Decided to Pick up the Bass

[djgucci528]

Totally stealing Jstrew's thread here, but since seeing the pups live a few days ago, I decided I wanna rock out on the bass. I already have a guitar, and it's really just been an every once in a while thing for the year I've had it. i never got so into it that i practiced it every day, even though i took lessons for a couple of months. So my question is the same as Jstrew's: I need a good, entry level bass that wont break the bank (under $400 for me) Any suggestions?
Also, I have an Ibanez GTA15R amp that I got from a starter pack, do I need a new amp for the bass as well or will this one work?
Thanks a lot guys!

[Hitman]

When i started playing bass, i bought my self a Squier starter bundle, it came with a bass, amp, cord, tuner, like everything that you need to begin. It was about $300 Canadian that i bought it for and it was actually a good quality instrument. And to answer your question, you should use a bass amp with a bass because the speaker in a bass amp is made specific to playing low frequencies where as a guitar amp is not so your bass won't sound as good and also you risk blowing the speaker in a guitar amp if you use a bass. Hope that helps