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Made in America???

Where was your (main) bass made?

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#42
Couldn't care less where my basses were made. The fact that they were all made in Japan however isn't a coincidence. I bought Japanese because the neck profiles on their p's (fujigen's anyhow...) is slightly smaller than the US Made ones. That said, I have seen and played the new US Standard American P and one day it will be mine.....oh yes....it will be mine.
 
#43
I honestly wouldn't know how to classify country of origin for my main bass. I suppose I'd have to say UK as I put it together myself. But the parts came from both sides of the pond.

Warmoth body (USA)
Status neck (UK)
Nordstrand pickups (USA)
J-Retro pre (UK)
Badass bridge (USA)
Schaller machines / strap locks (Germany)
Rotosound strings (UK)
 
#44
pedroims said:
"WE ALL" ACTUALLY MEANS US CITIZEN for many many people my friend, im so sorry if my vision is larger thatn yours
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knowone was confused by the term "American" you for some reason are trying to make it an issue. Taking it as far as professing you have a larger global vision because you have some information that has no bearing on this topic.

Look your REALLY SMART you know how many countries and territories are in N & S America, in addition you know some slang terms as to what others call us so called "Americans"...

Can we move on?
 
#48
cnltb said:
...but mexico is america, isn't it?
It does not say anything about "united states".
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There seems to be confusion about the difference between a country and a continent. Maybe because the poll refers to both countries USA & Japan as well as a continent Europe.

Mexico is not America. It is a country in the North American continent.

Whenever you see "MADE IN ......" it is refering to a country not a continent.
 
#52
peterpalmieri said:
There seems to be confusion about the difference between a country and a continent. Maybe because the poll refers to both countries USA & Japan as well as a continent Europe.

Mexico is not America. It is a country in the North American continent.

Whenever you see "MADE IN ......" it is refering to a country not a continent.
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Mexico, USA, Canada, it's all America.
 
#55
It's not a huge deal to me where my basses were made. That being said, other than a project bass (Indonesian Squire), all but one of my basses were made in America:

NYC Sadowsky
Steinberger XL-2
3 Reverends
Ric 4003
Dark Star Franken P

And the only other bass is a Sadowsky Metro (Japan).

I didn't "set out" to buy mostly American, but that's the way it worked out. :hmm:
 
#58
pedroims said:
which country you mean with America? USA, Canada,Mexico, Brazil , Guatemala ?? we have 35 countries here plus 16 territories. There are excelent mass produced basses made in USA also I am sure there are amazing luthiers in every contry in America, from Canada to La Patagonia.
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It's about time someone agreed with me on that! It seems that the only people who realise what 'America' actually *is* speak Spanish...

And while we're at it, 'Made in the USA' doesn't mean much to me, nor does 'Made in Japan.' I've changed my tune on 'Made in Korea' since I saw the stats on that country's eco record, and that's also why I have a problem with 'Made in China.' A lot of my faves seem to be made in the US, but they're not my faves because of that, I like them because they're small producers who make really cool stuff.
 
#60
Sorry, maybe I should have been more specific:

The title of the thread: MADE IN AMERICA refers to the fact that we *I am speaking as a U.S. citizen living in California* have a massive amount of companies that build instruments right here in the United States of AMERICA. From MY POV, all other basses are foreign made, correct?

I apologize to those that are offended I didn't specify Made in USA, as opposed to North America, Canada, Mexico, Central, and South America.

I only had four available options for my poll. I tried to cover everything possible: USA, Europe, Japan, and "Other". FWIW- When using "Other" it was not my intention to think I frown upon other countries or continents. Or that I think less of them.

Suffice it to say, that most of you have U.S. made basses. Great! I was just wondering about your opinions! That's all. No hard feelings I hope. If your bass is a hybrid, I guess "Other" may be best for you, but, that's your opinion.

Thank you all for your contributions and answers on this poll!

:)
 

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