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11-28-2011, 01:26 PM
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How is it that every bass selling or sold on Talkbass, regardless of price, age, condition, use or lack of use, is a better bass than any Fender? Some ads just seem to trot out the same B.S. funny really. Every bass being sold is Fantastic!
I am so confused which one to buy!!!!
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11-28-2011, 01:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sierra Vista, AZ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by basstodave  How is it that every bass selling or sold on Talkbass, regardless of price, age, condition, use or lack of use, is a better bass than any Fender? Some ads just seem to trot out the same B.S. funny really. No, really, every bass being sold is Fantastic! | I know. Strange. Same thing when I go to any retail store, if you read the description of the product being sold, they all sound like they're good or something. |
11-28-2011, 01:29 PM
|  | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | So is every used car sitting on a dealer's lot. Would you buy a car (or bass) if it were advertised as "just OK"? Or "decent"? Of course not. It's called marketing, my boy, and when used effectively, can really work.  |
11-28-2011, 01:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: arizona | | | Lately, last few years, I have to work up a fair amount of courage to even step foot into a retail, brick and mortar, store. |
11-28-2011, 01:37 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Highlands Ranch, CO. | | | Yes, and every bass in the classified ads is a bass which the current owner "Just had to have", and now, probably due to G.A.S., is on its way out the door... |
11-28-2011, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by basstodave Lately, last few years, I have to work up a fair amount of courage to even step foot into a retail, brick and mortar, store. | OK....
BTW I gotta Warwick Rockbass that sucks worse than any Fender, wanna buy it?
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11-28-2011, 01:40 PM
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Brand Manager, Brubaker Brute Series Basses | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asbury Park, NJ | | I actually find most of the gear for sale here is normally better then most Fender stock items. Why? Because its bought, used and cared for by real bassists, and often they are upgraded to better electronics, better nuts, bridges, etc.
However, I would agree, an Ibanez 400 with upgrades still won't outdo the low serial number vintage '51 or '57 P, or the '61 stacked knob Jazz.
My Kubicki's and Steinbergers, however, are all much better then Fender.... 
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11-28-2011, 01:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by superdick2112 Yes, and every bass in the classified ads is a bass which the current owner "Just had to have", and now, probably due to G.A.S., is on its way out the door... | My Rob Allen Mouse is something I wanted to try and now that I have and have other priorities (read into that whatever you want I guess) it is for sale. It is a great bass. It is better than a Fender as Fender doesn't offer this type of bass.
Yeah, some ads read funny, and there are some obvious cliches out there, but for some basses/ads, it's the truth. There are also ads that say straight out that this is a parts bass, or there is a knob missing, etc.
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11-28-2011, 01:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Flint, Michigan | | | What did you expect?.....
"This bass is a turd, but myth busters has proven that you can in fact polish a turd. $500 obo." |
11-28-2011, 01:44 PM
|  | Robzilla | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Casper Wyoming USA | | | I swear the squire bass I have for sale plays better then any Fender I ever played. I know it's missing the bridge and e tuning knob but you don't really need those any way
Could be yours for 850!
Don't mind I've bumped it 47 times! |
11-28-2011, 01:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blimp City | | | Ehh...everybody has been trying to knock Fender out of the bass game for years, last I looked they are still tryin.
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11-28-2011, 02:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: arizona | | | Well, Fender seems to be the production guitar company that is used in many of the TB ads as the holy grail. From vintage to modern. I didn't start the thread to evaluate Fender's place in the market or in guitar history but rather as the comparison most often made as a reference point for some very funny ads. |
11-28-2011, 02:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Saint John, NB, Canada | | Well, that's like saying my Chevy is better than any Mercedes. Seeing as Merc is the Holy Grail to many car guys. They were the first, so anything else has to compare.
IMO, YMMV
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11-28-2011, 02:19 PM
|  | Bassasorous | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: charles town, wv | | | It is odd that everyone is selling the best bass they've ever played. |
11-28-2011, 02:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia | | | Its kind of like eBay where everything is "rare" |
11-28-2011, 02:23 PM
|  | My Forte is my forte | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: La Jolla, CA | | Who is going to buy something that is marketed like this:
"Old bass, neck is ok kinda, pups are sorta ok, the finish is clean, no scratches, but it's ok"
Yeah. Ah, no. Don't get your Fender love panties in a wad. In my experience, used Fenders are better - because trying them new at a store is hit or miss most times.
Sheesh. |
11-28-2011, 02:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SF Bay Area North CA | | | Why are people asking questions that have no common sense? |
11-28-2011, 02:29 PM
|  | Corevalay.com | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: New Jersey | | | Well I AM selling a Fender... so what does that mean??
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11-28-2011, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by superdick2112 Yes, and every bass in the classified ads is a bass which the current owner "Just had to have", and now, probably due to G.A.S., is on its way out the door... | sometimes it is true...
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11-28-2011, 02:30 PM
| | My Forte is my forte | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: La Jolla, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by essentre Well I AM selling a Fender... so what does that mean?? | Your bass is still better than a Fender. LOL | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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