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#24
Sundogue said:
a lot of people driving GM's or Fords or Chryslers, in a motorcycle forum?
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Still don't know what this has to do with bass amps......but I'll roll with it.:) I prefer to drive with Callaway's. Since when did GM, Ford, and Chrysler make drivers? And what does that have to do with motorcycles? Is Fender now making motorcycles???? Man, I'm really confused now.
 
#28
Dark Horse said:
Here I thought it was all "good clean fun". I didn't see anything "nasty" at all. Nobody called him names or anything.
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I read the OP earlier and decided I would wait for the carnage. But I agree... It's just experienced bass guys having fun. When I was a "green helper" in the electrical bizz, the experienced guys gave me hell and sent me for supplies that didn't exist (bucket of ohms, wire stretcher, sky hook, etc...) but I got over it and played the same jokes on the newbies when I got to be an electrician. It's the circle of life. Lighten up.

To the OP, Fender in the bass world is like Chevy in the car world. It's that common if not more so. 99% of the bassists on this forum have, or have had, a Fender or two (or twelve). Please don't be offended if we have a little fun with you. Come back often and have some fun with other guys too!
 
#32
I can say that Fenders are the industry standard in certain types of music like pop, rock, etc., but there are other genres of music that don't necessarily cater to Fenders like gospel, which cater to Ken Smiths, MTD's, and other high end jazzes like Callowhills and Sadowsky's.

Chances are, if you've seen a band in a big arena then you've seen a pretty popular band playing in a pretty popular genre like pop or rock. Those types of genres do cater to using fenders because their tones are typical and not necessarily distinct so that it would stick out on it's own in a group setting. It's just there to lay the foundation of the song so their tone wouldn't have to be distinct. However, in gospel or jazz, the bass tone needs to be distinct because that's a big part of the sound that you hear from those types of groups. Now there are some exceptions to the rule but this is how see it working.
 
#33
buchananbass said:
no that's yamaha
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:eek:

No, Yamaha makes outboard motors for boats.


Seriously though -

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The Kahler Tremolo System is bridge with a cam operated vibrato arm system for electric guitar. It was invented in 1979 by Gary Kahler and Dave Storey. They shifted their business model to making Golf clubs in the 1990's (mostly due to lower popularity of tremolo use), but are back to bridge manufacturing as of April 2005.
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:D
 
#34
lewislngvw said:
i recently went to a concert with 4 groups performing.....3 of the bass players used fender basses....just curious as to how many players use them that play in big arenas.....the tone that they all had was great....but of course the sound system was pretty awesome too....
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Fender basses just sit in a live mix real well. They provide an
intangible sonic glue that makes drums and guitars both sound
better. Call it funk, call it mojo, call it Fender.
 
#36
NOVAX said:
Fender basses just sit in a live mix real well.
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This is an inescapable truth. Because of this, they are frequently copied, "improved," and/or duplicated.

The look of a Fender is so well established that it is the standard as well.

We can debate this and disagree if we must, but we can't change the facts.

But, boutique basses are just plain cool!
 

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