Dr.Dave Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 You might have seen this in the gear porn thread. I bought it not long back to cheer myself up after failing to love a jazz I put together. Here's a link so you can see it - specs etc. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24037&hl=fettled+fender"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...=fettled+fender[/url] In a short space of time it's become my bass of choice. It plays better than my '73 , and the poor Shuker and Status have been staying home in their cases. I didn't have myself down as a 'retro' type gear wise , but the simplicity and basic tone of this instrument have floored me. Just can't put it down. Maybe I am a dinosaur after all. I feel a bit odd now - thousands of pounds worth of bassery sitting at home and I get all I want for less than 300 spots. There's got to be a lesson there - and partic for younger players who can't afford some of the expensive instruments some of us on here are fortunate enough to own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul h Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 There is a most certainly a lesson to be learnt here. One that is also hinted at by the amount of £1000 plus basses that end up for sale or trade on this very forum. In my personal experience, every single time I have gone into a guitar shop with a wad of cash I have always come away with a cheaper (read value for money) bass instead of spending the full whack. In 25 years of playing I have yet to play a bass that really, really made me think the extra cash was warranted. Saying that, I have still not found "the" bass. Hopefully when I do it will be in the sub £300 category. And not have dice knobs! P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Since being reunited with my Spector I'm finding that I'm playing it much more than my MTD's, it is considerably cheaper, not in quality far from it, but I'll have a quick play on eithe rof the other 2 and within 10-20 minutes I'm back on my Spector and then I'm on it for a good hour. After the slightest tweak it plays exactly how I want a bass to play, the MTD's are the same but there's just something about the Spector that I can't shake off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Can't beat the good ol' SCPB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 All my basses have cost me £350 or less, and if i'm honest, i can't see a really expensive £1000 bass doing anything they can't do or doing anything particularly better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_russ Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 My basses are getting progressively cheaper as the years roll along - I used to have a pair of £1400 (secondhand) sei basses, both my current basses combined cost less than one of those and I'm far happier. The £450 CIJ '75 reissue jazz I had was probably the best 4 string I've ever played, and I only sold it to get as close to a 5 string equivalent as I could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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