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Showed up to recording session without a Fender...
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- Oct 18, 2012
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I showed up with a MM Stingray for a session for some original music for my old band. The producer said "That is going to sound great". As we were recording, we kept hearing some notes which were not clearly defined. We realized that there were dead spots between the 7th and 9th frets, especially noticeable on the E and A strings. I sold the bass one week later. Now I Bring my MIA Jazz and Precision to all sessions.
I don't own a fender and have not had any issues yet.
Only quite recently have I gotten my first good 4 string(a single coil P), so for the 20 years before it's always been passive 5.
I think all you need is a good instrument once that bridge is crossed, all's well.
I've never showed up with a Fender.
Last recording session, the soundguy had some jazz and pbass so f***ed up, basses were no longer usable. And the dirt was muffling the sustain so much it was like playing a bass underwater.
After some takes, the guitarist and producer came to me and told me "Maybe you need to record with a Pbass we got because we don't hear you so much".
I told'em that i didn't want to get Tetanus. In fact the guitar sound was so low and muddy, you could play anything, you could not pass thru this soundpile of mud.
I had quit the band after the first album mix i heard, NO BASS point blank. Even my only bass solo was so far, it sounded like i was playing in another building.
Last recording session, the soundguy had some jazz and pbass so f***ed up, basses were no longer usable. And the dirt was muffling the sustain so much it was like playing a bass underwater.
After some takes, the guitarist and producer came to me and told me "Maybe you need to record with a Pbass we got because we don't hear you so much".
I told'em that i didn't want to get Tetanus. In fact the guitar sound was so low and muddy, you could play anything, you could not pass thru this soundpile of mud.
I had quit the band after the first album mix i heard, NO BASS point blank. Even my only bass solo was so far, it sounded like i was playing in another building.
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I tried to leave the house for a session once back in 1989 with my Steinberger over my shoulder, but my mom wasn't having it, she said "boy you'll take your Fender and you'll like it"
Last month I showed up with my Mothman, and the bouncer at the recording studio door didn't even let me in.
God bless my mom. She would never let me leave the house without a Fender. And clean underwear. "What if you get hit by a band and have to go to a recording studio?!? The engineers will see your dirty Rickenbackers!"
(click my avatar for secret Fender!)
Arrived at one of my first recordings with a Steinberger L2 and a P Elite. The engineer hated the L2 said "it has no bottom end" 
and requested I try the P-Bass. Two or three notes played, he was happy. After that I stopped bringing anything but a P-bass to sessions except once when I brought the Steinberger because I used a DGCF tuning in that band. That engineer had no issues with the sound.
Just for the record, there has been only one session in 30 years where the engineer actually wanted to plug me into an amp, everything else was always DI.
and requested I try the P-Bass. Two or three notes played, he was happy. After that I stopped bringing anything but a P-bass to sessions except once when I brought the Steinberger because I used a DGCF tuning in that band. That engineer had no issues with the sound.Just for the record, there has been only one session in 30 years where the engineer actually wanted to plug me into an amp, everything else was always DI.
No! I'm not famous at all, and no one will make a "And justice for Guillaume..."
It was my first case of "nothing sounds better than a Fender", I recorded with a Gibson Blackbird, A Washburn M12, A Modulus Quantum and twice with my Ritter. No one told me to switch to a Fender.
BTW that session with the PBass story, the producer owes like 50 000€ to a lot of people including me, the guitarist quit the band and now plays solo coz' no one want to play with him.
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"the guitarist quited the band" I'm not being a grammar Nazi, but for the Frenchman, you don't need the "ed" added to "quit" to denote an action. Quit that. You will quit that, and once you have quit it, you will have quit for good, I hope, unless your intention IS to come off as a 6 year old in some very isolated place outside of time and human society.
I never brought a Fender ever, never had a word said, my bass and effects is my sound on my bass lines, original bands, self funded, self "produced". As a trumpet professional I brought a Benge, and That was equal to a Fender in trumpet world. All them horn bands and studio bands 70s and 80s, even Herb Albert, Benge was king. My 77 Benge is in a museum now. Only difference, the Benge is a more comfortable horn to hold (due to the reverse 2nd valve tube) while a Fender bass is distinctly uncomfortable, but that keeps you alert.
I never brought a Fender ever, never had a word said, my bass and effects is my sound on my bass lines, original bands, self funded, self "produced". As a trumpet professional I brought a Benge, and That was equal to a Fender in trumpet world. All them horn bands and studio bands 70s and 80s, even Herb Albert, Benge was king. My 77 Benge is in a museum now. Only difference, the Benge is a more comfortable horn to hold (due to the reverse 2nd valve tube) while a Fender bass is distinctly uncomfortable, but that keeps you alert.
That's why you always bring spare leads. Useful for the whole Hansel and Gretel bit.
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20 years ago I brought an AriaProII to a recording session. I was paroled last year. Now I preach the Word of Tort every day in the streets.
I show up to every session every time without a Fender and they go just fine.
When I have to go back in time to the 60's or 70's for a recording session I bring a P Bass with me in the time machine. My newer active basses don't jive as well with those four tracks they use.
When I have to go back in time to the 60's or 70's for a recording session I bring a P Bass with me in the time machine. My newer active basses don't jive as well with those four tracks they use.
