Hi I use a Warwick - its an easy to use amp. Soundes great. I use a peavey 410 box. Its a exellent setup.
It depends what kind of genre you play, Fender P-Bass is good punk, Stingray is good hard rock, Warwick is good metal, Rickenbacker is good inde.
For punk rock, I would get a Fender P-Bass. The sound has attitude, which is very good for punk rock. And for metal, I would get a Stingray. Stingrays have a solid, powerful sound. An alternative for a metal bass besides Stingray is a Warwick, they sound quite like the Stingray, except they're not as good for bass rifts and popping. Hope I helped. Keep on playing. :)
It is a question of taste, and of the sound you want. In rock the most common bass guitars are Fender Jazz bass or Precision. They are quite "neutral" (in the sense the sound is near to natural sound) and easily allow to add effects. So they are fit to play a lot of style of music. But there are very some very good brandmarks - Musicman, Godin, Warwick, Yamaha, Rickenbacker ... and some independent bass guitar builders. What I can advise is to test as many basses as possible, to feel it and to find a good amp and eventually effects to find "your" own sound. Concerning the quality, some would say that the more expensive the instrument is, the better it is. For example, Fender builds basses in America, Korea, Japan and Mexico. The Americans are most expensive, but it is really worth it. As far as I'm concerned, I play with a Warwick Rock Bass.
Check out some Bass-DVDs, they are a good help.
Well, a bass which has served a good friend of mine very well has been the Dean Z Vintage bass.
Warwick Castle is a very good defensive model. It is a good example of concentric defensive system that involves several walls in circles that make invading with a large force very difficult.
A good quality bass is at minimum 300$, now not to say a bass under that is bad, bass guitars depend on what genre you play. Example, Fender is a good punk rock bass, but I have a classic Fender P-Bass at 210$. it is an amazing punk bass for the price. So I personally wouldn't relate a bass to money and quality, some bass guitars are good for some kinds of music, and some are not. Find out what genre you like, and buy a recommended bass for that genre.
Selmer 1430P Bass Clarinet.
Bass Head by Bassnector also most of the stuff from bassnector is good
because you cant photoshop a good striped bass
if you are a beginner on the bass a good bass would be a squier affinity series jazz bass or precision bass. the jazz bass has a slimmer neck than the p bass but the p bass is a better bass for crunchy tone . i got the pbass.
Rogue makes some good left handed bass guitars.