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$100 bass vs $10,000 bass
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A better title for his video might have been:
"As a proficient player, herein you can see that I am able to take any instrument that is in tune and set up sound good, irrespective of cost! Of course to think that the Lindo or relatively cheap Fender can equal the build and playability of a master-built Fodera is silly, but any way..."
Maybe a little bit wordy though...
"As a proficient player, herein you can see that I am able to take any instrument that is in tune and set up sound good, irrespective of cost! Of course to think that the Lindo or relatively cheap Fender can equal the build and playability of a master-built Fodera is silly, but any way..."
Maybe a little bit wordy though...
This community is so negative...it's a well edited video and he plays them all fine.
Why take so many shots at the guy? If you think you can make a better comparison video, then do one yourself.
Why take so many shots at the guy? If you think you can make a better comparison video, then do one yourself.
I'm not taking any shots at the guy... I like him!
I think most of the "negativity" that you speak of is about the premise itself... "$100 Bass > /= than a Fodera"....
I dunno about that...
Old and bitter online community is old and bitter, you say?
I don't know about anyone else, I wasn't taking any shots at him. But the idea of three very different sounding basses being used to play in one specific style and uploaded to the very compressed, less than ideal YouTube format doesn't make it all that useful.
He's a great and entertaining player. It's a bad comparison with a clickbaity title. Both can be true.
Funny? I first ran into this stuff around 1969, at a store pushing Sunn amplifiers. I'd been playing, maybe a year. They invited the band in to try things out. I had my Teisco Delray short scale and the Sunn 2x15 (not sure of the head) seemed boomy. The sales guy gave my a Gibson EB2 to try. I sure felt nice, but it was still boomy, and wasn't as loud. I did not develop a fondness for Sunn, and while I did get a used EB0 (I could afford), a bit later I wound up with a used Telecaster, and it's been Fender ever since for basses. Then I found 10" speakers ...
Nothing wrong with someone playing a $10K instrument (although I don't have any near that price). If a taxi driver can justify a $20,000 tool to do his job, I think $10K is pretty reasonable for someone that makes real art (or is a patron supporting someone making a nice looking piece of art. If I add up all my basses, I get to most of that figure, and I realized recently that all my basses put together cost about as much as... 1 cheap imported upright piano. Or half a pretty good bassoon.
Yo Yo Ma has a cello that's...OK, I don't know it's worth exactly, but I know that even he (the most successful cellist on the planet) can't afford it - some really rich people bought it for him to use, because they figured that instrument should be in his hands.
Then again, Jaco made some pretty spectacular art on a beat up old Fender, which, I bet in my hands, wouldn't sound so great.
Yo Yo Ma has a cello that's...OK, I don't know it's worth exactly, but I know that even he (the most successful cellist on the planet) can't afford it - some really rich people bought it for him to use, because they figured that instrument should be in his hands.
Then again, Jaco made some pretty spectacular art on a beat up old Fender, which, I bet in my hands, wouldn't sound so great.
He's a really good bass player and lays down some funky slap IMO. Also he's a respected TB'er just look around a little.
Hey, Kudos to him. He's got you all talking! 
The guy puts a lot of work into his videos. Maybe a lot of them might not be your cup of tea but look at how much he's doing with bass. I give him credit for being more than a couch critic.
The guy puts a lot of work into his videos. Maybe a lot of them might not be your cup of tea but look at how much he's doing with bass. I give him credit for being more than a couch critic.
Watch your local CL. You can find one minty for 90$.Exactly, it's all in the fingers and now I'll sell my expensive basses (including my fodera) and buy a Lindo p bass for $100. Cheers!
Hey, Kudos to him. He's got you all talking!
The guy puts a lot of work into his videos. Maybe a lot of them might not be your cup of tea but look at how much he's doing with bass. I give him credit for being more than a couch critic.
Much, much more! He took time to learn how to play the bass much more than decently which is much more than I can claim.. Then he started promoting himself on youtube and continues to improve and put himself out there more and more. This is a big plus for the bass world in general.
I enjoyed it, and do enjoy most of his videos. I just think the dude can play, and has a sense of humor I find funny.
What I took from the video is each of the three basses can sound good in its own way.
What I took from the video is each of the three basses can sound good in its own way.
A few years ago I read an article in the UK Guitarist magazine where they were comparing four (if I remember correctly) boutique amplifiers and had two decent but mass produced amps as well. In the blind tests most people couldn't pick exactly which amp was which and one of the lower priced amps actually came in second on their points tally.
What really stood out to everyone was that they could pick the player on any of the amps. While there was a definite difference in each amp everyone could pick the style and tone of each other quite easily.
All three basses sounded great. Really the differences were mostly EQ and minor detail, but that can be compensated for, and even at that, mixed into a band where the much of the fine detail and flavor of tone is lost and you'd never know the difference. I would have liked this even better had it been a blind test. A week ago I bought a used short scale Daisy Rock Heartbreaker bass for $175 and that thing just rocks. It sounds awesome. It has got some serious neck dive and short scales are not my thing, but otherwise the tone is just fantastic. I've purchased basses for over 2 grand that didn't sound as good either by itself or within the context of a band. Yes, it is all in the fingers along with the way we set our EQ, plus add in room acoustics and there you go. While there are crappy basses out there, one thing I know for sure is that an awesome playing, sounding and looking bass can easily be had for under $500. In over 35 years of playing the best sounding bass I've have ever owned, and this is after purchasing well over 100 of them, was a used MIM Fender 50's reissue P bass with an upgraded pickup. $550 bucks and nothing I've ever owned beats that bass.
I'd tell you to get off my lawn, but I need to go take my medication...
