Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati

No you’re wrong .. they don’t do the same job .. Ferrari can travel at 320km/h, a Ford Focus not .. these are tangible data, facts. There’s, as minimum, a 100% speed gap between the two cars. To say that there’s a 100% performance gap between a comparable Fender (CS) and an AC bass it may not be as easy to prove, that’s why I’m arguing. This is a FSO (Fender Shaped Object - less FSO than an AC however) which I’d eagerly pay the asked price for (and I’ll surely do in future) as it comes with a really deluxe finish, selectable exotic woods, master-level body-neck joint, proprietary and brilliantly designed bridge and a lightweight as only a feather can be: Other example: Oh My Gawd ... Sorry no competition here albeit to each one his/her own ! ✌️

I was not specifically referring to you .. I replied to a lot of users and I agree with you there’s no point in arguing. I’ve made a statement that may or may not have grounds based on the particular musical goals of each of us; I’m sorry if somebody got annoyed by my words. That clearly wasn’t my intention; BassChat is a good community where to talk and share ideas (also TB IMO although I felt that it doesn’t have a lot of followers here). 👍

Not really .. in Italy lock-down was lifted at the beginning of May .. how’s now in UK?

I agree ..

Not that I may know .. I was working in Poland but I didn’t bring back a P-bass from there .. came back with a J and an Elrick, why, if I may ask?

When somebody tells me “you can’t speak because you don’t own what I own” or “the instruments you like are not good” I have to defend my position in some way, especially for the first kind of statement, which, given my mindset, I find hardly acceptable

Sorry @Andy but the one being or trying to be facetious was you not me .. I’m a rather direct guy; I don’t have friends here so I can’t behave in your same way but I need to reply and defend somehow. Don’t have any inflammatory purpose, stay reassured.

Indeed, I just wanted to know if there was somebody in line with my thoughts .. you don’t have to drive a Mercedes F1 to be Senna .. Senna was an ace in Montecarlo even when he drive his Toleman; same can be said for Jaco Pastorius. I know this is laughable but he didn’t need more than 4 strings and played whatever was available to him for practicing. Had I owned an AC bass, passing from it to a Stenback would not make me a better bass-player ..

Correct and from lutes the bowed instruments, which were the specialty of the luthiers of the past, descended .. not certainly the solid body electric guitar

This is the point, in my opinion Overwater makes super J-basses, which do not seem to have anything to envy to AC, but they are sold at ore affordable prices ..

This is your interpretation .. sort of a straw-tail reaction maybe? 😂

Dear, I’ve said AC instruments are definitely expensive; I didn’t say they are crap; I said that their design doesn’t seem quite an original one to me. If the American manufacturer (a luthier is somebody crafting violins, cellos, double-basses and the like in Italy) you refer to is not known in BassChat, why did I receive so many replies of people who will use, for instance, a Fender CS ad fire-wood if they were given the opportunity to acquire an AC by doing so? 😂😂😂

This:

Correct, I know, but I specified that my reference tone is that of Mr. Jackson when he was playing a simple, rudimentary Fender Precision Bass .. so we’re right at the beginning of his service with the Head Hunters. Edit: By the way, I prefer the ESP’s headstock shape 😂😂

Night !

Good night!

I never said that they are all the same. My FSO yield a good tone and playability for a decent price; re-read my previous posts, maybe you missed them.

Look, it seems that there’s a group of people who don’t agree with my statements although the only reason why I should not be, even partially, correct is that I can’t speak since I don’t own a particular thing .. sorry I don’t agree with this principle

More than FSO, vintage-repro Fender so Fender FSO!

I see that there’s a good bunch of “touchés” by my posts on the forum ! Good ! Ped, if I’m not mistaken, you were the one selling your Ken Smith on TB before giving it to Scott, right? So I’m not the only one here, seemingly, also looking at TB 😄

I’m playing decent enough instruments, don’t worry 👍

Sorry I’m too dumb to understand the meaning of what you wrote .. you can expand if you want 😆

For that selling price, definitely not, but even a Fender CS 😂

Yes I don’t understand and I wanted to put a little fire in the AC supporters camp .. as stated, a Fender Shaped Object is a Fender Shaped Object ..

Yes, Stenback J-basses .. even in this case the reason behind their price should be sourced in their playability since the sound is the typical J-bass sound, not very different from that of my one, I guess ..