Showed up to recording session without a Fender...

[I am Soma]

i did one time....it was the last time i ever even held a bass

 

[birminghambass]

Every commercially successful musical recording ever produced was done with a P bass with flats and a tort guard. There are no exceptions.
There is a secret society of bass players that are brought in on sessions after hours to retrack all bass parts that aren't done correctly (as in non-P bass). Most of Jaco's tracks were actually Bootsy Collins on a P. Victor Wooten's recorded work? Steve Harris. RHCPs entire catalogue was actually Carol Kaye on bass, not Flea. The list goes on and on...

 

[Bass'd on a true story]

Every commercially successful musical recording ever produced was done with a P bass with flats and a tort guard. There are no exceptions.
There is a secret society of bass players that are brought in on sessions after hours to retrack all bass parts that aren't done correctly (as in non-P bass). Most of Jaco's tracks were actually Bootsy Collins on a P. Victor Wooten's recorded work? Steve Harris. RHCPs entire catalogue was actually Carol Kaye on bass, not Flea. The list goes on and on...

Every RHCP bassline is actually just chopped up and rearranged version of "Bernadette".

 

[Kukulkan61]

I showed up to the studio with this and they told me to leave and come back with a newer looking bass with with a pick guard other than Tort...

 

[Lownote38]

20 years ago, in Nashville, it had to be a Fender 4 string bass in the studio. It's much more relaxed now, though, and producers don't mind seeing 5 strings, and don't mind seeing things that aren't Fender. Squier and Epiphone are still frowned upon, but Yamaha, Ibanez and a host of others are acceptable. 6 strings would be hard to pull off in the studio, though. You could get fired on the spot!

 

[Bunk McNulty]

I showed up once with a Warwick and the producer loved the tone. He also thought I did a "perfect take" of the song on the first try. The only noises he made were shrieks of joy. We then recorded several more tracks but he ended up using the first one. I own a Fender P and J but nobody missed 'em that day.

Yeah, I live for the "one-take wonder." Not that I've ever done it myself...

 

[mpdd]

folks were always surprised at the warm and sweet recording tone that my old gibson grabber had

 

[brian1e]

 

[mat666]

I only use Stingrays in studio but then the engineer think it sounds too slimey...still a fender no?

 

[Bigmuffdiver]

No, I have never.

 

[Gaolee]

I showed up to the studio with this and they told me to leave and come back with a newer looking bass with with a pick guard other than Tort...View attachment 674285

Who would show up with an ugly old pile of matchsticks like that, anyway? Sheesh, anybody with a shred of self-respect would have got it repainted at least. Reshaping it to make it pointy would be even more appropriate. I dunno about people these days.

 

[Kragnorak]

There was a time when I was VERY tempted to get a cheap B.C. Rich purple and pointy bass just to play jazz on to annoy people. Then one day I drove an hour to a session and forgot my axe! But no worries, the engineer had an old B.C. Rich Warlock with dead strings laying around!

The sound of the final product pretty much cured that perverse notion...

 

[toons]

I showed up with my trusty P-bass for a session with a real control-freak of a producer. He made me go back home and get the original Fender strap and cord that came with the guitar when I purchased it new.

Fender accessories, don't leave home without them and for heaven's sake, don't loose them.

 

[Vlad5]

I did once, but then the producer told me to give it back to my grandpa and come back with something designed after the Nixon administration.

 

[Omega Monkey]

I once showed up to an out of town session with a Carvin and an SWR head. Next thing I knew, state troopers had escorted me to the state line and were telling me not to ever come back through there. True story.

 

[fendermademygibson]

I once got invited to a session, by nobody in particular. It will be loose and casual he said. Just some good ol' fun times he said.

But then someone saw something about a Fender bass on the computer and things got all serious.

Stupid internet.

Ha!

 

[droskobass]

I showed up with an all stock 1955 bass and to my surprise the producer was LEO FENDER!! he said, "Look Man, that bass just isn't up to par. Leave it with me and I'll modify it for you so it sounds good."

He proceeded to refinish the bass in white poly, installed a two band preamp, a humbucker, and cut the headstock so it was smaller and put the G string tuner on the treble side.

I was amazed, now the 55 p bass is the only bass I will ever use. oh and by the way I was in a session with Steve Miller, then AC-DC called, Michael Jackson, Queen, The Brothers Johnson, RHCP ...I've never been happier!

 

[Matt O]

I learned my lesson, now I just bring my Fender Producerpleaser™

 

[ZorgRift]

Producer said bring P bass. Mentioned nothing about clothes. Hilarity ensued. New studio rule instituted.

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instructions unclear, played bass with P

*sent from my iPhone at my public indecency hearing*

 

[BioWeapon]

I think I can get away with it here.

I thought nobody could get away with this kind of stuff!

... hey wait a second!