I thought the 5 string had a wonderful feel to the neck.
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What's wrong with the Fender Dimension Basses?
- Thread starter tlite
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I played one, I couldn't find a thing in the world wrong with it.
But like a lot of basses, it just didn't move me enough to want one.
I would always recommend someone to give it a good and fair try, though.
But like a lot of basses, it just didn't move me enough to want one.
I would always recommend someone to give it a good and fair try, though.
The pick guard looks better than a big damn circle......
I would buy a Am. Standard Dimension HH IV if fender didn't discontinue them.
There is nothing wrong with the bass. It is just the reality of Fender. They have a curse.
On one hand people whine they are still stuck in 1950 pulling out P and J bass without any significant evolution.
On the other hand ... they only sell the same boring P and J, every new thing they make never sell.
While I'm tapping this ... It reminds me of the Pepsi strategy... they didn't sell enough of their Pepsi ( or was it Coca Cola ? anyway ) they release new product. Some try, some hate it and then bring the old version as a Classic serie and people buy it as if it was different...
On one hand people whine they are still stuck in 1950 pulling out P and J bass without any significant evolution.
On the other hand ... they only sell the same boring P and J, every new thing they make never sell.
While I'm tapping this ... It reminds me of the Pepsi strategy... they didn't sell enough of their Pepsi ( or was it Coca Cola ? anyway ) they release new product. Some try, some hate it and then bring the old version as a Classic serie and people buy it as if it was different...
to the OP - most people i know who love fender are pretty resistant (some are downright hostile) if fender does something outside their normal box.
i love the sound of the triple bucker - it's most of the reason i bought the dimension i have. but the people i talked to at GC about it had a negative feeling about it because basically they felt fender should make traditional pickups. me, i shop for pickups with my ears, and i really like that tone.
i love the sound of the triple bucker - it's most of the reason i bought the dimension i have. but the people i talked to at GC about it had a negative feeling about it because basically they felt fender should make traditional pickups. me, i shop for pickups with my ears, and i really like that tone.
Do you like Fender?
Do you like Stingrays?
Do you wish your Stingray was made by Fender?
...No? You're good?
Ok.
--^@
Do you like Stingrays?
Do you wish your Stingray was made by Fender?
...No? You're good?
Ok.
--^@
I think they're cool tho. And pretty.
It just wasn't something anybody was really asking for.
--^@
It just wasn't something anybody was really asking for.
--^@
I was at GC and another browser was plucking an axe.
"What's that," I queried. "Sounds real good."
Was one!
"What's that," I queried. "Sounds real good."
Was one!
It's psychological. Fender (and to some extent Gibson) is cursed whenever they try to do something different. People will accept a P or J, but not so much anything else. They will buy a Music Man or G&L before they will buy a similar Fender design.
I've seen many "modernized" Fenders and own one, a 1980s Precision Bass Elite. Guess, what I got mine at a blowout sale for $300 when Fender stopped making them. Just a month earlier they were selling for $750.
Many people probably pick up a Dimension, play it a bit and think "this isn't a P or a J" and put it back on the rack. Then they pick up some other bass that might sound exactly the same but because it's an Ibanez, Music Man or anything other than a Fender they might think "this thing is great, it isn't just another P or J"
So Fender keep the vanilla P and J in the line with only minor tweaks over the years but seem to cycle through one modernized P or J every few years, discontinue it and try another.
The first of these I remember was the original Precision Bass Special around 1979. Then the Precision Bass Elite, then the Precision and Jazz Bass Plus, then the Precision and Jazz Deluxe, now the new Precision and Jazz Elites. Along the way various oddballs like the Performer, Anodynes, Carbonita and now the Dimension (probably a few more I forgot about). The Deluxes were the only model that lasted more than 3 or 4 years and even those had significant redesigns over the years.
I'm not crazy about them myself....I sampled a couple before....My thought was....Ho Hummmm!!!!!
It's not a P or J other than that i'd buy a used one if I could get it cheap
It's a well made bass, but suffers from being the stepchild of Fender. People that want a Stingray will probably just go and buy a Stingray. Furthermore, the tones I always got from the Dimension were somehow off to me, super high mids.
Hear, hear. Gibson has to their credit tried a bunch of new stuff- a lot of it hasn't landed either but I love the drive for innovation. I was thinking about writing that same thing earlier but didn't want to take this thread too far into Gibson territory.
By the way- I had never seen the Performer before- I'm not quite sure why but I dig that bass. Wonder how they play/sound.
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Despite all my appreciation for innovation I confess that I haven't felt compelled to plunk my cash down for anything that unusual on a bass. That said, the Dimension isn't THAT crazy- but the variety of different models and options do get a bit confusing. The triple bucker and/or the passive HH might be something to check out.
I wonder if some of these Dimension models might gain appreciation a few years down the road, or after/if they stop production?
Played the V at a local SamAsh store. Balanced, played great, versatile tone, great string soaking fir me...ugly guard unless you get a black bass with white guard imho.
Was just about to buy it when the asked guy said...oh Fender is discontinuing them. Why I asked... he didn't know but offered another $100 off the $1,150 price.
I backed away thinking there must be something wrong...
I think bassists see the Dimension and see a MM knockoff and if in the market for that type, go G&L or EBMM. I did.
Was just about to buy it when the asked guy said...oh Fender is discontinuing them. Why I asked... he didn't know but offered another $100 off the $1,150 price.
I backed away thinking there must be something wrong...
I think bassists see the Dimension and see a MM knockoff and if in the market for that type, go G&L or EBMM. I did.
