gjones

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1336163003' post='1642082'] Aint no blurry line to me. Fender American Standard. Plug in, rock. Nothing else is relevant. [/quote] I agree. And having owned 4 very nice Japanese Fenders I would have traded them in for a US one at the drop of a hat. Not necessarily because they are any better in terms of quality but because Fenders are American Rock 'N' Roll icons and I'm a hopeless romantic.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1336209675' post='1642453'] does Fender not use CNC [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERV5E5uhLAM[/media] 1 min in. I guess their CNCs inject extra craftmanship or something doing them 4 at a time? [/quote] I've noticed that Fender are starting to make a lot of their guitars and basses in the far east and actually putting the Fender logo on them, probably because the quality is so high now. How long will people be prepared to pay such high prices for an American built product when they make them just as good for half the price elswhere. I should also have added that there's no craftsmanship in making a Fender either. It's just a factory process like making kitchen units or whatever. The cost of the finished guitar is dependant on where in the world it's made. Costs are higher in California and lower in Indonesia/China/Thailand etc. Don't get me started on globalisation I'm not a big fan.

I don't want to rain on anybody's parade but £25 per performance is pretty naff. The standard pro touring rate rate is around £1,000 a week. But on the other hand............ it sure sounds like a lot of fun.

This is why. There is no craftsmanship in making a Squire. You just have to have the hardware. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf7aQuofMkc[/media]

I TOTALLY LOVE IT!!! I'm a big Tom Waits fan. Can you tell? It must have been a wrench to leave them...................but wounds heal (I should know, as I'm back with a band I left 10 years ago).

Very high bids for this Geddy Lee. They usually go for £400 to £500 max. The seller must be chuffed. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300703300609?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300703300609?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649[/url]

I liked the white one.

[quote name='Miki Groove' timestamp='1335747064' post='1635470'] Just a note: People pays between 4.000$ and 20.000$ for a original pre-CBS. The value of a mint condition '71 P-Bass like this is 3.000$ aprox. The value of a '00 P-Bass MiM is about 300$. And you, bass players, are not sure of which is which... something's wrong... hahaha [/quote] That's the value to 'investors' for vintage stuff. 'Players' just want something that sounds good. So if you had the choice of a loan ,to record an album, of a 62 P bass that sounded awful or a Squier that sounded great, most would go for the Squier. Put a Wizard thumper in a Squier bass and you'll get it sounding like a 62 P.

I played tainted love at a wedding once. I think it may have been a request by the happy couple. I got paid a lot of money to do it though.

1. MM more twangy less thump 2. 58 Very thumpy with what I would say was the perfect woody P bass sound 3. 71 Also very thumpy and P bass sounding... very nice. They are all good in their own way. But I like the vintage sound of No 2 best.

Oh well looks like it's kosher then. I'd buy it if I didn't live 600 miles away.

Whoever has bid on this pile of cack will be very disappointed bunnies when they open the parcel when it's delivered.

I've used the 300 watt Line6 combo and even though most of the settings were a waste of time it was plenty loud enough with a decent speaker fitted and I could get a decent sound out of it without too much twiddling. But if something is being discounted as much as those Line6 400 watt combos are it's probably for a good reason so I would stay well clear if I were you. I second the idea of buying 2nd hand as you get much more bang for your buck.

As I type it's sitting at £375 but I'm not sure of it's pedigree? I do know that mid to late eighties was a transition period for Fender and some of the basses were made up of parts from different years. This may be the reason it has an early eighties 'American Standard' scratch plate, a 1990 serial number and a Mex style truss rod adjuster on the headstock. Very strange but a bargain if it's the real deal. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-USA-Jazz-Bass-Bass-Guitar-Electric-/160788603022?_trksid=e17000.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8061707993634638916"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-USA-Jazz-Bass-Bass-Guitar-Electric-/160788603022?_trksid=e17000.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8061707993634638916[/url]

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1335188364' post='1626876'] The OP hit a nerve that keeps grumbling from under on here. Namely, given that a total (in most of your opinions, incompetent) stranger is in charge of how your bass sounds, what exactly are you spending all that cash on? A vain hope that quality will triumph in the face of deaf old hippys? The knowledge that your onstage sound is exactly right? Personally, I think it`s both of those added to some denial about the whole process. I like nice amps also, but I reckon for the work I`m doing now, most of the time I could turn up with any old sh*t and so long as I could hear it all would be fine. You spends yer money..... [/quote] Sad..............but true.

There's a sucker born every minute.

I'd like to sound like Bernard Cribbins. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Bvd33V9dQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7Bvd33V9dQ[/url]

Sorry bout that...........I just couldn't help it.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1335268979' post='1628290'] this one has the nail to add attack at around 3:50 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSJMUsk-x_o[/media] [/quote] Bass face alert! Check out face at 1.06 harrrr, harrrr.