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Signature Basses / Instruments...yes or no
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I have two Roger Glover signature Vigier basses and wouldn't trade them for the world
To me, it’s entirely inconsequential. If you like the bass, what does it matter that some musician has put his name to it? And if you don’t like the bass it matters even less.
My Flea sig RW Jazz is excellent.
My Nate Mendel Precision (swapped pickup) is excellent.
My Matt Freeman Precision is excellent.
My Joe Dart Sterling (SbMM) is excellent.
These instruments are affordable and have unique qualities that are appealing to me and make the sounds that I want. I play all of them on stage and they have served me well.
My Nate Mendel Precision (swapped pickup) is excellent.
My Matt Freeman Precision is excellent.
My Joe Dart Sterling (SbMM) is excellent.
These instruments are affordable and have unique qualities that are appealing to me and make the sounds that I want. I play all of them on stage and they have served me well.
I was tempted to pick up a Fender Flea Roadworn bass, but never found one in my weight preference.
I have owned a few Sadowsky Will Lee basses, I thought they were excellent. I picked them up pre-owned, so the price difference from a standard NYC wasn’t that big a deal.
As for your Fodera hate, I’m guessing your friend’s bass didn’t have the best setup? I’ve owned two Monarchs and I wouldn’t say either felt like a $1K bass. I just decided that Roger’s preamp is the sound that I want. But my 2nd Fodera, a custom neck thru build, had possibly the sweetest neck I’ve ever played in my life.
I have owned a few Sadowsky Will Lee basses, I thought they were excellent. I picked them up pre-owned, so the price difference from a standard NYC wasn’t that big a deal.
As for your Fodera hate, I’m guessing your friend’s bass didn’t have the best setup? I’ve owned two Monarchs and I wouldn’t say either felt like a $1K bass. I just decided that Roger’s preamp is the sound that I want. But my 2nd Fodera, a custom neck thru build, had possibly the sweetest neck I’ve ever played in my life.
Anyway, the short answer would be…then don’t buy one.
You could’ve done better with the title knowing that self-affirmation was the goal. Just saying…
Oh yeah! Good point. Add the Billy Sheehan Yamaha to my list.
I used to drool over the fretless 5 string pictures in the catalogues back in the day. Still can’t explain it but the longer upper strap horn just looked like it made sense.
If it sounds and plays and looks the way I want it to, and is good value, why not? Whether it is somebody's sig is irrelevant. The fewer hangups we have about what we will or won't play, the better. Why worry about things other than the way it looks plays and sounds? These kinds of threads that slag on others' choices are borne out of insecurity and a need to assemble a kind of "tribe" to prop up their own biases and pump themselves up by putting others down. Reminds me of high school. And yes, it's also a troll thread.
The only sig bass that ever really tempted me was the Noel Redding Jazz. (Not mentioned in this thread or the older one). The one I played back in 1997 was super nice and sounded good. I already had a Jazz though so buying another didn't make sense to me at the time.
it was the 6 strings for me. it was a very nicely designed instrument, truthfully. I've never played one, but I know that era of carvin well.
The longer horn is always so comfortable to me. the bass I learned on as a young teenager was the fender longhorn, so perhaps its that - but i do think they just balanced so well and feel great to play (any bass with an extended horn, that is)
