Another "guess which bass is the fender P" thread

[FBS1996]

Hey everyone

I know you're probably getting sick of these threads, but I just recently purchased a sound card and I'm just testing it out. I thought I'd do a sound demo of my 3 P basses (A fender, a squier and a westfield). A westfield is a real cheap company (price wise, they're probably on par with SX, if not a bit cheaper)

I'm using the same strings on each bass (EB Hybrids Rounds) and all basses are plugged straight into an M-audio fast track then into Audacity. No effects, EQs or comps are used (hence why it almost clips on some notes) to capture to true sound of each bass. All basses have the stock pickups that were installed on the bass in the factories

Basses 1 and 2 have a maple fretboard. Bass 3 has a rosewood board.

Precision Bass Blind Test (Fender vs Squier vs Copy) - YouTube

Bass 1 starts at 0:00
Bass 2 starts at 1:44
Bass 3 starts at 3:18

See if you can guess which bass is which. Thanks for your time

UPDATE: I've just uploaded this to my soundcloud. The sound qualities a bit better (not a huge difference) http://soundcloud.com/fbs96/3-precision-basses-blind-test

 

[DeliriumTremens]

total guess but I think 1 is the squier, 2 the fender and 3 the westfield

 

[iunno]

2 is the Fender for sure and I think 1 is the Westfield and 3 is the Squier.

 

[FBS1996]

Keeping guessing guys! I will reveal the answers shortly, maybe after 15-20ish posts

 

[cassius987]

Am I the only one who can't hear it? Everything else on my comp is working fine sound-wise, and yep, the video volume is full up.

By the way... I wouldn't do YT uploads for this in the future as it degrades audio a bit when you upload. Sound file hosting is probably better.

 

[tabdog]

2

Tabdog

 

[mfromwhere]

1 fender
2 Westfield
3 Squier

 

[FBS1996]

Am I the only one who can't hear it? Everything else on my comp is working fine sound-wise, and yep, the video volume is full up.

By the way... I wouldn't do YT uploads for this in the future as it degrades audio a bit when you upload. Sound file hosting is probably better.

Are both speakers working? All the sounds has gone to the right speaker when I put it in audacity. Nothing comes out the left.
Should I upload it to my soundcloud account to get a better sound?

 

[cassius987]

Oh that might be what the deal is. One of the drivers on my "casual use" headphones is kind of dodgy but it usually works just fine. (Need to replace these soon...)

 

[RyanJD]

Yeah I'm pretty sure 2 is Fender.
3 is Squier
1 is Westfield

...maybe?

BTW...I had to turn my volume way up to hear the basses and then you play a stupid loud punk song at the end.
Well played.

 

[sevdog]

I won't pretend to be able to tell. I'm definitely in the "Fender ain't necessarily the best" camp and I'd be willing to bet that a simple pickup swap would result in each of the basses sounding just like the other.

So, I didn't vote but if I had to choose favorites here's my order:

First Place: Bass 2
Second Place: Bass 3
Third Place: Bass 1

I'm interested to see which is which.

 

[sloppy_phil]

1 - Westfield
2 - Fender
3 - Squier

$0.02

 

[jmbjandfam]

2

 

[FBS1996]

BTW...I had to turn my volume way up to hear the basses and then you play a stupid loud punk song at the end.
Well played.

Haha, sorry dude

 

[StuartV]

Oops. Clicked 2, when I meant to vote for 3, and it won't let me change it. Oh, well.

 

[StuartV]

I think #2 is the Rosewood board. But, I liked the tone of #3 the best, so that's what I meant to vote for.

 

[FBS1996]

I think #2 is the Rosewood board. But, I liked the tone of #3 the best, so that's what I meant to vote for.

Number 3 has the rosewood board my friend. Tone wise, I can't hear the difference between maple and rosewood anyway

 

[FBS1996]

ANSWERS

Well this thread didn't take off as well as I'd hoped but I better tell you the answers before I end up forgetting them myself. It think some of you will be pretty surprised

1) Squier Standard Precision Bass Special (Maple Board)
2) Westfield B1000 (Maple Board)
3) Fender Mexican Standard Precision Bass (Rosewood Board)

 

[StuartV]

ANSWERS

3) Fender Mexican Standard Precision Bass (Rosewood Board)

Well, I'm totally not sold on the whole Rosewood vs Maple tone difference thing, anyway. But at least I got the Fender right.

 

[mfromwhere]

I was close.

Couldn't distinguish much between 1&3 so I guessed... Incorrectly.