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How does someone like Ed Friedland choose a bass?

#4
I think Ed uses his experience and musical needs as a guide. Budget is probably not a top factor, but musical utility and playing pleasure probably are. All of us like an instrument to inspire. Based on Ed's Youtube and print reviews, to me he seems quite the same as you or me in that regard--but with his own tastes.
 
#5
I just checked his "inventory".....seems like he's just as much of a GAS hound as we are.

So how does someone like he choose what to buy....what puts a certain bass over another?
And how does someone like he choose what to play that night? cosmetics? appearance?
 
#8
JoshuaTSP said:
I meant it more in a general sense......:D

I mean, I've got 6 and I can't decide which to play. :)
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You also can't decide what to keep. :p

In Ed's case, he is a hired gun a lot of the time and plays what is required of him.

After a while playing bass in different settings, you start to get a vibe for what a bass can do and how it might or might not work in a given song.
 
#12
Sheesh it's not like Ed is some Holier Than Thou person who has just unbelievable expections of things,and such. He's just like anybody else on this forum who just happens to have a job to review bass gear. He picks basses just like anybody else,what feels right,what sounds right,and if the price is right.
 
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5string5fingers said:
Sheesh it's not like Ed is some Holier Than Thou person who has just unbelievable expections of things,and such. He's just like anybody else on this forum who just happens to have a job to review bass gear. He picks basses just like anybody else,what feels right,what sounds right,and if the price is right.
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I agree Ed might not be holy (Ed are you?), but he is unlike 99% of the people on this forum from what I've heard (from various MP3s, youtube, myspace, etc...) :)
 
#14
Ed Friedland puts his pants on just like everyone else -- when he wears pants.

OP, I get what your saying. How the heck do you choose when you've played everything and have a constant stream of new stuff coming in. I'd look at it this way, the stuff that he has in his collection must be pretty special.
 
#19
I thought bass companies contacted Ed first about getting their product reviewed in return for a little payment. That's why he always has to send back whatever he's worked with, and sometimes pays full price to keep the thing instead.

Also, that's the reason why he never says a single negative thing about any of the gear he reviews. He more like the go-to PR guy that showcases gear than an actual critic.
 
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ghoulbug said:
I thought bass companies contacted Ed first about getting their product reviewed in return for a little payment. That's why he always has to send back whatever he's worked with, and sometimes pays full price to keep the thing instead.

Also, that's the reason why he never says a single negative thing about any of the gear he reviews. He more like the go-to PR guy that showcases gear than an actual critic.
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Are you sure that what you are saying here (all of it) is true?
 

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