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09-08-2010, 08:19 PM
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...and why is that so popular?
I just picked up a Fender Precision 5.....and I have to say the pickups are much lower output then any other bass I've player......is that the Fender tone? low output?
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09-08-2010, 08:22 PM
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09-08-2010, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by JoshuaTSP  ...and why is that so popular?
I just picked up a Fender Precision 5.....and I have to say the pickups are much lower output then any other bass I've player......is that the Fender tone? low output? | No. That's not the Fender tone. But this is a classic troll post.
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09-08-2010, 08:50 PM
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09-08-2010, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by WoodyG3 No. That's not the Fender tone. But this is a classic troll post. | 
Agreed. |
09-08-2010, 08:54 PM
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I had a MIA Fender Jazz V that was fairly low in output too? :idk:
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09-08-2010, 09:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts | | Low output has nothing to do with tone. That's what volume knobs are made for. 
Tone - at least to me - is the coloration of the sound based on all of the components (especially the pickups). Listen to quite a bit of recorded history that has been recorded with either a Precision or Jazz. THAT is the Fender sound. Some love it. Others don't. Engineers love it because they can dial it in quickly.
Other builders, such as Sadowsky and Lakland, have refined that Fender style (body wise) and sound, but yet it's not so far out there it wouldn't just drop in place of a Fender product. |
09-08-2010, 09:01 PM
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Marketing.
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09-08-2010, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Edward G. What makes a Fender sound like a fender?
Marketing. | THAT is a troll post. |
09-08-2010, 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Craig_S THAT is a troll post. | Most def.
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09-08-2010, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by JoshuaTSP ...and why is that so popular?
I just picked up a Fender Precision 5.....and I have to say the pickups are much lower output then any other bass I've player......is that the Fender tone? low output? | What pickups are in that bass?
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09-08-2010, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Edward G. What makes a Fender sound like a fender?
Marketing. | Not to mention litigation  |
09-08-2010, 09:14 PM
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09-08-2010, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by JoshuaTSP ...and why is that so popular?
I just picked up a Fender Precision 5.....and I have to say the pickups are much lower output then any other bass I've player......is that the Fender tone? low output? | I have a P5 as my main bass, and yeah, it's pretty mellow on the output side. The pickup in the '08s is probably a lot more modern and smooth than the traditional P tone. I changed the pup to a Nordstrand, which gave it a big thumpy tone and hot output. I changed it back to the Fender though, because it sounded so smooth and crisp.
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09-08-2010, 09:23 PM
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09-08-2010, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Craig_S THAT is a troll post. |
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09-08-2010, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by martybernal What pickups are in that bass? | Stock.
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09-08-2010, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by CapnSev I have a P5 as my main bass, and yeah, it's pretty mellow on the output side. The pickup in the '08s is probably a lot more modern and smooth than the traditional P tone. I changed the pup to a Nordstrand, which gave it a big thumpy tone and hot output. I changed it back to the Fender though, because it sounded so smooth and crisp. | So you so don't think the P5 sounds like a traditional P?
How is it different? You didn't dig the Nordy?
(I have a Yamaha Attitude with Dimarzio double rail P pickups that I really like. Fairly high output and really thumpy)
I thought the P5 was thumpy, but fairly bright?
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09-08-2010, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Edward G. What makes a Fender sound like a fender?
Marketing. | That's exactly what I thought when I read the thread title. Not trolling, I love my Precision  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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