Bacon strips for sure, but the Kirkland bag o bacon bits…..that’s really living large.
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I just don’t get it
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Leo did a lot of things right but he didn’t do this:
My dad would have scooped up some of the whipped cream into his coffee. I like my coffee black. I guess there’s no best way to drink coffee.
Also, have you noticed those cans of cold brew always seem to spew out everywhere when you open them? It’s not carbonated, it’s just coffee. Do they pressurize the can?
That's true, it even smells good.
Among other things, I'd like to see;
Bacon after shave
WD-40 after shave
Hoppes #9 after shave
After shave, not cologne because "I don't get" cologne. And "I'll never understand" people who do. What?
First, if someone spends a lot of money on a “Fender” Jazz, it’s made by “Fender”, not someone else. So if a person thinks they have a better “Fender” than “Fender”, they are very confused, because they have a “Fender”, and if a person has a “Fender”, it is equal in quality to a “Fender”.
no need. Didn’t you hear we’re getting cherry pie!
Some of us (moderately old guys). Tried and tried. I owned a 75 bound blocked jazz. Electronic nightmare, and I had no money back then to gut it and get it done right. Fender Urge. Worse electronics.
So when other builders promised to exceed the production quality far beyond FMIC...I listened. And I'll tell you what...my boy at 3:16 bass guitars gets things RIGHT!
Now I've played whatever they call the top of the line these days...Fender Elite? It's a good bass. It's a good bass, that's it. For well over $2000? My options between American and Japanese basses in that price bracket are AMAZING!!! Not to mention the emerging eastern Europe builders.
Fender bleeped up a long time ago. I think the original designs are great to build upon, indeed most of my electrics are based on designs by Leo.
FMIC doesn't need me. They have you. They lost me a long time ago.
"It's not me, baby. It's you..."
So when other builders promised to exceed the production quality far beyond FMIC...I listened. And I'll tell you what...my boy at 3:16 bass guitars gets things RIGHT!
Now I've played whatever they call the top of the line these days...Fender Elite? It's a good bass. It's a good bass, that's it. For well over $2000? My options between American and Japanese basses in that price bracket are AMAZING!!! Not to mention the emerging eastern Europe builders.
Fender bleeped up a long time ago. I think the original designs are great to build upon, indeed most of my electrics are based on designs by Leo.
FMIC doesn't need me. They have you. They lost me a long time ago.
"It's not me, baby. It's you..."
Not to derail the thread, but I’m very interested in the Super P. So cool. How does it compare to a traditional P?
It is a little less carbonated than your typical can of Cold Brew.
I think they tweaked Leo’s original nitrogen ball values
I think they tweaked Leo’s original nitrogen ball values
One could only dream. Unfortunately, too many people have had QC issues with brand new Fender basses that they spent good money on to be able to say any Fender is necessarily equal in quality to any other Fender. That's one of the reasons people buy FSOs from companies other than Fender. Most of the smaller companies get the QC right the first time.
Gosh, I must be super lucky, I've four Fenders and have none of these, apparently rampant, QC issues. Not only that, haven't seen anything glaring while checking out basses in the store. Nothing more than any other major manufacturer. Usually it's a setup issue. However, when looking at instruments in a reputable store, such as the old school Gelb in RWC Ca, everything (all brands) played fantastic. I believe these issues are mostly retailer related, in my experience. But hey, play what you like, that's what I do. 
Not to derail this valuable thread but isn’t this a masterpiece? I think the title may be a metaphor.
Delayed april fools?
Also, you cannot distinguish modelling from tube
Also, you cannot distinguish modelling from tube
I bought this G&L JB, and I really like it. 7.2lbs with paulownia wood body, it's well balanced also. G&L was Leo Fender's last company, so it's Fender related. Plus the headstock upsets people, which has pleased me a lot. P.S., my friend has several Sadowsky Jazz style basses, and they are really nice if you play them. I mean really nice feeling necks, sound great and pretty lightweight also. Cheers !
Long time Fender bass owner player here.
Actually, what has changed is recorded music is no longer mastered for play on AM radio. That has a lot to do with that classic sound.
Most basses sound pretty much the same when not plugged in. With good equipment skillfully applied, it is fairly rare you can’t get a workable Fender equivalent sound out of a non Fender bass.
As for that vintage sound, when you are playing live, IMO, that “vintage” sound doesn’t matters as much as it does in your home, especially if you have PA support. The sound tech is going to mix it optimally for the room. To the audience, it matters even less.
So, my thought is use whatever bass you like, but don’t scrimp on what your need to change that sound of vibrating wires into that heavenly experience.
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