NoirBass Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) New Fender Meteora bass: https://www.fender.com/en-GB/player-plus-active-meteora-bass/0147393395.html Edited March 16, 2022 by NoirBass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoirBass Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 https://www.musicradar.com/news/fender-meteora-player-plus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoirBass Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 12 minutes ago, Doctor J said: Doh! I’m way behind the curve. Serves me right for not reading the entire forum before I post! 🤦♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) I LOVE these.... Bully Tha Kid just did a quick review of one on YouTube, in a kind of silver burst colour.... love it Edited March 16, 2022 by Rayman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40hz Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I think I might seemingly be the only person who absolutely loves this bass! Sounds pretty sweet in the demos too. Nate Navarro put one up yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Sorry, @40hz I think it’s hideous and predict an even shorter lifespan than the dimension bass. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Fender should have called it the "Fender Marmite" bass. People either love it or hate it. There's not much in between. I feel my role here is to be somewhere in the middle of that, kind of like lukewarm water 😉 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 48 minutes ago, Grahambythesea said: predict an even shorter lifespan than the dimension bass. Regardless of whether it is any good or not I fully agree with you. It won't last, they'll be cheap on eBay for the next ten years then they'll suddenly become semi collectible and sell for about the same as they cost new right now. Forum searches in ten years time will find this and hail me as the David Dickinson of basses. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40hz Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) No doubt it won't last long, but I don't buy a bass, based on whether other people like it or how successful it is. I dig it, massively. The only let down for me, is the pickup covers. They look cheap as anything. Would have been better off with a smoother look - maybe not having exposed polepieces. They just look like two Jazz Bass pickups, stuck together with Pritt Stick or chewing gum, which knowing Fender, is probably not too far off. Edited March 17, 2022 by 40hz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddycall Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Yuk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Dragon Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Undecided on the looks, not sure the headstock matches. May have been better if the head was a similar shape to the very rare Japanese Performer? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I'm not against the body shape - kinda reminds me of a Talman - but the neck just looks like an afterthought to me. I reckon with an ebony board and matched headstock, that sunrise burst one would look just daft enough to get my vote. If they're as unpopular as people predict, I'll have one for cheap next Black Friday and find it a better neck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) This looks as though it was inspired by the Musicman Big Al HH. Is it fitted with Dimension pick ups/electronics etc? The demos sound good but I also predict it won’t last too long in the range!! Edited March 17, 2022 by drTStingray 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd56hawk Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Little Dragon said: Undecided on the looks, not sure the headstock matches. May have been better if the head was a similar shape to the very rare Japanese Performer? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoirBass Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 5 hours ago, jd56hawk said: Agreed, that looks a lot better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 15 hours ago, 40hz said: No doubt it won't last long, but I don't buy a bass, based on whether other people like it or how successful it is. I dig it, massively Agree 100% I think it looks fantastic and I love the double jazz pup. I've just bought a bass this week but if this was available to me it would have been a contender. They just don't do them for left handers, typical Fender. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Yes, there's been a lot of debate on the other thread... general consensus is that the stock one looks lazy and that almost anything else would be better. The Starcaster h'stock seems to be popular, but the Tele one works quite well too. Even the old 80s pointy Performer one would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Should have been 3 single coils! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd56hawk Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Musicman20 said: Should have been 3 single coils! Didn't help this one. Of course, the fact that Fender decided to name it after a mobile scooter for senior citizens didn't help...neither did being available in only one finish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 41 minutes ago, jd56hawk said: Didn't help this one. Of course, the fact that Fender decided to name it after a mobile scooter for senior citizens didn't help...neither did being available in only one finish. Fender stopped making those Rascals just before the current short scale craze started really kicking off. If they started making them again now I suspect there would be a lot more interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoirBass Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 I really do think Fender are damned of they do and damned if they don't. They are in many ways cursed by having the 2 if not 3 most popular (and well used) bass designs ever! P,J, T. Like many of us on here, I spend most of my time playing a P bass and when I'm not I'm sort of wishing I was. I say good on them for at least trying to offer something slightly different. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Far more wrong than right - the body & scratchplate are great designs, but that's where it ends. Aesthetically the bog-standard Fender headstock looks wrong & is lazy, imo a Tele shape would work better, and certainly not that wonky 80s Ibanez-looking thing above. No issues with the pickups, but they need single-coil & passive switching. For me, I'd like a bound maple/pearl blocks (pearl dots at a pinch) neck & a pearl scratchplate. Also a Squier logo & £399 price tag would make the biggest difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd56hawk Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 And just in case the 18-Volt active preamp isn't enough for blasting off to deep space... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Not my thing at all. I know that in the past I've bemoaned the lack of innovation, new design/shapes etc, but this is an absolute munter. It is possible to do something new, I mean Musicman have a handful of love 'em/hate 'em shapes, but the Bongo and St. Vincent are wonderful things. Fender do it and it looks like an animator from Hanna Barbera designed it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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