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8 hours ago, fretmeister said:

I see Ed Friedland recently got one and is very pleased with it.

 

Ed Friedland can make anything sound good but people should be aware he's paid by manufacturers to review their products and he gets freebies. So people should take that into account when he gives glowing reviews.

10 hours ago, Tim2291 said:

Nobody wants to see anybody losing their jobs! My comment was more pointing out the fact that there are people within the structure who a clearly using their time inefficiently, that time could be put to better use helping in the other areas of the business reducing the workload on their burnt out colleagues!

In Soviet Russia there used to be a saying 'We pretend to work and they pretend to pay us'. Your postie obviously feels no loyalty to his employer, because his employer feels no loyalty to him.

Well I paid just under £2000 for a Fender Elite a few years ago. I'd never bought a bass of that quality new before, as I was well aware that as soon as you step outside the shop it's worth half of what you bought it for, but I couldn't find one secondhand and ran out of patience looking.

I've got some lovely basses that would have cost me thousands new, but I bought them at half the new price (or less) because they had a few years on the clock, which in my opinion, is the smart thing to do..

On 17/12/2022 at 18:52, T-Bay said:

I never saw those that high but I don’t tend to look at 5s so it wouldn’t surprise me. The Ultra like mine was £1999 until recently but is now over £2100, compared to a few years ago they are all up as far as I can tell. I paid under £1700 on my ultra less than 18 months ago.

Hmmm....my Elite 4 string Precision cost over £1900 in 2018.

A Sue Ryder?

Edit: some other smarty pants suggested that one before me.

......Oh well, I'll get me coat.

32 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

Fingers crossed you get a speedy resolution 👍

I've signed up but they don't expect any cash from Fender anytime soon. 

The website says these type of things can drag through the courts for years.

Hmmm....... I bought a Fender Elite Precision on 14/4/18. Everywhere I looked it was exactly the same price. I thought to myself 'That's a bit suspicious'.

I'm in.

6 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Could be the Highway one 

I think you're right. Here's a Highway One for sale on reverb  https://reverb.com/uk/p/fender-highway-one-jazz-bass-2003-2011?hfid=58217551&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=18354914807&utm_content=campaignid=18354914807_adgroupid=_productpartitionid==merchantid=604163176_productid=58217551_keyword=_device=c_adposition=_matchtype=_creative=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIosmktKX2-wIVlu3tCh3wbwzDEAQYASABEgJE0fD_BwE

No, but I know a guy who probably does  https://www.basschat.co.uk/profile/7835-kiogon/

The thing that does irritate me about Stingrays is the sharp corner, on the compensated nut, on the G string side. I might have to file that end of the nut down to take away the edge on mine.

1 hour ago, Mark_ii said:

I have a 2 EQ StingRay classic,  I play it though a GenzBenz amp and on into Barefaced cabs.

I has a huge fat warm sound and every string is right there in the mix (no drop offs in volume).  It actually cuts through better than my Sadowsky jazz or Fender Ultra P bass which are very good in themselves.

 

I don't doubt the experiences stated here in this thread but I'm tending to agree with the post that says that the amp can make the difference.

My 2 EQ USA Stingray SUB was the same. It sounded very FAT and punchy. like a Precision with a kickdrum behind it.

My 3 EQ Stingray doesn't have the same sound but has it's own 'aggressive' character.

Buy something with a bit of quality, like a secondhand Squier vintage modified, or something similar.  It can always be sold for the price you bought it if your son's interest fades. Nothing more discouraging than a nasty guitar, that wont stay in tune and has an action like a bow and arrow.

I went looking for a guitar as a gift and the cheapos, that you buy new, are truly horrible (an Epiphone Les Paul for £89 that I tried was absolutely horrible sounding and wouldn't stay in tune). I ended up buying a secondhand Yamaha Pacifica, for £20 less, that sounded and played really great in comparison.

What about violin/fiddle players?

Bassists embraced frets in the 50s. It takes the first 5 years, after taking up the instrument,  to figure out how to play a violin/fiddle in tune. If they came with frets as standard people would be knocking out symphonies in no time.

I really did like the sound from my two USA SUBs, as they had a 2 band EQ which gave a really good thump. 

I wasn't too keen on the painted necks which seemed a bit on the chunky side.

I have a 3 band EQ, 2014 USA Stingray now and the neck seems a bit less chunky but, to tell the truth, I think I preferred the sound of the 2 band EQ on the SUB.

The necks on 70 type Jazzes, with inlays, are usually significantly chunkier front to back. I have a USA 75 reissue and a Mex 70s reissue, both with inlays, and they are pretty chunky compared to a standard Jazz.

Has anyone ever bought one of his abominations?

Own up.....

There's no reason to buy a Fender unless you really want Fender on the headstock.

They are iconic instruments, as they have been played on millions of albums and have been owned by our musical heroes and heroines, over the decades but there are better playing and sounding basses out there.

I own a lot of Fenders, some of them are better than others, but I'm a sucker for nostalgia.

On 07/05/2022 at 23:05, Lowend soldier said:

Very overated. Most soundman are absolute bass hating ladyboys. Only one step up the evolutional ladder from wedding dj,s 😉😂😂😂

https://cdn.basschat.co.uk/monthly_2022_10/10000000_8108811425827229_1745709608052968495_n.mp4.615cfd15d6e872ec8f6a229dc79c0bb8.mp4

On 07/05/2022 at 23:05, Lowend soldier said:

Very overated. Most soundman are absolute bass hating ladyboys. Only one step up the evolutional ladder from wedding dj,s 😉😂😂😂

https://cdn.basschat.co.uk/monthly_2022_10/10000000_8108811425827229_1745709608052968495_n.mp4.615cfd15d6e872ec8f6a229dc79c0bb8.mp4

 I like a lot of the later Beatles songs (not keen on the moptop stuff). Are they the greatest band ever? Maybe not, but when you see them in an historical perspective, the work they produced between 1962 and 1970, redefined pop/rock music. 

21 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

I agree with what Happy Jack says and that as a musician, we are all on the spectrum somewhere, some more than others. Even I, who thought I was the most level headed and normal person in the world has this year, after 35 years of playing come to the conclusion that I too am on the spectrum thanks to my wife and daughter pointing certain things out to me. Thankfully nothing serious just little quirks and idiosyncrasies but perhaps what I thought was perfectly normal is in fact less so. I think its impossible for a musician or in fact any artist or creative type to not be somewhere on the spectrum, its what makes us us and every real musician I have played with I have always thought had flaws with their personality, some more so than others. I just never realised that I did to. I also very much subscribe that there are a lot of dreamers, weirdos, and people who can dish out criticism but can't take constructive suggestions as well.

I think it's called being human.

I notice a L2000 tribute is on Guitar Guitar website with a very big reduction. I wonder if it's a stinker?

By the way I own a G&L tribute L2500 and the QC is excellent.

Fender should change the knobs on their Jazzes to volume, blend, tone.

The historical arrangement of volume, volume, tone irritates me.

I wonder why John McVie is selling this gear at this stage? It's not as if he needs the cash.

I suppose he's got to the age where he realises that all he really needs is a Harley Benton Precision and a secondhand Fender Rumble 500.

As we all do eventually