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To Me, Fender Is.......

#341
Sequimite said:
To Me, Fender Is.......

such a diverse product line and of such diverse quality that the name by itself means nothing to me.
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Best statement in the thread.

To me a fender is what you get is what you get. Some are mediocre some are amazing and some are garbage. Doesn't matter what product line or where it was made. I will say that a Fender really separates the good players from the bad because a good player will turn a mediocre fender into a tone monster.
 
#342
pacojas said:
sir,..

you are a serial Fender basher! (the last time i saw you, you were trying to promote your superior custom work) do you really think those thoughts or is this another attempt at guerilla marketing?!!:rollno:
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Yeah, it was pretty obvious with this steaming pile he served up:

"but almost everything out there is better than a Fender"


It's pretty tough to take someone seriously after making such an ignorant statement...


- georgestrings
 
#343
I'm yet to play any bass by any manufacterer that is perfect from factory.
For instance I have never played any fretted bass that didn't have the frets sticking out a bit further than a luthier would have them.
I have two electric basses right now, an Ibanez soundgear and a Fender Highway One. For $550 Ibanez gives you a thinner smoother neck that is five piece wenge/bubinga, bartolini pickups, three band active eq, a mahogony body, all in a bass that is roughly five pounds. For $1000 bucks Fender will give you a slab of wood, a cheap bridge and some cheap passive pickups that they know you are going to replace as soon as you get it home.
That being said a Fender Jazz was the first bass I bought and I don't intend on ever being without one. I know there has been plenty of inovations since Leo invented it but sometimes you want to play the original, the classic, and that is what Fender is for, when you want to play a Fender. :bassist:
 
#344
low2groove said:
And purpledrank, thank you for the honest question. You were the only responder that didn't get emotionally attached to my honest opinion to the actual thread question. I also like salty fish on my pizza!
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Topics to stay out of if you have an opinion or experience with something that goes against the status quo 1: wood / tone argument, 2: class d amps, 3: being able to hear anything, 4 anything to do with fender. Just a heads up. Lol
 
#349
To Me, Fender is...
The instrument I wish I'd had first. I could have saved a lot of money over the last 40 years! (Nah, probably not.)

Love them or hate them, you have to respect designs (P-Bass and J-Bass) that have remained essentially unchanged for over 50 years and still remain popular. They have earned the right to be referred to as industry standards.

Whether Leo was a genius or lucky is immaterial by now. The designs worked and continue to do so today.
 
#353
the only instrument that sounds right in a band.

I have played a lot of different basses and no matter what nothing sounds as good as a fender in the mix to me. I used to hate P basses refused to play them for 10 years was a jazz bass snob and i traded a guy site unseen my ibanez for his american p bass and i have played nothing else but Fender P and J since.
 

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