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Oh. It's not a Fender...

#141
OMG LOL *** can we have 1 friggin day without the usual suspects coming out and spewing thier "I hate Fender" in any semi-related thread?
TRY riding a Honda cruiser motorcycle and see how many people do the same when they see it's not a Harley...
People are uninformed we will ALL have to get over it at sometime.
 
#143
A few years ago, I took an Eastwood Club bass rather than one of my Fenders to a demo recording since I felt it had the best thump for the roots/country style we were recording. The engineer saw me take it out of the gigbag and told me to use his 60-whatever J bass. I figured why not and plugged in the J and he worked for about 20 minutes trying to get an appropriate thumpy tone.

While he was concentrating on the board with his back to me I swapped to the Eastwood. The next try he goes, "That's it, lets go." Then he turned around and saw the Eastwood. The look on his face was great.
 
#145
rayzak said:
Numerous times... and it cracks me up every time.
When someone asks "what kind of bass is that?", I usually just say; "just a Fender knockoff". I play a US Lakland BG and JO.
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this +1,000. I actually LOL'd when i saw this comment: I say exactly the same thing when people ask me about my Darryl Jones signature Lakland!
But I add a bit at the end, so the conversation goes like this:
"Heard of the Rolling Stones?"
"yeah..."
"Heard of Pink Floyd?"
"yeah..."
"Heard of U2?"
"yeah..."

"They ALL use exactly the same bass: this one! How'd you like THEM apples?!" :smug:
 
#151
It'd be cool to take an F Bass to a gig and tell the guy it's a one-of-a-kind, hand-made custom Fender.

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#152
It's because Fender (along with Gibson) has been around for 60 years. They invented the mass produced guitar model and were the guitars of choice for pros and amatures alike for decades. It's no wonder the brand name Fender is know by everyone. You can't but that kind of marketing anymore.
 
#153
T-MOST said:
It's because Fender (along with Gibson) has been around for 60 years. They invented the mass produced guitar model and were the guitars of choice for pros and amatures alike for decades. It's no wonder the brand name Fender is know by everyone. You can't but that kind of marketing anymore.
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not only that,,I have tried many basses,,and I must admit that some Fenders are "dead sounding",,but my Am deluxe FJ just has the punch, the growl, the funk and playability,,the C neck,,I don't care how much it costs (within reasonable limits of course), but this bass does what it should,,no need to spend more time looking for a bass.
 
#157
The response I usually get from people when I play is "what bass/amp are you using? I've never heard bass so clear before!". Sound guys especially love it. I often hear them say things along the lines of "I love when you bring your gear. I don't have to spend any time trying to get it to sound right. It sounds great by itself".

My gear? A Stingray 4, Eden wt-400, and an SWR Goliath Jnr. I've never heard any "oh... it's not a Fender" sentiments from anyone.

It's a real shame that my playing isn't as good as my gear :( haha.
 
#158
JimmyM said:
it's threads like this that make my iq feel 20 points lower just by reading it.
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Not picking a fight but I just don't have the same reaction. Here's my take.

Sure, we are all big mature musicians and we don't need to have "citizens" wooing over our gear for personal validation. But...

Many can relate that its disappointing that when you have a really cool piece of gear, and you feel you have to apologize for it - or at least explain it.

You don't think about it very much, but when your talking with other bassists who can relate "over a beer" so to speak - you can't help but express some frustration.

I don't apologize for it. There's nothing from me BTW that's anti-Fender (I'm actually in the market for a J-Bass). It's just that it can be frustrating "apologizing" for a Lakland USA or some other similarly high quality bass.
 
#159
It's strange, but not once in 32 years of playing bass has anyone had an issue with what type of bass I play. Even more, hardly ever was I asked what brand it was. I don't get it. Why would an engineer care? Yes, I use Fenders now, but that's only been in the last 8 years or so. Before that, I had every bass BUT Fender. I am wondering if there really still is a bias by engineers. Fender may be an icon, but it's not really the standard anymore. Not since about 30 years ago, when 1000s of other bass companies were formed. Most engineers I have worked with are younger then me, and probably came up in the era of Ibanez and other common brands......


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