Telebass

As a die-hard Fender man, and former guitar shop tech and salesman, I'd have to say they were great value for money basses at the low end, and, simply, good basses, period. As they probably built my 51RI Precision, how can I say nay?

I also noticed this on my CDBT1 MKII (which doesn't have a reset). I don't get it on the MPBT1. Yet.

Personally, I've never found any difference with bridges; the standard bridge does the job well. As for top load / string-thru - if it's a MIM Precision, there's only top load unless you're thinking of drilling some big holes in your bass! If your P is string-thru, then it's not a MIM... Edit: Or are you meaning slot-load?

All Fender basses to some point in 1966 had 'reverse' machines. At that point, Forrest White got two variants of 'non reverse' machines made in-house, normal cloverleaf and paddle (oval) tuners. I use one of each bass type every gig (51RI and MIM Std), and have got used to switching between them now!

How hugely cool! Enjoy it!

Well, true, I don't use the tone THAT much...

[quote name='mouthman' post='413672' date='Feb 18 2009, 10:16 PM']Not much annoys me, but when someone says that "Fender is my guitar, they're the best thing I've ever played, and ever will", yet they have never bothered to play any other bass (or guitars alike), it really gets on my nut! If someone genuinly loves Fender for what it is, and have played many other instruments and settled on Fender as their comfortable instrument, then I think it's great because Fender are impacting people in a way that instruments are meant to.[/quote] Well, bar custom builds, I've played loads. There's a great deal that are better built, or not, and a great deal that feel as good, or not. But Fender (and only Precisions, at that...) are my comfort zone. I don't have to think about the instrument, but about the music. That's where you should be aiming at, playing something you're so happy with that you can get on with the making of the music.

Hi Glen, enjoy yourself here!

Welcome! Dig in!

...And I've still yet to find (referring to an earlier post) a neck-diving Fender, P or J. Maybe I'm just lucky...

Welcome!

Welcome! And yes, GAS is incurable...

Howdy ffrom Cornwall!

Welcome!

They were, and are, the bass equivalent of a Ford. And you can get some pretty spiffy Fords these days, too!

Welcome! Get a Samson wireless.

The ultimate bass is simply the one you like playing the best, through the amp that you like the sound of best. The 'ultimate' bass is like the 'perfect' tone - a myth.

Welcome, and what he ^^^ said!

Welcome! And joining a band is the fastest way to learn! Den (just 56...)

Welcome!

Welcome! The enjoyment is the best thing about bass!

Welcome!

[quote name='mrcrow' post='402923' date='Feb 7 2009, 04:57 PM']serious bass men wont fall or stick in the fender rut or gulley when they can have much better engineered instruments albeit at a cost..which does say something about the whole scenario how much do you pay for nostalgia and marketing[/quote] It's got nothing whatever to do with being a 'serious' anything. I like Fenders because they are what they are, and heartily dislike most others because they simply don't do it for me - most of them look like furniture, not musical instruments. But that is, of course, my opinion, and is worth what you paid for it... Very few people would call Marcus Miller anything except serious. There's your statement blown away. If you really need a hand-crafted, exotic wood bass, well and good. But the best of them is not neccessarily better than anything else. There is not, and will not ever be, some 'ultimate bass', or indeed anything else. They are all just different. I entirely agree with BBC (in principle, if not in, er, tone!). Keep it simple. It works. No need to knock it if it don't float ya boat. They do a really good job for me, and my tone gets compliments. You cannot buy tone, you have to make it yourself, and if you can do that with a simple instrument, you are one step ahead. Den

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='402778' date='Feb 7 2009, 01:21 PM']The 3 nicest basses I have ever played are Fenders. I don't want to look like a space man when I'm playing so I hate all this carbon fibre sh*t. I also refuse to put batteries in a bass guitar. Batteries are for TV remotes and my girlfriends rampant rabbit. I also don't want to sound like a guitar. Just a dull thump suits me. Quirky basses f*** me off. The people who play quirky basses often have quirky hair. And probably wear trainers with a suit, just to look quirky. Just because you've got no personality and your parents ignored you, don't try and make up for it with a silly quirky guitar. Spikey metal basses. What a load of sh*t. Everyone knows the mettallers at school were the geeks who played dungeons and dragons. Having said that, a lot of those goth birds take it up the arse, so maybe their on to something? Still, get a hair cut, take of your cape and get a f***ing job that doesn't involve breeding snakes or working in the IT department. I genuinely couldn't give a f*** what its says on the headstock of a bass, I just think Fender got it right. Other manufacturers (like those c**ts at Warwick) seem to think "how can we make a design different from a fender?" as opposed to "How can we design a great bass?". I played a Burns the other day. That was alright. Different but still comfy and doesn't make you look like a c***. Although I do look (and act) like a c*** naturally. Fender copies. Fair enough. Don't see the point though really. I know Vintange do some decent cheaper copies. Wouldn't get one of these expensive ones though. Most of them take batteries. f***ing hate batteries. I've stopped using pedals because of them.[/quote] +1! Mostly...

Good score!