly pricey bass, costing about what a StingRay does, or a little more.

At some point after all that, Music Man came out with a budget line, similar to Squire, called "Sterling by Music Man". Or I suppose the full name is "Sterling by Music Man by Ernie Ball."

So if you get a Music Man Sterling, that is an expensive bass. It may or may not still be in production. If you get a "Sterling by Music Man" you get a budget (but still very high quality) bass. To make it all even more confusing, you can get a Sterling by Music Man Sterling, which is definitely still in production. Yes, there is a budget Sterling by Music Man version of the Music Man by Ernie Ball Sterling model. And yes, it actually says "Sterling" twice on the headstock.

Apparently, the Sterling by Music Man Sterling is passive. The original Ernie Ball Music Man Sterling is most definitely active.