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I LOVE/HATE - CAN'T STAND/CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT A FENDER

How Do You Feel about Fender

  • I wont play anything Else

    Votes: 52 7.9%

  • I Like them and I own and play at least one

    Votes: 418 63.8%

  • They're okay but not my favorite

    Votes: 61 9.3%

  • Not that crazy about them, but If I found a good one at a good price, I'd own it

    Votes: 39 6.0%

  • Dont' Like them but I'd play one if I had to in a pinch

    Votes: 30 4.6%

  • I hate them and would never own or play one

    Votes: 13 2.0%

  • I Like Carrots

    Votes: 34 5.2%

  • I Hate Carrots

    Votes: 8 1.2%
  • Total voters
    655
#122
DiabolusInMusic said:
Call up Sterling and tell him you want a different finish and pickup configuration that he offers. In addition to that, tell him you want your Stingray to be a neckthru. See how willing ole Sterling is then. Getting a bass made-to-order is not the same as a custom shop.
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Ok first off if you didn't know as of 2015 musicman actually makes production neck through stingrays. The bass I ordered was a different pickup configuration than what was offered, it was a neo magnet musicman pickup though. and as far as finishes they use basically any finish they offer at he California plant.
 
#123
I tried, really tried to deviate from Fender, or at least add some variety to my working basses. I've had a nice Yamaha, Spector, and Rickenbacker over the years, but never could keep them. Fender always felt and sounded right, especially P basses as of late. My main bass is a suped-up RW P and I'm working on acquiring a 63 AVRI. Can't get enough of that sound and 1.75" P necks just feel like they were molded for my hands!
 
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#127
I've owned two Fender Jazzes, and played on about half a dozen. I like them, but when I say they're not my favorite, that should be tempered with the fact that I don't really have a favorite, although I think my Ibaneezers are the most comfortable. I think I'm the only bassist on the planet that's never picked up a Precision because I wasn't really keen on the wider neck, yet I have a Stingray on the way. Go figure.
 
#128
If we're talking design-wise, I typically play Fender designs, but not from Fender. I've owned a bunch of Fenders, and there is nothing wrong with them. That said I switched to Lakland recently, and I don't see myself going back to Fender.
 
#131
Don't own one and don't care to ever own another. I have owned a few USA P and J and honestly I can't ever seem to find what I like as a lefty from Fender. I would never bash them some of most favorite recordings of bass tones are almost always a Fender. I am grateful for Leo's design and commitment to the instrument and my 5 string custom 35" Mike Lull is the best Fendery bass I have ever played.
 
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#132
I bought my first jazz bass in 1977. I really loved that guitar. Hard times forced me to sell it in 1980. I went through a couple of decent Peaveys until I bought a new Precision in 1987. That one was my only player for a lot of years and I still own it today. In 1995 I discovered 5 strings and active electronics and left the P bass in the case for way too long. I'm getting old and nostalgic now. I've sold the Stingray 5 and the Peavey TL-5 is sitting in its case. I recently purchased an American Standard Jazz Bass. I'm working with two bands now. The old P bass goes with me with on the country gigs and the J on the R&B jobs. Second childhood? Maybe. But those two American Fenders do everything I require and now I have a nice TL-5 for sale.
 
#137
Doctor_Clock said:
I am a Fender convert, I was so against them for years out of pure ignorance, now I own 5
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That fretless J is one sexy beast. My compliments.

I started playing bass on a cheap plywood thing that I can't even remember the brand name of. Even as a complete amateur, I knew it was awful. I graduated to Aria a few months later, added a Yamaha after three years, then added my first Fender (a '78 fretless jazz) three years after that. That's all she wrote. I haven't been without at least one J-bass in over 25 years. I have never owned a Precision, but have plenty of respect for them and wouldn't rule one out in the future.

I've also owned/played Rickenbacker and likewise have great respect for those instruments. Gotta admit, though, if they told me tomorrow I was being busted back to just one bass of my choice...Fender Jazz. No questions asked.
 
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#138
petrus61 said:
It took me a while to appreciate Fender and specifically the Precision Bass for what it can do. 20 years ago, I thought that "more" was what I was looking for: more frets, more electronics, more strings...it took me buying a Precision on a whim and playing it in a band to understand that "more" wasn't what I wanted after all. I always stayed away from the Precision because I had never tried one in a band setting, but when I did it was an epiphany.

Now I suddenly had "less". Less electronics, less fancy wood, less fussing with eq and less desire to play anything else. The Precision just worked for me and I suddenly found myself not worrying about my tone or being able to hear myself the way I envisioned...it was all right there. Stripping away the bells and whistles allowed me to focus on the music and actually allowed me greater control of my tone and its nuances. I do like and am open to trying other basses, but very few come close to the utilitarianism and practicality that a Precision affords me, so my forays into trying to use other bass guitars are always short lived.

They work for ME better than anything else I've used so far and that's really all there is to it. Other basses aren't better or worse, they just aren't a Precision Bass.
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The exact same thing hapenned to me, amazing how less can be more like a Pbass can be.
 

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