greyparrot

wow i cant believe this tread is still going strong!! just called back after a few days to see this still up there! good stuff! great to read all your thoughts... i have this bass in the for sale (as i have 2 of them!) and selling one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJf47QbQkI these are great basses (i think) but i think all fenders are, i recently owned a squire VMJ V cost like £220 ...what a bass! i don't think you can find much better at that price point...punches way above its weight... I like them all, the fancy jobs, like the one i'm selling, (as im looking to upgrade my car) the p basses, jazz basses squire mex usa they are all neat basses well worth the money... i think Fender got it right!!

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1372257614' post='2123484'] Sir, you are the most righteous person on this forum. Well done. The "nay sayers" will be along in a minute, but they are whistling in the wind. Fender dominates the world of bass and will forever rule the un-Fenders. It is the way of the bass guitar. [/quote] haha we will c i guess.. [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1372257661' post='2123486'] But what about Rickenbackers? [/quote] I had a stunning usa 2008 maple glow one .. but sold it.......

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1372257563' post='2123481'] If may make a polite suggestion mate... [/quote] Haha

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1372255305' post='2123429'] So we are all praising the standard fender jazz bass for it's simple Workman like qualities over a super jazz clone yet the bass in question is active and had none standard pickups?............ [/quote] This is true my friend, but i did say fender.. and not jazz or p bass, but the evolution of the fender bass has something for everyone... :-) there is also something very cool about doing a video and getting in that fender logo on the HS..

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1372252891' post='2123390'] What the guy in the shop is talking about when he says to swap the preamp, is to spend more money with him for something you don't need, and is is way overpriced anyway . [/quote] yeah i did think that as well...

wow i did not expect so many to agree!! ha-ha! Anyway why i thought post the tread was because i was recently in a shop bass direct, a fantastic shop, i went there to look at a mayones or whatever its called on sale at £1300.... but i also half kept looking at the fender usa p bass v deluxe at a great price (not made anymore with the Bill Lawrence P/u near the bridge) .... i seen it a few times on the site over 2 months and Wonder why on earth is that beut still for sale?? its says mint had a good price and was a 5 string ....perfect for me... so i made the trip from Essex, and looked at all the stunning eye candy (but not for long) and picked up the mayonees ... and then put the thing down again after about 2mins playing..it was a heavy bugger and looked like a gem of exotic-ness .. rather too much bordering on tacky even... then went to look at the fender.... that was that... this baby is mine had it a month now great bass... im guessing it did not get that much of a look in at the shop, but to me it was the best thing in there regardless of price tag.., after a jazz 1974 i had a while back, this is probably the best playing bass iv had..i did go to get one many years ago, but it was like £1500 then so i passed on it ....The guy in the shop Mark i think his name is said about my fender its a great bass but the pre amp is naff..and to swap it out... i thought ...what is he talking about? this bass sounds as sweet as a nut! why on earth would i wanna stick in a £300 pre amp .. its not he same fender anymore! with a slap sound out of this world, and punchy finger style why change it? ...ok i know its not the passive fender but hey i can say the same about them too, fantastic.. Reading through the posts on this tread, many have all been there high end basses, trying to squeeze out the sound imbedded in our head from years back... then as said above changing out p/u s n pre amps... (which i never did, i just got rid) only to end up selling the f***er and losing tons of dosh and swapping it back to a 2/3 knob passive bass.... haha.. It is merely my thoughts and experience over many years of playing different beasts... the 70-80s jap basses though like the arias and Yamaha they are very cool too.... they are superb. Do bear in mind its only my personal opinion after 30 years with as many and more, much more even basses i have owned in this time..

After 30 years playing and going through some of the 'best' basses out there i still don't believe you can beat the fender p or jazz bass. Iv had basses costing 4k and some costing £40 its not the bass its in us to make the music. Iv played basses that have pre amps as sensitive as my **** and some dead as door-nails... I (personally) think you cant beat a fender. Right now im playing a fender usa p bass deluxe v and a line 6 variaxe (great) ... I think the fender is the best bass i have played in all ways, and while i know its a very personal thing... they really are the work horse of the bass world, at least for a jobbing bass player as i am.... yeah its nice to see exotic wood but paying 2k because of it and lets face it many end up for sale i simply cant see it anymore... i think id prefer a nice table top rather than a bass to look at for exotic wood... yeah it changes the sound...but at the end of the day Fender got it right...After playing pro for many years and using and selling many basses. You can get most tones in the fingers, where and how we play, anything else can come from the tone and amp controls, you can 'will the sound' out of most basses, rather than trying endless pre amp options.... This is just my view of course and i can say i have played everything from top end spectors to old p bass copies... personally i always come back to the work horse of the bass world... Fender.. and lets face it a nice one is by no mean cheap ! but i personally think they got it right. It could well be because 30 years ago the first bass i ever had was a kay p bass copy, so i guess i grew up with the shape and fender basses were the (and still are) the main axe for most players back then.

a kay p bass from the 80s learnt on it...had action about a mile high and sounded aweful...but at the time i knew no better...still i think it gave me good finger strength just fretting the darn thing...id love that very bass back now just for ole times sake..

have fun at the same time playing to backing tracks with no bass... any style and double bass as well £20 hour in my home studio in witham. Follow up vids / and use of backing tracks as well.. see my website www.bassinessex.co.uk and you tube bassmanrich44 thanks.