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Has anyone gone fenderless??

Do you use Fenders or Brand X

  • I have only Fenders

    Votes: 66 11.4%
  • I use both Fenders and non Fenders

    Votes: 257 44.3%
  • I have never owned a Fender

    Votes: 149 25.7%
  • I sold all my Fenders for Brand X

    Votes: 108 18.6%

  • Total voters
    580
I had a great '65 Jazz bass which I should've kept. Also a '63 P bass. But Fenders are real inconsistent. And almost every one I've ever played had dead spots on the neck. (B,C,C# on the G string.)
I play Lakland now and am getting a Sadowsky.