Its how much $ you want to spend really. Ive owned a few different Fender Jazz bass's, 4-string & 5-string. First of all, I would buy a 5-string because most popular styles of today's music require a five if you want to mimic today's covers correctly. The Fender Music Man would be my choice if I went that route with a 4-string. But the guage spacing of the strings are just to close on the five's, etc. If you do go 5-string, make sure the brand you choose has the wider guage string spacing. What I recommend for a beginner or anyone is Ibenez, they use the wide guage spacing. I have a Ibenez 5-string GSR-205, Active pickups, Transparent Red. Beautiful bass guitar, And it play's with the action & sound better, or just as good as bass guitars that I have had well over $1000.oo in. I payed a total of $300.oo for the Ibenez, including a new hard shell guitar case. So by far, I recommend Ibenez for a good low end bass. Good Luck!
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