I'm thinking of picking up a cheap Bass and Amp for use at home. Since its only for in-house use for myself and grandson (both of us are mediocre Guitarists and neither of whom have ever played or know anything about Bass Guitars!) I don't want to spend much unless we get into the instrument and decide to take it more seriously. Right now its just exploratory.
I see there are several cheap beginner packs like this one around :-
https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/LA-Bass-Guitar-and-15W-Amp-Pack-Blue/1F Looking on ebay, Facebook, etc. I can't see anything on the local used market which looks remotely trustworthy.
I'd be very interested in the panel's thoughts.
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Home use only points towards a low wattage solid state or digital modelling amplifier.
If both items are to be purchased together, it might work out more affordably to buy the instrument and amp together as a "starter pack".
Sometimes the fretends, trussrod or intonation needs sorted, but isn't that the case with something more expensive too?
Home amp, my suggestion is: if you have an external sound card use it with a DAW and save the money, if not try a cube amp or something like that.
DAW: Digital Audio Workstation (logic, protools, reaper), stay away from it !!!