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Fender Rascal Bass....in Production??
- Thread starter birdman14
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- Oct 7, 2000
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Hmm... I heard that somewhere else I think.
Pay me no mind, just thinking out loud. 1 or 2 people might understand this post
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Exactly. I love out of the ordinary Fenders. My three most played bases are a MIM Jazz, an Aerodyne P and a Squier CV 50's P. Two out of three are oddball Fender products. I've been looking at an SS Jag to set up in piccolo tuning but now I may wait and get Rascal.
Fender needs to sell as many guitars and basses as possible to stay on top of their debt. They can only sell so many plain vanilla P's and J's. So, they choose to make basses to fill a niche rather than let someone else do it.
The question I have, and maybe someone with a better understanding of manufacturing can answer, is how many of a new model does Fender have to sell to pay for the startup costs and begin making a profit?
I agree! Never been a fan of CAR on a P or J bass, but It's growing on me for Jag's and Jazzmaster's. I think that on this one with a matching headstock it would look pretty cool, but I am a big fan of the ocean tourquoise regardless.
-Ron
Still need a playing demo where it's not being played with the bass rolled all the way off, treble turned all the way up, a distortion box turned on.
Actually being played by a player. Actually being played using the tones that would be used in a band setting. Actually showing the tonal variations of the different pickups.
Actually being played by a player. Actually being played using the tones that would be used in a band setting. Actually showing the tonal variations of the different pickups.
Well, they're strat mount but the Seymour Duncan lipsticks are pretty accurate copies of the danelectro originals. If you mean these are guitar pickups rather than bass pickups - they were the same pickup.
SO - if you like danos - they're great, if not, you won't like this.
But in defence - the most classic application (as in widely used and recorded) was in the bass realm - in particular tic-tac bass played on either the 6 string bass or 4 string or just studio bass in general - nearly all the big studio players had one and used it with at least some regularity.
Well, yeah.
On the other hand, fender has produced something they can justify as a fender (bass vi body, Coronado headstock, guild bridge - general concept) and yet provides a modern, reliable and affordable version of the left of centre basses that were available in the 60s and now command huge prices.
The look is an acquired one (one which I personally have acquired from years as a poor guy and danelectro fan) but for the people its directed at, it nails the look totally - they have outdone the cheao-copiests of the 60s by making a copy of the copies - but with Fender/Seymour dundan quality!
I was thinking exactly the same thing. I'll be ordering one of these in the next couple of weeks, so there'll be a review up soon. I fell in love with the Rascal as soon as I saw it.
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If I'm somewhere and see some little wanker roll of the bottom, turn up the highs and middle and start slapping and beating up the bass I just naturally dismiss them as a player. Might be wrong, but that's my feeling. Seems there are more Flea wannabes out there than actual players.
Rant aside, I do really like this bass and want to hear what it actually sounds like. Played by an actual player, proper tonal varieties, straight clean as in no distortion, no compression, no effects, just bass + fingers + amp. And with some flats or tapes on it. It's not wanting too much, is it?
Where's Ed Friedland when you need him?
yep i always think of Ed demos then i say, well i guess that's setting the bar a little high. but it's really not they don't have that be that solid, just play straight 8ths or a basic blues for a few bars that would be fine by me.
okay, so I've expressed my opinion about Fender's never-ending silly varient of the same-stuff tricks... But the one design that is universally praised - the Roscoe Beck 5 - why don't they bring that back? Everyone loved that bass - didn't it sell enough UNITS to keep the bean counters happy? Do they expect this new thing to move more UNITS?
I could care less about the Beck 5. Whereas the Cabronita, Dimension, and Rascal all interest me quite a bit.
This is all very subjective. Whenever a brand steps outside the box their consumers put them in its going to polarize folks.
