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Pros and 'Unusual' Basses.

#181
Handz Solow said:
"Better
I think you will have to agree that a huge portion if the music we all love was recorded on Fender basses.
Whos rock tone sounds "

you have to admit that a huge portion of the music we all love was recorded with Fenders.
I havnt heard a "better" rock tone than geddys or a better slap tone than marcus yet. James Jamerson
Rocco awsome tones for thier styles of music.
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I think some of us like to feel like were holding some of that rich musical history in our hands.
 
#182
alexlocurto said:
So, arguing and "greenery" aside, for the guys saying I see too many 'ordinary' basses because I don't listen to X,Y, and Z music- I'm making a general statement here. I could list tons of people who play tons of odd basses. But at the end of the day, regardless of your favorite style of music, you have to admit that there are lots of 'ordinary' basses in music. I can't name anyone who plays an MTD 535 off the top of my head, but I can name, like, 50 P Bassers.
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Do you think those 50 bassists
Chose the p for its tone or look
Or perhaps a perfect combination of both for thier music?
 
#185
FWIW, ever notice how the big, expensive studios have like 40 guitars, and usually only one bass? Yeah. It's a vintage P bass. The argument *against* Fender design isn't a side I'd ever want to take, even in high school debate club, and I'm an argumentative fellow.

Why people like Fenders so much is a separate discussion entirely. I think it's because so many classic albums were made with Fenders. It's not that they necessarily sound better, (let's not go down that rabbit hole,) it's just that 80% of the most rad albums ever were recorded with one. They sit in the mix really nice. Producers like it when we make their lives easier, not harder.

And that, my friends, is why professional artists endorse Fenders and things that sound like them more than anything else.

Ta Da.
 
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#189
Jeff Scott said:
I certainly don't believe that. In fact, I don't ever recall seeing Victor with one. ;)
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His setup:
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Now to track down one of him plugging the hat into the Boss...
 
#197
Handz Solow said:
"Better
I think you will have to agree that a huge portion if the music we all love was recorded on Fender basses.
Whos rock tone sounds "

you have to admit that a huge portion of the music we all love was recorded with Fenders.
I havnt heard a "better" rock tone than geddys or a better slap tone than marcus yet. James Jamerson
Rocco awsome tones for thier styles of music.
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Woah woah woah wait a minute "that we all love" talk about yourself. I don't like mainstream music that much, rock neither. Ya know that Geddy played Steinberger headless basses, Rickenbacker and Wal before taking the Fender which I'm sure it is all because of the money and ya know the tone he gets is part is technique and part all the effects/preamp/amp combination, it's far from natural. Marcus's bass is heavily modded by Sadowsky.

I know a large portion of mainstream music was recorded with Fender but you have to also remember that for a very long periode Fender was the only choice, everything else was very bad to the point that bass guitar was named Fender. Also just like I already said, go outside of that mainstream pop/rock/punk stuff that we hear on radio and you'll see the world doesn't gravitated toward Fender at all.
 
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#198
Clef_de_fa said:
Woah woah woah wait a minute "that we all love" talk about yourself. I don't like mainstream music that much, rock neither. Ya know that Geddy played Steinberger headless basses, Rickenbacker and Wal before taking the Fender which I'm sure it is all because of the money and ya know the tone he gets is part is technique and part all the effects/preamp/amp combination, it's far from natural. Marcus's bass is heavily modded by Sadowsky.

I know a large portion of mainstream music was recorded with Fender but you have to also remember that for a very long periode Fender was the only choice, everything else was very bad to the point that bass guitar was named Fender. Also just like I already said, go outside of that mainstream pop/rock/punk stuff that we hear on radio and you'll see the world doesn't gravitated toward Fender at all.
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I agree. There has been a lot going on outside of the Fender camp for a long time now.

I remember hearing Vail Johson slapping a Kubicki on the Arsenio Hall Show many, many years ago. That was the best slap tone - and some of the best playing - that I've ever heard. The guy standing behind him smiling was holding a Warwick Dolphin, and John B. was a bad mofo as well.
 
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#199
chicagodoubler said:
FWIW, ever notice how the big, expensive studios have like 40 guitars, and usually only one bass? Yeah. It's a vintage P bass. The argument *against* Fender design isn't a side I'd ever want to take, even in high school debate club, and I'm an argumentative fellow.

Why people like Fenders so much is a separate discussion entirely. I think it's because so many classic albums were made with Fenders. It's not that they necessarily sound better, (let's not go down that rabbit hole,) it's just that 80% of the most rad albums ever were recorded with one. They sit in the mix really nice. Producers like it when we make their lives easier, not harder.

And that, my friends, is why professional artists endorse Fenders and things that sound like them more than anything else.

Ta Da.
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Don't you think they sound good in the mix because it is a Fender or because they are so used to Fender sound that they mix it in a way it will work so another brand may ask more work on all the other instrument as well ...
 

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