Mrbigstuff

At least we know it’s good for metal……

Agreed, If it was possible to significantly undercut the competition with a US manufactured bass someone would have done it. And if nobody saw the value in paying that much for a US manufactured bass, these companies would go out of business.

Doesn’t matter if they do or don’t.

We don’t all play in the same manner or buy things for the same reasons. I’m quite confident I haven’t dinted any of my instruments in the last 5 years and I play one of the collection everyday when I’m at home.

Great tone

They only need to find 10 collectors or bassists out of the 58 million millionaires worldwide. Not a huge ask to sell those.

Hopefully you can take a loan/ sell stuff

Loverly flame!

And that’s where a luthier who hand picks the woods can hopefully make some difference. Not that I’m saying there is an exact science to the outcome based on woods alone. Handmade doesn’t always mean better than CNC either, there’s just too many variants.

You don’t need to be a professional musician to understand the sound a guitar makes 😂

This is basically the only guaranteed difference. Does the buyer really want something that has been assembled in the west or something assembled in the east!

I suppose there’s two issues: 1) they have the goods in stock but one or both are still in original packaging that they don’t want to undo. 2) what if they say it fits but the margins are tight and you argue it doesn’t upon receipt? A wasted effort for all.

The bass gallery have a wall full of fender basses. You’d easily find one there that suits you, and hopefully in your budget.

Anyone else finding the sets available on I player a bit restricted? There’s quite a few sets I missed and wanted to catch up on but can’t find them in the menus! Seems to mostly just be the well known acts.

The difference in quality of components between the factories are marginal. The quality of build isn’t consistent for any of them but there is more QC time the higher up the food chain you go. For not much more than a new US made artist series Fender bass, I purchased a handmade jazz new from Overwater. The difference in quality is undeniable.