Ranking Bass Brands Worst To Best

All of the top five are phenomenal choices for a working musician with a tight budget! Great video!

Thanks for your opinions on BASS

Wow! Super great presentatiom, was easy to lusten too and informative. I own a schecter stilletto exteme and love it! Only complaints are small like battery access, lack of thumb rest (love one built into yamaha pickups), maybe knob identification but like i say very small nit picks.

Awesome list. Above 600 please!

Disagree ,Peavey Milestone BXP is the best cheap bass on the market

Schecter? Cmon man 😅

And I'm not a fan of epiphone basses because of that stupid three point Bridge

I love Peavey for the sole fact that you don't have to look forever to find a 35 inch 4 string.

26th?! I was shocked on your assessment of MTD. Have you heard, played one? Again, shocking.

Lets see the mid range top ten worst to best (60-1000 usd price point). Loved this video. Keep this going, please.

I feel like every Bassist I know has an Ibanez kicking around somewhere, myself included!

I had a $300 Gio Ibanez and found it had great bang for the buck so I upgraded to the Premium 2600 and it absolutely thumps

Epiphone was better when they still made instruments in Korea

I'm surprised.

I have an Ibanez and a Schecter. Damn, I am smart

Phil, what bass is on the thumbnail of this video? MM-Jazz-Precision pickups?

Coming from a country with like 1 musical instrument brand...Every brand is an import brand hahah

I own an Aria Pro 2 and before I was ready to own a bass I got to chose a Fender P bass together so, I had the luck to play them side by side. The Aria was the best choice for tone with passive pickups and comfort. At 65 I now have arthritis, comfort is important now.

I love my G&L Tribute and would have to rank them much higher along with Aria. While I loved Ibanez guitars back in the 80's and 90's I have never cared much for their basses. Squier has never impressed me either. I know Fender is the be all end all name in basses and guitars but even Leo said his best work was with G&L.

Schecter for the WIN!! Absoloutely love the Stiletto's body shape, finishes, playability out of the box and overall value. I'd say Schecter is the cat's pajamas.

There is something else good about Harley Benton, the reason why I am getting one: They are one of the few that offer a model with a precision pickup paired with a humbucker at a good price.

Sire should score much higher. Incredible much better than Squire and Ibanez, and their brand value is increasing. I guess youre not really a bassist.

Wow. Schecter. Not even on my radar at any time. 🙂Totally agree about Ibanez.

Very happy with my cort B5.....got it for a steal deal and it is a very well made instrument....

You didn’t say why G&l was so low on the list

I think Yamaha is so underrated as a bass company, the range and value for money is unparalleled, I have an old RBX751 that was still in perfect tune after not playing it for 3 years, thing is an absolute rock and a tone monster. I still love my fenders but am thinking of adding more yami's to the collection.

Schecter is making a serious play for the bass market across most price points and that they increased the lines offered since you made this video (and they actually make lefties fairly regularly), watch for schecter, theyre quickly becoming the go-to for basses

Washburn?

And just like that... Schecters are out of stock.... :D Thanks for this video Phil! I actually just bought an Ibanez Sound Gear SR300e used and although i absolutely hate the color, its the Chared Chamagne Burst, i got it for a great deal and it was practically brand new. We'll see how it grows on me, either that or i paint it in just the dark brown tone which i do like better than the champagne tone, or maybe just strip it and stain it to a nice woodsy grain. Keep the great content coming as always!

I would love to see your high end ranking.

Luna, where are they ? They only have the Tattoo model in 30 & 34 scale length.

What bass is that in the thumbnail?

I would have put harley benton way higher, and you ain't getting a fujigen for 600 buck's shipped to the US (they make amazing basses tho there double p is awesome) sire is doing amazing work with there p5/d5/j5 passive line.

Would love to see you review some of the different lines of Bacchus bass. The entry level Universe series starts at around $200, the Global starts at around $500 and the craft series which is made in Japan and starts at a little north of $800. These are Canadian prices so I imagine it will be slightly less for the USA. They seem to get quite a bit of love on talkbass, but would love to see a review of this brand from someone I trust.

brand cort its good?

Interestingly, I'm currently shopping and trying to decide between a Schecter Stiletto Studio and an Ibanez SR500. Thanks for the listing.

Love those Schecters

So as far as Schecter's lowest score being features, I'm sure that's averaging all their different basses in the price point in question. But I gotta say, I got my Schecter CV-4 specifically for the features, including the tonal versatility, and it quickly became my main bass.

If you like Japanese basses you need to check out Bacchus

Thank you everyone rates budget basses or 700 dollar and up basses this hit the target for me 300-600 dollar range is prefect

I have a peavey foundation and a grind. Love ‘em. Would not trade them for the world. Well probably a Warwick and and a Spector maybe

no way g&l is under any Squier

Ibanez makes some seriously great basses for next to nothing. I’ve played American fenders that play worse than my $600 Ibanez. I’m convinced that they’ve made a deal with the devil to make their necks absolutely perfect.

Good video

I agree with Schecter and number 1 I don't agree with a lot of the companies were they were place based on the one fact that have no offering for left handed players examples Yamaha and Jackson off the top of my head. I do think Marcus Miller should have been number 2 as the pre amp and pickups you get there there top basses are exactly same in the lower end ones and the still roll the fretboards how many companies can you say do that :)

I’m actually happy to see Spector kinda high on this list. I bought one of their legend series basses and it’s amazing made me a huge fan of the brand.

Really helpful video!! I agree with Vintage; my current Vintage VJ74 has the issues you mentioned. And I just bought a Cort B5, so I'm on the right track. This will help with my next bass in future!

Sire should’ve been 1 or 2. No way these other brands are better value.

Can you do a bass video on 300$ and under