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How does someone like Ed Friedland choose a bass?

#21
Thunderthumbs73 said:
Are you sure that what you are saying here (all of it) is true?
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I can't substantiate any of that, unfortunately. :smug:
However, I AM somewhat sure that Ed is essentially "hired" by companies at least sometimes to get their stuff checked out. He plays the heck out of the gear in his youtube videos and with that, he leaves it up to us to make a judgment with our own ears. If a certain piece of gear interests us, it's up to us to go check it out personally. As I said before, he is less of a critic than he is a showcaser.

I may actually like his work better that way, though. He's a very experienced, versatile player (I've recently finished his slap bass dvd and now I'm TRYING to learn from his difficult improv book!) so simply playing another lick without wasting his breath is just as helpful to me. Getting into a "FINAL VERDICT: 8.5/10 or 8.7/10??" is just not his style.
 
#23
You gotta figure that he means a typical player should have 3 basses, but he is not typical in the regard that so many different/interesting/awesome basses cross his path - in that regard, he is on another level simply because he is in the position he's in.

I have to imagine that he picks out which ever bass he is going to play by utilizing the "Eenie-Meenie-Mini-Mo" method (after he puts his pants on one leg at a time)... :smug::hiding::ninja:

Heh, he probably uses the tool that best fits the job at hand, or whichever one catches his eye at the moment - just like the rest of us. I bet he probably uses the same 2 or 3 basses on a regular basis - probably has his favorites, like you or I.
 
#24
He probably does the same thing that anyone who needs to cop a different tone from night to night does: He covers his "Basses". I would think that he would have a Pbass with flats, a Jazz with rounds, a Stingray with rounds, an upright and a Fretless. That way, he can cover any sort of tone that he needs, depending on the gig. Plus, he has backup basses in case something goes wrong.

After that, it's probably all basses that have that special tone/action/feeling/etc that he likes.

Regardless of what it is, Ed is a great player and a guy who has his preferences. I'm sure he has his reasons for playing/buying what he does. He has good taste in basses too :)
 
#36
OP - In my small stable, there are no duplicates. Closest I get is 2 Fenders, a J & a PJ. After that it's all 'specialty' tools. So I take to the gig what ever fit's the gig best...

I am finally down to this after years of having multiples taking up space. At this stage of the game, I feel like I have the basses covered as it were ... I believe the key is to conclude that your basses are tools and that you are a workman as opposed to the basses being a collection and you a docent.

Nothing wrong with collection basses as objects of art - they are. Hoewever you are then a collector as opposed to a player. Maybe you can be both but not many serious players can actually afford to be both or have time to be both...
 

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