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Why does everyone use Fenders?
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A big part of it that helps, especially for touring bands, is that if your sound is a jazz bass through an SVT, you can pretty much rent a jazz bass and an SVT in most major cities and a lot of the smaller ones if something goes out, and it's still going to sound like a jazz bass regardless of setup or slight inconsistencies. Same goes with P bass, but try to find a Warwick or even an EBMM for rent even in larger cities and you'll have a hard time. I just used the SVT as an example because the amp is a big part of the sound.
Yep, got that right!
Sorry, but that is not pointy.
It is nicely rounded, so as not to poke anyone's eye out.
i went through a phase of different basses and the bass and ive come back to is a p bass... it just works , for me its got this certain midrange to it which i love and it works for any music..i have 2 p basses 1 with quarter pounders and 1 with the spb1 and they kill! ....my 2cents...
philvanv
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In my experience in pro audio and music, I've learned that people find thinking very painful. Its easier to use something that others find acceptable than it is to discern what is truly best for you.
I have nothing against Fender or the people that play them but I need something better than what they offer
I have nothing against Fender or the people that play them but I need something better than what they offer
"Why does everyone use Fenders?"
'Why does everyone ask this question' is a reasonable follow up. This, and 'what bass should I buy?' are constantly repeated threads.
Not everyone does play a Fender, or any particular brand of strings, or amps or cabs, or anything else.
If you have a Warwick, and you feel you want a different look, or sound, or weight, or what-have-you, then off you go. There is a ton of great gear, and a pile of crap out there.
I have two basses only, both Fender P's, but that is just what I've come down to. In large part it is because they give me the sound that I am after. I never actually liked them much.
As it happens, I don't want to spend three or four thousand $ on a bass. It is also the case that I don't have access to a bunch of Spectors, or Foderas, or Zons, or Sandbergs etc. where I live. If I did, I might be playing something else. But the Hamer, the Steinberger, the EBMM Sterling, the Spector basses are all gone. I just play what my ears want to hear, and that is ideally what drives us all. And that is why there are a variety of manufacturers building different instruments; we all want to hear something specific.
Play what your hands want to hold, and what your ears want to hear.
'Why does everyone ask this question' is a reasonable follow up. This, and 'what bass should I buy?' are constantly repeated threads.
Not everyone does play a Fender, or any particular brand of strings, or amps or cabs, or anything else.
If you have a Warwick, and you feel you want a different look, or sound, or weight, or what-have-you, then off you go. There is a ton of great gear, and a pile of crap out there.
I have two basses only, both Fender P's, but that is just what I've come down to. In large part it is because they give me the sound that I am after. I never actually liked them much.
As it happens, I don't want to spend three or four thousand $ on a bass. It is also the case that I don't have access to a bunch of Spectors, or Foderas, or Zons, or Sandbergs etc. where I live. If I did, I might be playing something else. But the Hamer, the Steinberger, the EBMM Sterling, the Spector basses are all gone. I just play what my ears want to hear, and that is ideally what drives us all. And that is why there are a variety of manufacturers building different instruments; we all want to hear something specific.
Play what your hands want to hold, and what your ears want to hear.
Agree that not everyone plays Fenders... for me, I've always played Fenders or Fender derivatives because I just like how they sound for the kind of music I play (and they are relatively affordable). Really, the only people who can legitimately answer this question are people who play Fenders.
You realize that post was really condescending however, don't you? As if fender players were lifeless automatons playing what is expected of them. Your last sentence reads like an insult starting with 'no offense, but...'
I dare you to call this bass player a non-thinking follow the herd bass player... of course this is a test: do you even know who this is?
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Maaaannnn! If it is what you want sell your Warwick get a Fender and get off my lawn! Those are the ultimate TB masturbating threads.
Now that's a load of doo doo, understanding that is your humble opinion. MUCH to broad a generalization .
Marc
And for you to say, "Now that's a load of doo doo," is only ur opinion man. sorry if u don't agree, but I'm not stating my opinion as right or wrong, its only my experience. period.
Disclaimer: Everything I post on TB is only my opinion yo!
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OK, not doo doo, but silly. Fender's making some of the best instruments they've ever built right now and, for some indiscernible reason, they're still showing up on stages and in the studio more than any other basses. They've sure got a lot of fanbois fooled out there.
