tauzero Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 [quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1399039607' post='2440351'] I dont get the Fender bashing on here. I thought we are above all that. If more people use them it stands to reason they get mentioned more. Seeing as the first post has been changed (same time the dummy was throuwn out by the looks of it) i have no idea what this thread is about, but it seems to involve a few digs at Fender. [/quote] It's not so much Fender themselves but the boring predictability of the "I have rediscovered the P bass and it's the only thing I'll ever need and I don't see why anyone else could possibly want anything else" posts. It's comparable to Harley riders. At least Harley persisted with the V-Rod. Fender have never persisted with their brief bursts into innovation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1399048355' post='2440488'] I think it's the standard basschat member progression. We start off talking on topic and being reasonable. We proceed to going way off topic even from post two in a thread and lose all claim to reasonbleness. Then we get to stage three where we still go immediately way off topic and have no claim to reasonableness, but believe that we are staying on topic and being reasonable. [/quote] Having spent many years in newsgroups before the interwebs arrived, I can only say that a thread that fails to go off-topic in the first post is far too unadventurous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1399158201' post='2441709'] Fender have never persisted with their brief bursts into innovation. [/quote] Probably for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1399159094' post='2441716'] Probably for the best. [/quote] I had to hit my ipad with a stick to beat the ugly out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1399159094' post='2441716'] Probably for the best. [/quote] They must have borrowed Ford's ugly stick for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1399185390' post='2441765'] I had to hit my ipad with a stick to beat the ugly out of it. [/quote] I think that is the worst headstock I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1399159094' post='2441716'] Probably for the best. [/quote] That looks like one of their 12 string headstocks - looks like a well known Ebay luthier has been at work converting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 You're more than right. It still has 12 strings over body and neck! Impressive technology that, with only six tuners and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1399238849' post='2442401'] You're more than right. It still has 12 strings over body and neck! Impressive technology that, with only six tuners and stuff. [/quote] Your right, my dodgy eyes didn't spot that - makes it look all the more ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 I don't understand how it can go off topic if there was no topic to start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 It went off none the less! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I got through 25 years of playing before I owned a Fender bass. Now I have 2. They are both very nice. Maybe in another 25 years I'll find another 2 good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskit_case Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 General Lack-of-Interest, what has he done now? I went to school with his daughter Ophelia Lack-of-Interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 [quote name='Adee' timestamp='1399048364' post='2440489'] I've just ordered a Gibson Bass .... Whoops sorry nothing to see here but tumbleweed and the sound the wind .... I'll get me coat [/quote] Tumbleweed? It'll be chased down with pitchforks and torches followed by a night in the stocks. Don't complain to me - oh, what I wouldn't give to be spat at in the face! Welcome aboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I have a very strong opinion on this subject, and just as soon as I work out what this thread is actually about I'll express it in SHOUTY TEXT. So there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 [quote name='Norris' timestamp='1399376766' post='2443534']...I'll express it in SHOUTY TEXT. So there! [/quote] You may be interested in a Caps Lock Indicator..? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/236223-wireless-keyboard-caps-light-utility/page__view__findpost__p__2443475"]Caps Lock LEDs...[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassHappy Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) I have always felt that the Fenders are the hamburgers of the bass world. Unfortunately the vintage ones have somehow turned from burgers into lobster, steak and caviar plus prices. I must admit, I do like a burger now and then. BassHappy www.innertainment.net Edited May 6, 2014 by BassHappy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Mmmm..! Lobster, steak and caviar..! [sharedmedia=core:attachments:139776] Edited May 6, 2014 by Dad3353 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back to Bassics Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1399018543' post='2439945'] Is this a Fender bashing thread?? Just thought I'd check before I joined in... BTW only Fender item I own is a watch... [/quote] What time is it? Three minutes to eight? (19:57) fnarrr, fnarr. I have owned a few Fenders. The only one I regret getting rid of is an Olympic White '62 Bass IV (matching headstock). It was lovely. All (yeah, right, one of each) Ps and Js were ... very, er, dull. EDIT: OK, I've had a few drinks and obviously I meant VI, and not IV, because one of them would be true and make sense, and the other is what a mad drunk person would say. Sorry. I thought the '57 Precision joke was quite good, so don't hate the player, hate the game ... Edited May 6, 2014 by Back to Bassics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1399159094' post='2441716'] Probably for the best. [/quote] I like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 [quote name='Jono Bolton' timestamp='1399403836' post='2443958'] I like it [/quote] The Fender "Brewers' Droop"...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happynoj Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Jono Bolton' timestamp='1399403836' post='2443958'] I like it [/quote] +1 It reminds me of this: Edited May 10, 2014 by happynoj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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