Recent content by praxiscat

So I thought I would chime in because I play the omnibass myself, and precisely why I do. Why the shorter scale is part of the appeal for me. I should note, I take this as its own instrument, neither bass guitar, or upright acoustic. While there are some purists who insist on 3/4 scale double...

Fender paid off half of its debt last year, and is on track to pay it all off this year. Fender is in a much healthier position than Gibson in terms of debt and is a far better managed company. Don't worry, those P-Bass and Jazz Basses are not going away.

1 and 2 are related. The quality issue is the engineering issues are related, especially in regards to the neck/headstock. It needs a complete redesign and tradition needs to be thrown out to do this. But on number 1. Their pricing is too high already in relationship to the low quality. The...

Also improve quality, like fender. But yeah, gibson needs to be more like fender. There is no middle rung for gibson the same way fender has with MIM guitars. Which are really popular with musicians. The MIA became aspiration, and fender even kept many of those within economic reach (1.5k give...

First off fender is not in the same position as gibson. They paid off half their debt, and have $100 million. They are healthy these days because the acoustic market and uke market is healthy. As is the amp and PA market. Fender is on the low and mid end of the acoustic market, so they are in...

I just got myself an five string omnibass, and I must say I love it. The scale is pretty perfect for me, as is the weight. I have smaller hands and have no issue traversing around the fingerboard. I might change the tuning from low B to high C on the fifth string, but that is because this is the...