Recommendations For a Beginning Bass Player

[ChadRap127]

Ive been playing acoustic guitar for 2+ years.. and was just getting interested in Bass, i have no idea whats good, or what i want.. im just lookin to get a Bass for under 500$ and an amp for around 400$.. please leave your recommendations!

Chad

[thestand]

First thing is, don't be scared by cheap. All of my stuff (I've been playing bass for about 2 ½ years) is on the cheap end. Right now, my main bass is the Rouge six-string, which can be found on Musician's Friend for 279. My amp is a Behringer Head (about 279 on MF) through two Behringer cabinets (again, I think around 229 on MF). I've had this setup for about a year, and other then the bass having a little fret buzz (taken off by my local shop for free), there's been nothing wrong with it.

[ChadRap127]

Lookin for 5 string also.

[JG2121]

Lookin for 5 string also.
For $500?
Go with a squire, at least you know someone from fender walked by it at some point in time. (plus i have one so I'm partial)
http://www.squierguitars.com/products/?section=basses
P basses are heavier and have a thicker neck so I think they're better for rock, Jazz basses have a thinner neck that tends to be easier to get around on if your into playing a lot of notes