BetaFunk Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1372613770' post='2127716'] Oh, I don't know - he is [i]quite [/i]annoying. [/quote] I do try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Lord Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='peteb' timestamp='1372514786' post='2126672'] But does this sound ‘proper’? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6XbvvFOSS4[/media] And if not, why not?? [/quote] I don't like the sound of this bass, no. I understand that you might, and that's okay. But I don't really. Three reasons. (1) I just don't like how it sounds. (2) It doesn't sound like a Precision to me. (3) It sounds a bit muffled or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 What a great time to be a bass player. When a traditionally one-trick pony like a Precision can now have such a wide variety of tone from vintage to modern and everything in between, you just know that life as a bass player is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Lord Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1372768548' post='2129627'] What a great time to be a bass player. When a traditionally one-trick pony like a Precision can now have such a wide variety of tone from vintage to modern and everything in between, you just know that life as a bass player is good. [/quote] Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Lord Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 This is the sound: http://youtu.be/_fbyeI8cL18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1372545581' post='2127140'] This is just one example of how there's more to life than Fender, more to life than 4 strings and more to life than overweight big-handed male bassists. [url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2013/06/26/poliana-magalhaes-jamiroquais-runaway-playalong/"]http://www.notreble....away-playalong/[/url] CB [/quote] I play a four string Fender. I am overweight and and male. Does this mean we can't be friends as I seem to be all the things you abhor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 How big are your hands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1372770488' post='2129676']I play a four string Fender. I am overweight and and male.[/quote] Me too, let's start a forum. FatBlokeFender4Chat.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1372770670' post='2129681']How big are your hands?[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1372770488' post='2129676'] I play a four string Fender. I am overweight and and male. Does this mean we can't be friends as I seem to be all the things you abhor? [/quote] Reminds me of a Blackadder scene: Doctor Leech: It isn't every day a man wakes up to discover he's an overweight, ham fisted, 4 string Fender playing bassist with no more right to live on God's clean Earth than a weasel. Ashamed of yourself? Blackadder: Not really, no. Doctor Leech: Bloody Hell. I would be. Still, why should I complain. Just leaves more strings and camphor burl for us real bassists, eh? Blackadder: Look, am I paying for this abuse or is it extra? Doctor Leech: No, no, it's all part of the service. I am of course, joking. Easy though it would be for me to spout potty mouthed anti-Fender rhetoric, I don't mind them at all, they're just not my cup of tea. And throwing around personal sleights masked as stereotypes against people who play Fenders, that doesn't rate highly with me either. Edited July 2, 2013 by neepheid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutton Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1372770670' post='2129681'] How big are your hands? [/quote] Forgot about the hands Jack. Yeah, I'm afraid they're big enough to be regarded with disdain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1372771048' post='2129690'] Me too, let's start a forum. FatBlokeFender4Chat.com. [/quote] Huh, I don't play a Fender. Can I just lurk with a MM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1372772133' post='2129711']Huh, I don't play a Fender. Can I just lurk with a MM?[/quote] No. Go to BigHandDisdainMMGit.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1372769989' post='2129670'] This is the sound: [media]http://youtu.be/_fbyeI8cL18[/media] [/quote] It is indeed, classic Precision sound. Though strangely, although I love that type of sound, and all my fave bassists use similar sounds, I never use it myself, preferring dead roundwounds for my personal use - a much more "flats" type of sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1372772285' post='2129717'] No. Go to BigHandDisdainMMGit.com. [/quote] I did and I got this picture: [attachment=138127:bighand.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1372779813' post='2129878']I did and I got this picture:[/quote] Erm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1372318711' post='2124116'] I'm not going to argue with you about the content of your post, partly because my views on Fenders are already well known here (hence some of the comments in the thread) so I see little point in rehashing old ground, and partly because of my dyslexia I found your post almost impossible to read, however I think I've got the gist of it (mainly from the title). What does interest me is why the OP felt the need to post this in the first place and why others who chime in with their approval have done so as well. We all like to talk about basses here - it is after all the very reason why this forum exists. I own some basses that I really like. I play them at gigs and on recordings. Occasionally I'll photograph them and post the pictures in a thread in the Bass Porn section. I haven't ever felt the need to evangelise like this about my favourite instruments, not because I don't think they are worth it, but because it's not in my nature to do so because I find it somewhat crass. These kinds of threads pop up every so often here, so I'm intrigued to know why. Not being part of the "Cult Of Fender" I find the need for them somewhat perplexing, and to me, as an outsider, they have a vague air of insecurity about them. So why is it? This isn't intended as a troll post (or at least no more so than the original post). I am genuinely interested in why greyparrot needed to make to post in the first place, and then why others were obliged to back him up. [/quote]spoilsport.. I love fenders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1372779813' post='2129878']I did and I got this picture:[/quote] Just realised I got you mixed up with Hutton. Ha, ha! It's these new meds, y'know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Us EBMM players have been getting enough abuse right from the top man SB for years, we dont need another forum to be told what we can and cant do to our own basses although I hear the Fakericksforsalechat is doing quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 For me they are easily accessible instruments that people can afford. And there is no harm in that. They are readily available from probably 90% of your average music shop. Even a local one had a range from squirt to US standards, although they all play a bit poop cause they've never seen a setup. But thats the same for any bass, got me hands on a RHCP cover bands classic stingray and it had obviously never seen a string change since being brought and played worse than a dogs dinner inside a packet of crisps. I never understand the deep south sort of religious view that some have of fender, neither do I understand the outright hatred for them held by others. It is the 21st century and there are questionably better products out there. I for one much prefer a more comprehensive bridge assembly etc. I would love to change my fender jazz to sandberg but I've had to go for what was readily available to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Squirt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1372855223' post='2130719'] For me they are easily accessible instruments that people can afford. And there is no harm in that. They are readily available from probably 90% of your average music shop. [/quote] I think that you're correct if you mean 'guitar shop' but i don't see many Fenders in the average 'music shop'. I think it's all about having to put in a big order that stops them being available in the average music shop. I totally agree though that they are readily available. You're never far away from a Fender that's for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Poop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1372855223' post='2130719'] ..I for one much prefer a more comprehensive bridge assembly etc. [/quote] You mean one that's adjustable for individual string height and intonation? Oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I have noticed lots of Fenders in the classifieds on this forum. If they are so perfect, why are people selling them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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