Anyone else have Logo "Reverse Prejudice"?

[KingRazor]

My firsthand experience with Squier in the 90s has left a lasting bad taste in my mouth. Squiers are made with the absolute lowest quality of wood and metal and labor, so Fender can still make a profit on them after shipping them over the ocean. I will never, never spend money on a cheap import bass ever again. Quality is worth it.

If Squier is truly made with the "lowest quality" materials...then I guess the "quality" of materials has nothing to do with how good the bass is!

I routinely find and play Squiers that blow away more expensive basses. If they're made out of cheap stuff, then I guess I like cheap stuff.

 

[darkstorm]

I'm only prejudiced against brands whose qaulity is consistenty poor and who use cheap grade electronics and that have things like soft metal for frets. Todays better squires and the set neck and neck thru epiphones are consitently better qc and workmanship then their american counterparts from the 70s ussually where imo.

 

[csm672]

Well, I was in GC with $800 to spend on my first bass and I walked out with a $250 Gretsch Electromatic Jr. bass. I hated the color (too close to black), didn't want a short scale bass (after reading on here and other places, I was sure that I needed a long scale), and can't stand the LP body shape. When I arrived I really wanted a J bass in a burst, but after playing every bass they had, I bought the ugliest short scale they had because I liked the sound no matter where I moved the knobs! I wound up buying another one to convert to fretless. So no, I don't care what it has written on it, just as long as it sounds good and plays well. I have more basses now, but I still play the ugly one at every jam we have. There is no bass that sounds as good as an ugly bass!

 

[GBassNorth]

To take one of the other posters comments a step further - if you were put in a Guitar Center and told you could have any ONE bass in the store AND you were told you couldn't flip it and it would be the only bass you could ever play... would you really grab the most expensive thing on the rack or would you try everything they had in the store to see which one you actually liked best?
I know I'd try everything! If I gonna be stuck with it I better like it.
I darn near have tried every bass in the store on some occasions and oddly enough one time I walked out with a Squier Affinity Jazz 5 and well over a $1000 left in my pocket. It was the best playing Jazz and the best sounding 5 string they had in the store that day. Guess that sticker on the headstock isn't as important as some people think it is.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

....AND you were told you couldn't flip it and it would be the only bass you could ever play... would you really grab the most expensive thing on the rack or would you try everything they had in the store to see which one you actually liked best?.

This. I was going to post the exact same thing. A better, more revealing proposition.

 

[The Lemon]

They can afford it. People would just rather not pay for the US worker's living wage and health care.

Hey, *******, go ahead and pick through my ramen and dollar menu budget, and tell me how much a factory worker who makes twice as much as me is entitled to?

Lots of "the label doesn't matter" talk going on. Not buying it for a minute.


How many of this crowd, given the opportunity to choose anything in GC's inventory for free, would choose a Squier CV bass? Answer - none.

I'd go as high as MIM, and only because CV's don't come in Candy Apple.

This whole "a bass is a tool" attitude is a complete crock. Anyone who really thought that wouldn't be camping out in a gear forum.

I think we've all located the tool around here, thanks.

Troll harder, ******.

 

[xxx666]

Wow!

 

[Rip Topaz]

The amount of ink on the headstock contributes negligibly to the tone.
So frankly, I couldn't give a common rat's hindquarters.

Seriously. Five minutes with some sandpaper and no one is jealous.

 

[bolophonic]

No. I play cheap Fenders. Something about the Squier logo is less iconic to me. One of my lifetime goals is to pare down my consumption of cheap Chinese imports to the barest minimum.

 

[gary m]

Not really ...it's all about tone and feel. I've tried Pedullas and MTDs, and they just don't feel "easy" to play. By comparison, my lowly Fender Cowpoke practically plays itself.

The best "feeling" bass I've ever encountered was an Epiphone Allen Woody ...not exactly a high end instrument, but who cares? If the feel and sound are right, that's pretty much it, at least for me.

 

[BassNeo]

Logo schmogo. People who worry about what's on the headstock are like people who constantly worry about their hair.

Sig'd

That is the quote of the week.

 

[spade2you]

I always hear musicians saying they're turned off seeing a Squier logo, or an Epiphone logo. Logo Prejudice.

I see a Squier logo and think "I can AFFORD that!" and am instantly MORE interested in the bass.

Anyone else feel the same way?

No, I don't care what other people use or don't use in relation to my own gear. Nor do I need to justify how much or little I spend on my gear to make myself feel better about what I play.

 

[Bongolation]

I always hear musicians saying they're turned off seeing a Squier logo, or an Epiphone logo. Logo Prejudice.

I see a Squier logo and think "I can AFFORD that!" and am instantly MORE interested in the bass.

Anyone else feel the same way?

Nope.

No.

In players, just see this as a sign of someone who doesn't shop as hard as I do and therefore (unfairly or not) is not as inherently serious about stuff as I am.

I have great pro gear, but I never pay anything like market for it.

This has been the goal I've pursued -- successfully -- since I was a teenager.

 

[ghostdog93]

My firsthand experience with Squier in the 90s has left a lasting bad taste in my mouth. Squiers are made with the absolute lowest quality of wood and metal and labor, so Fender can still make a profit on them after shipping them over the ocean. I will never, never spend money on a cheap import bass ever again. Quality is worth it.

FWIW, it's 2012. Things in the bass world are a lot different then they were 20 years ago. You might want to try having first hand experience that's a little more recent before making that sort of blanket statement.

Just sayin'.

 

[amimbari]

FWIW, it's 2012. Things in the bass world are a lot different then they were 20 years ago. You might want to try having first hand experience that's a little more recent before making that sort of blanket statement.

Just sayin'.

for real.... How many people say the same thing about the 70's USA Fenders and the lack of quality???

 

[Batmensch]

FWIW, it's 2012. Things in the bass world are a lot different then they were 20 years ago. You might want to try having first hand experience that's a little more recent before making that sort of blanket statement.

Just sayin'.

Yup, another "I tried a Squier twenty years ago and it was garbage so all Squiers are garbage, all the way up to today." troll.

 

[jweber76]

Growing up I had a terrible case of headstockitis but through years of therapy I have overcome it. In regards to the hypothetical GC question : my pick would most likely be some MIA or MIJ fender product, preferably something I don't have yet (jag maybe?) but I can assure you that it would be far from the most expensive bass in the store. I have no shame for the two squier and cort/squier hybrid (gasp!) that I have in my collection!

 

[hrodbert696]

I think I have the prejudice the OP is talking about. When I see people playing Fenders, I think "Ho hum.... why don't they pick a more interesting brand? Everybody and their mother plays Fenders." I had an MIM P briefly but don't own any Fenders now.

 

[snyderz]

Just applied a Fender waterslide to my parts P/J. LOOKS FANTASTIC!

 

[spade2you]

Just applied a Fender waterslide to my parts P/J. LOOKS FANTASTIC!

Probably sits in the mix better, too, eh?