Like all those guys who get looks of awe when they come in with their 5 and 6 string Foderas, Ibanezes, Yamahas, Smiths, MTDs, etc.? The whole worship band stands up and applauds.
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Stigma for not playing Fender
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Like all those guys who get looks of awe when they come in with their 5 and 6 string Foderas, Ibanezes, Yamahas, Smiths, MTDs, etc.? The whole worship band stands up and applauds.
Question is: what are the consequences? Funny looks don't mean you're not getting gigs, and you can't read people's minds - maybe they're thinking "wow, what a cool bass!" Not the same as stigma, regardless of what they're thinking, but maybe you could ask a few people who are giving you funny looks.
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A Pbass is a Pbass regardless of what it says on the headstock, and Fender doesn't even make the nicest Pbass on the market. Other people's opinions of things they know nothing about should be none of your concern.
Pbass also stands for pointy bass, which this bass is, and is also a Pbass. I doubt it says Fender on the headstock. But, with some flats, through a B-15 I'd bet it sounds like Motown.
Pbass also stands for pointy bass, which this bass is, and is also a Pbass. I doubt it says Fender on the headstock. But, with some flats, through a B-15 I'd bet it sounds like Motown.
Nah....we have 3 bassist in the church rotation. Not a Fender to be found.....Lakland, Sire, and Ibanez.
Never had anyone comment negatively about anything I played with the exception of my Squier MIJ P....which is technically a Fender. Squier is still about the only brand I see open distain for. I've never had a bad comment about my Bongo...surprisingly since they are so openly hated on TB.
Shouldn't that be Stigmata for worship music?
Sorry I couldn't resist the irony.
And the answer is NO, I play what I want to play.
Dirk
Sorry I couldn't resist the irony.
And the answer is NO, I play what I want to play.
Dirk
I usually only hear that after someone doesn’t like my playing and thinks a Fender will “fix” it.
I have a Fender P and I like it, but it's not as good of a bass as my Rickenbacker and EBMM Stingray5 HH.
Who is saying this? Are you hearing it or thinking it?
Really!
if you show up at a Spring outdoor wedding reception with an AC/DC wifebeater and holey jeans, it’s not the bass.
Really!
if you show up at a Spring outdoor wedding reception with an AC/DC wifebeater and holey jeans, it’s not the bass.
Maybe it's the few local churches you know with their demographic and denomination. Whenever there are posts here about people being made to feel Less Than for Whatever reason it's always the overly sensitive over-thinking-it individual who has to learn how to not care about that garbage and try to open hearts (in church). Via the many examples posted so far, this stigma you speak of doesn't exist in other churches.
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I wonder if they also dictate guitar brands and keyboard manufacturers? What about amps? Strings? Effects pedals? Mics? Stands?
I could see a producer specifying a certain bass to a paid session player as that is what they are familiar with producing-wise. With regard to Worship type things, I thought there was something in The Book about not judging lest ye be something-or-other. As far as bands go, unless I'm a paid touring guy, or in one of those gimmicky dress-like-the-band tribute things, I'd not want to play with people who are so narrow minded that they think a sticker on a headstock determines tone.
I could see a producer specifying a certain bass to a paid session player as that is what they are familiar with producing-wise. With regard to Worship type things, I thought there was something in The Book about not judging lest ye be something-or-other. As far as bands go, unless I'm a paid touring guy, or in one of those gimmicky dress-like-the-band tribute things, I'd not want to play with people who are so narrow minded that they think a sticker on a headstock determines tone.
All I know is that every time I show up with my Wal, nobody's complaining.
People pay attention to what the bass player is doing?? When I started playing a fiesta red jazz instead of a sunburst jazz, it was months before people stopped asking "How long have you had a red bass?" 
I've been playing my Lakland 5594 almost exclusively for about a year now, and the only comments I've gotten are about how good it sounds, or how good it feels to play after I let someone check it out.
I've been playing my Lakland 5594 almost exclusively for about a year now, and the only comments I've gotten are about how good it sounds, or how good it feels to play after I let someone check it out.
Play what you want. Whenever I did worship gigs I rolled in with a black Ibanez 5 string and nobody cared enough to comment.
if you can play, and your gear sounds great, prove them wrong.
There's a reason almost every great Bass Player walking the earth has a US Fender Bass.
I agree! In fact, I don't ever recall seeing a Fender in a church band.
Most of the time, I see these very contemporary, boutique, expensive, 5ers and 6ers with 35" and 36" scale basses in church settings on TV.
As for demands made to a bassist to be playing a Fender. I don't believe it.
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As a newer member on these forums, it seems there are a lot of ego issues surrounding bass players.
This rhetoric is part of the problem. There are plenty of great bass players who don't own a US made Fender.
This rhetoric is part of the problem. There are plenty of great bass players who don't own a US made Fender.
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