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    Fender, In trouble?

    in General Discussion

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    The only Fender basses who deserve the Fender logo are the Custom Shop ones.
    It was in 1978 when I had my first Fender Jazz Bass new and since then, year by year the overall quality wend down drived by money related decisions and greed.
    The only plus was the Custom Shop opening ( but at what price...)
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    The Glove

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    Hello fellow bassheads,
    I saw in a video a bass player wearing a glove on the right hand.
    I play bass since 35 years and never saw something like this so please, maybe someone know; what's the hype, is it something special? Is someone among you who play with a glove?
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    Does body wood make a difference to the sound of a bass guitar?

    in Bass Guitars

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    I think of one interesting experiment (at least intelectually wise); let's make two bodies of let's say first a christmass tree wood and second a 20 years selected walnut tone wood, put some Bartolinis with a Pope preamp, some DR hi beams strings and a maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, badass bridge, etc.
    The two basses will be absolutely the same except the body wood.
    What about the sound? Any difference? What do you think?
    Is still the GIGO concept valable?
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    Does body wood make a difference to the sound of a bass guitar?

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    There are always differencies between two or more basses with the same specs but far, far less important than for example the sound difference between a maple neck jazz bass and a rosewood jazz bass...An alder body and an ash body, etc.
    In the same logic all these wood combinations should be predictible for a master builder, so usually he will not work "in the dark" waiting an esotheric light to choose if the final bass will sound brilliant or crap. At least I don't think so.
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    Does body wood make a difference to the sound of a bass guitar?

    in Bass Guitars

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    My friend Pete,
    Of course not bad feelings for a fellow brother in arms, really.
    On a serious side.
    I don't want to get showy but I have six Smths high end sixers and even if they all have the same electronics and pickups, they all sound different.
    Ok, maybe not for the uninitiated ears but quite different in fact.
    This difference is not between good and bad but each wood combination had a specific flavour.
    Mahogany body sounds different than maple or walnut.
    This is why specially in the classical luthiery the woods, their quality and looks are very important for the final result, of course the mastery of the craft is again more important.
    Of course not all beautiful "cofee table" exotic woods are tone woods but at least the ones that master builders like Fodera, Smith..you name them, use for their instruments are really top of the notch and have a deep impact over the overall sound.
    This sound flavour is also present for the neck wood, fretboard wood, heel wood, etc.
    Try to make the total of these combinations and you'll understand why this matter is not just white and black. I would make here a paralel with the art of the great chefs in the kitchen or with the art of winery or wiskey.
    As you said it's not here the place to have arguments but...even if we like it or not the luthiery is an art and not a daily job, something like making music. It's subtile and complex and this is why I really appreciate it.
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    Does body wood make a difference to the sound of a bass guitar?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by TheSiberian

    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1413222251' post='2576038']
    Well, this is a remarkably calm and well-behaved thread.
    Usually when this subject is breached it all goes horribly tits-up fairly quickly. Well done, everyone! :lol:
    [/quote]
    However, if we have to be well mannered up to the end we should inform people like Ken Smith, Vinny Fodera, Mike Tobias, Steven Sukop or Ken Lawrence that they are deadly wrong with their 30+ years old batch of tone woods, exibition figured and rare exotic top and core woods.
    How is it possible to ask thousans of our hard earned dollars for things that don't matter?
    This smells like scandal.
    My God, what a chance for me to look at this thread, just spared a lot of cash.
    I will cancel my next Fodera order...a 50$ chinese bass will do it as well if not better.
    Thank you.
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    Cultural Difference,The Tip Jar

    in General Discussion

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    I never understood why you have to tip and to pay in the same time?
    Saw this in India...
    To pay a drink to a band that plays like hell, ok but tipping a service that anyway I pay... Kind of weird for me.
    Maybe I should try with the police when they're stopping me for overspeed...lol
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    A strange division in attitudes

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by TheSiberian

    I think that is a huge difference between skilled/technical guitarist (see clichee boring) and virtuoso musician (any instrument).
    I also think that in most of musical forums some people don't get this difference, hence we see comments like " Malmsteen fretw...ing" etc
    This remembers me some w...ing Rush song...quick to judge, quick to anger...slow to understand.
    Ups, I forgot to use some smiling faces.

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    Made in China

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by TheSiberian

    [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1412684234' post='2570993']
    I must be going in the wrong restaurants because all they have in my local Chinese one is a few silk pictures hanging on the wall. I somehow feel cheated now. :)
    [/quote]

    Of course they can't find to buy anymore panda bears for your restaurant by now… they switched production, they're busy now making basses. ":0)
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    Made in China

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by TheSiberian

    Generally speaking after I tryed by pure and insane curiosity some chinese basses at Frankfurt MusikMesse, I found they are like the panda bears in chinese restaurants...I mean fake plasic bears in fake plastic trees...
    I usually go to a very good chinese restaurant, but for eating and not for the pandas. Lol
    I would rather give 100€ to a poor guy in the street than buying a chinese bass with this amount.
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