Fender, the first and still the best?

[DenisKrestsov]

With all these new bass companies with revolutionary technology and building going into their basses in your opinion is your avarage Fender bass still the best bass because they have managed to stand the test of time?

Im my opinion yes, I love my Fenders, my Ibanez was great but it was just more of a toy.

Give me some opinions people!

 

[Krügmeister]

...Your gonna get flamed SO HARD for this.
One CANNOT start a Fender love thread without the usual suspects chiming in on how much better thier "boutique" is, or how much like sheep you are for playing a Fender.

 

[bucephylus]

They weren't technically the first.

They certainly aren't the best (though "best" is a relative term).

However, Leo's designs are pure genius; and the instruments are certainly standards because they strike a popular balance of cost, sound, dependability, and "ageability." IMO.

They certainly are my favs as player tools.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

I'm just going to back away from this thread before I help initiate the flame-fest...

 

[Diogenes]

They weren't technically the first.

They certainly aren't the best (though "best" is a relative term).

However, Leo's designs are pure genius;...

+1

 

[mgauge]

No comment

 

[BurningSkies]

Turns out its not a contest.

 

[Puffin]

The OP is just expressing his love of Fender, its his opinion and i'm sure Leo Fender is smiling in his grave haha

I wish I owned a Fender... I will soonish!

 

[williamk]

Hi guys, just trollin' by...

 

[bassteban]

I love my Fender basses, but calling it/them best is like calling red the best color.

 

[BurningSkies]

I love my Fender basses, but calling it/them best is like calling red the best color.

But red IS the best color, right?

 

[JimiLL]

Arent there enough threads of this already?

 

[Jeff K]

"The best"??!!! Probably not. But all I know is that I like them, and that's all I care about. That doesn't mean I don't like other brands as well. I do. I also have a Sadowsky and a Stingray. But there's something about a nice Fender that just feels "at home" and comfortable to me. YMMV.

 

[WoodyG3]

Turns out its not a contest.

I suppose if the contest is to see who can sell the most, Fender wins.

 

[bassbully]

IMO Fender's are the best basses i have played to date....that's all I can say

 

[BurningSkies]

I suppose if the contest is to see who can sell the most, Fender wins.

But that wasn't the contest.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Stingrays do it for me, far prefer them over "Fender" brand instruments, tho, they were designed originally by Leo Fender

So, for me it depends. Do you mean Fender the company or (Leo) Fender, the genius?

 

[SwitchGear]

Leo got it right

 

[Passinwind]

With all these new bass companies with revolutionary technology and building going into their basses in your opinion is your average Fender bass still the best bass

For Metal, yes.

 

[sarnz]

Just like the early mustang... it's not necessarily the best, but it was the most accessible, cost effective, and still had the performance to hang with the rest.