OMG! 45 years playing live and I didn't bring a Fender yesterday ...

A good bass is a good bass. I’m glad you enjoyed the gig.

 

You brought two Fenders, it doesn't matter what name's on the headstock.

 

G&Ls are some of the finest instruments Leo Fender ever made, I think you'll get a pass for this one.

 

I'm thinking that you've been blessed. I'm a certified Fender fanboy, but I also own several "inspired by" instruments, and don't harbor any particular sense of guilt. Who's to blame for improving upon an established design?

 

I don't remember that last time I touched a Fender instrument, but it was in comparison to Ibanez in the same price-range & I haven't touched a Fender since.

 

No soup for you.

 

No sin committed in my book.

 

I've had at least one Fender since 2003, but haven't brought one to a gig since 2014, when my Jazz V (since sold) was a backup to my G&L M-2500 for a musical theater show. I haven't played a Fender on stage since about 2011. My four-string 2003 Fender Jazz was, however, my primary original band rehearsal bass for several years between 2010 and 2018, and I used it some for recording as well.

I've also gone to G&L, and I usually bring two, in whatever combination seems most appropriate or strikes my fancy that day. My M-2500 and JB have seen the most action, but I've used the SB-2 occasionally. I still love my 2003 J, but slightly prefer my JB for the stage. I like the G&L's flatter fretboard, and really notice the lighter tuners during shows. (My Fender has those big, heavy pre-2008 American Series tuners.)

 

I could almost reverse your headline; in 37 years of gigging, I brought a Fender to 5 or 6 gigs out of the couple of hundred I have played. I used it at one gig because it was the only bass I had when I got back into playing after a break of a few years. The other times were when I wanted a drop D tuned bass for one song at a few gigs.

#DifferentStrokes

 

I don't know if I'm allowed to say this out loud here, but there are plenty of us who never bring Fenders to gigs. Some of us don't like flats or tort even.

 

Dude . . . Just . . . I can't even.

 

NO TORT ?!?!?!?

 

So you still brought a J and a P tho.
Holler at me when you bring a Jerzy Drozd or something ;--)

Srsly tho, nearly all of my non-Fender basses are Fender basses.

 

Well at your age, (not being sarcastic) being a seasoned musician, as a rule no one will care as long as you have the chops.
I am not too far away from you age wise. BTW

 

I never really thought about it, but I guess I've never played a bass guitar gig without a fender. (Disclosure: all bass guitars are "fenders" in my mind; most of mine happen to be Fenders, too.)

 

I have 5 I haven't touched for a while.

 

It's about time you forgot the Fender! Now we'll know times are tough when you play a whole gig on an Ibanez you don't even own and didn't notice until it was over...

 

And on a scale of even... I just can't...