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Hopefully before that happens you’ll let me know if G&L’s have rolled edge fretboards or not.
Anyway, if a lack of differentiation and lack of variety of models makes them a better fit for you, that’s great, and brand loyalty must simplify buying choice in a market full of Fender and Stingray copies like what G&L makes - but why the irrational anger towards Fender? It’s fascinating for me.
you’re really sensitive to be picking up any anger at all. You’re taking this discussion way off topic.
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Good list. A very solid start to build on and fill in gaps (caveats noted).
Bass V (1965) should be there. A bunch of signature models missing (Roscoe Beck, Jaco, Victor Bailey, etc), should probably include the first AVRIs that came out in '82 (IIRC) and I think of the earlier "specials" that came out at that same time like the Precision Special in all walnut (the wood, not the finish often called "mocha"[sic]) and '83 Elite series. Could include the Kubicki Factor basses when they started making them, etc, etc.
Difficult when getting into specific finishes like Antigua as there were so many other variations (sparkles, paisley, blue flower, the "international" colors, wildwood on some Coronados, etc) as well as short run models like the '66 slab body P Basses. Not to mention all the production variations by year to standard models... it's endless.
Was there a 60's bass version of the Swinger/Musiclander? That I've never seen (did have the guitar version in a shop where I worked).
Dude - I’m not sensitive at all, you quoted my post and started immediately swearing about a company that mass produces easily 80% of the guitars on the planet for having too many variations, and I’m still struggling with understanding what “too many” means, which is very much on point.
I’m also struggling with several logical inconsistencies in your comments, like the rolled fretboard thing, but mostly I’m just saying I don’t get *your* sensitivity on the topic. There’s a lot of anger coming through that I’m really curious about.
By the way, how do you feel your posts in this thread are adding to useful discussion? Have you brought an answer forward for the OP, other than “f@ck Fender” and “buy Warmoth”?
So....... back on topic.
My contribution to this project:
Precision
Your welcome.
My contribution to this project:
Precision
- Burst and tort
- Other
- Burst and tort
- Other
Your welcome.
keep it simple like Honda, every 5 yrs a new generation of the same car.....wonder what the future will bring in fenders magic bag of tricks....of the same bass
Keep in mind that in six months the list will have to be updated when Fender discontinues some lines and adds new ones 
I’d say that in general, anything American with Ultra, Elite or Deluxe in the name is the top of the range - but they are kind of a different take on the classic Fenders: active electronics, compound radiuses, the P being a PJ, for instance.
Then you have anything else that’s American is broadly speaking on the same level in terms of where it sits in the hierarchy, I think. There is the American Performer range, which in theory is below the American Pro and lacks a couple of features from the American Pro (no high-mass bridge, no graphite rods) - however, the AVII basses inevitably don’t have those things, being vintage reissues. And I’m not sure that Fender would see AVII as being ‘below’ Am Pro II.
Then you have anything else that’s American is broadly speaking on the same level in terms of where it sits in the hierarchy, I think. There is the American Performer range, which in theory is below the American Pro and lacks a couple of features from the American Pro (no high-mass bridge, no graphite rods) - however, the AVII basses inevitably don’t have those things, being vintage reissues. And I’m not sure that Fender would see AVII as being ‘below’ Am Pro II.
If you don’t want back and forth with me, maybe stop replying and @-ing me. You’ve asked for your quote, so now I’m responding, so please try to remain calm while I do so. Maybe not “swearing,” but “screw Fender” is as we all know a synonym for something else.
Dude, honestly, I’m perfectly calm, with zero emotional investment in your replies at all, but really, thanks so much for your kind concern over my health. It’s misplaced, and seriously, it’s a projection of your own murky and unanalyzed emotional state - your use of strong language says so.
If you can’t tell me why a faceless corporation has got you so agitated and upset, that’s fine, I can let it go. Some people make a hobby of bashing Fender in particular, and I’m not at all offended by it, but it’s absolutely fascinating, especially when it’s about something as inconsequential as their product naming strategy, and I feel compelled to dig in and uncover what’s up. I believe these people don’t really have an emotional investment in the brand at all, they just like the negative attention they get from it, or maybe it helps solidify their self image as a shoot from the hip maverick who fearlessly speaks truth to power.
No need to reply, but feel free if you wish.
composing whole paragraphs to bicker with a stranger does not indicate a sound state of mind.
Best wishes.
Hey Mike, pretty solid list. I was unaware that there was a Swinger bass (#9). I thought the swinger was a 6 string only. Is chatGPT trying put one over on us?
Edit: after reading further I see @Dynacord picked that one out upthread.
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Thanks, stranger on the internet, for your entirely off topic series of opinions about me and my personality. Are you done quoting me now?
Priced from high to low:
Custom Shop Masterbuilt something something
Custom Shop Teambuilt something something
Something something American something something
Something something someone's signature something something
Something something different in some way something something
Something something something something
Something something something else something something
Something something Squier something something
Custom Shop Masterbuilt something something
Custom Shop Teambuilt something something
Something something American something something
Something something someone's signature something something
Something something different in some way something something
Something something something something
Something something something else something something
Something something Squier something something
The automotive reference was telling. An ‘83 Honda Accord is not a ‘23 Accord, if they even make them anymore. And no one would want them to be the same. Knowing the actual differences is really more important. So what is the difference between a ‘75 P bass and a ‘23 Ultra? Adding in the options or variations available at any given time and the list would make my head spin like the girl on the exorcist. I owned a Precision Lyte and it was a PJ and had a Jazz neck and was active. Not much P about it. And @MattZilla and @MtManiac , you guys need to hug it out. Pass the bong.
