|  | 
11-09-2004, 11:23 PM
|  | Endorsing Artist - See My Website | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Marana, AZ | | | Country Music and Fender
Sign in to disble this ad
I was watching the CMA's and I couldn't believe that not one Bass Player played Fender. What is Fender doing wrong when Country music used to be their bread and butter. I did notice a lot of Modulus', Warwick and MusicMan's. Just a wierd thing I thought when Fender used to dominant in this genre. |
11-09-2004, 11:27 PM
| | Endorsing Artist - See My Website | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Marana, AZ | | | Lakland's also. The last act used an old Fender. Not to mention, the singer was a freakin' hotty! |
11-09-2004, 11:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: N.W. Indiana, USA | | | Yeah, Laklands are huge in country.
Country has alot of hotties in it nowadays. It's just not Loretta Lynn anymore.. |
11-10-2004, 01:37 AM
| | Vorsprung durch Technik | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cologne, Germany | | | It's only natural, since there are more and more alternatives to Fender instruments, and since Country (and Western) got more diverse with influences from modern pop and rock etc. It's not all Grand Ol' Opry anymore, and so are the instruments.
Moved to Miscellaneous.
__________________
"El sueno de la razon produce monstruos."
"The sleep of reason brings forth monsters."
Francisco
Goya
|
11-10-2004, 10:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Martinez, CA | | | Twang
It seems that most country guys are playing 5 or more strings.
__________________
http://www.thestonesoupband.com
|
11-10-2004, 10:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New York, NY | | | It's all Dave Pomeroy's fault.
Roscoe Beck (Dixie Chicks, among others) still plays Fender.
__________________
There are no answers; only choices.
|
11-10-2004, 10:48 AM
| | Endorsing Artist - See My Website | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Marana, AZ | | | I am sure if Fender spent a little time and developed a 5 string that was worth a damn they would re-establish the prodominancy they had for years. |
11-10-2004, 10:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Spruce Grove Alberta | | Well, guitar is still fender dominant in country, and most genres I guess. My buddy is a guitarist in a country band, he wants a tele obviously, I told him to check out a G&L Asat, told him even Leo Fender says they are better, he said no, I want a real fender 
But As for bass, I see lots of stingray 5's. |
11-10-2004, 10:56 AM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | Yeah, the tele continues to reign supreme for guitar, but I have indeed noticed plenty of 'Rays and Modulii being used by the name acts I've opened for, working with a country band over the past year. I haven't noticed any Laklands, but I'm guessing that's just coincidence. Opened for a name Nashville act a couple of weeks ago. At soundcheck I noticed the bassist's 'Ray had action so low I think a string rattled by me simply looking at it. 
__________________
Boldly shooting my mouth off on the internet since 1994.
|
11-10-2004, 11:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: 6.02 x 10^23 microns away | | | I have noticed that even in guitars Fender is starting to loose ground. I thought I saw an ESP or 2 there, and there was definetly a good amount of Les Paul.
Rock on
Eric |
11-10-2004, 11:16 AM
| | Endorsing Artist - See My Website | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Marana, AZ | | | I saw a lot of Tom Anderson Guitars. The Tele style is still king. |
11-10-2004, 12:44 PM
|  | Knowledge is Good - Emile Faber | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA | | | It seems that the SR5 became the standard, and still is very popular, in modern country. I did not see the CMAs, but I always look at what bass players are playing in my favorite groups and, more often than not, it's a Ray 5. |
11-19-2004, 11:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Hartford, CT | | | I've never seen it close-up but I think Tim McGraw's band, Dance Hall Doctor's the bassist is using a Fender V. His wife, Faith Hill, her bassist is using a Fender V in some vidoes.
Also Alan Jackson's bassist, Fender Jazz.
They're no more, but Alabama's too. Just a few I've noticed sticking w/ Fender.
True though on the growing numbers of SR5's, Laklands, Even a couple Spectors. |
11-19-2004, 11:51 AM
| | | | country
I played Country & Western in Texas in 1979 & 1980 on a
Fretless 78 P-Bass.  Record producers & engineers
would not let you record if you did not have a P-Bass back
then.This old school way of thinking was typical of the industry back then.Things have gotten better.I saw a Garth
Brooks video some years ago and his sister betsy was playing a Carvin.And during a interview with Clint Black I saw on CMT
he was sitting with a Alembic in his hands in his home studio. |
11-19-2004, 01:51 PM
| | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Bernie Connors Yeah, Laklands are huge in country.
Country has alot of hotties in it nowadays. It's just not Loretta Lynn anymore.. |
Yeah, but almost none of them are country. Period. Bad rock-n-roll/pop/hip hop whatever you want to call it. A pretty belly button isn't talent. It's a bunch of garbage IMO. I hate what "country" music has become, and i love COUNTRY music. Not what's passing for it today. I think what really bothers me is what's called "country" when it's blatently not. Yes i'm a purist, no i won't apologize for it. I am going to play REAL country music the rest of my career, the market isn't huge for it, but there is a market for it, and it beats playing garbage and being a sellout. Gee, good thing i'm not opinionated huh? As far as basses, i play a Fender '51 reissue alot. My main gigging bass is a G&L L-2500, but i have an ASAT on custom order that will probably become my main gigging bass. You'll see all kinds of basses playing what passes for "country" now, but to me it's a moot point cuz they're not even actually playing anything resembeling country. Trent |
11-19-2004, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: footballscannotbekickediguess | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by TVD Yeah, but almost none of them are country. Period. Bad rock-n-roll/pop/hip hop whatever you want to call it. A pretty belly button isn't talent. It's a bunch of garbage IMO. I hate what "country" music has become, and i love COUNTRY music. Not what's passing for it today. I think what really bothers me is what's called "country" when it's blatently not. Yes i'm a purist, no i won't apologize for it. I am going to play REAL country music the rest of my career, the market isn't huge for it, but there is a market for it, and it beats playing garbage and being a sellout. Gee, good thing i'm not opinionated huh? As far as basses, i play a Fender '51 reissue alot. My main gigging bass is a G&L L-2500, but i have an ASAT on custom order that will probably become my main gigging bass. You'll see all kinds of basses playing what passes for "country" now, but to me it's a moot point cuz they're not even actually playing anything resembeling country. Trent | Take it easy, the South will rise again, a country boy will survive...
This is the flip side to "what is/is not 'punk.'"
__________________
*Recipient of the 2006 Time Magazine "Man Of The Year" Award*
|
11-19-2004, 08:25 PM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by firkinahsoul I was watching the CMA's and I couldn't believe that not one Bass Player played Fender. What is Fender doing wrong when Country music used to be their bread and butter. I did notice a lot of Modulus', Warwick and MusicMan's. Just a wierd thing I thought when Fender used to dominant in this genre. | There was a Sadowsky, too.
__________________
What is this thing called butthurt? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
