Fender Heaven-Fender appreciation, post pics of cool Fenders

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:58 pm

the black P bass is brand new about 30 min ago.
All USA, and all play awesome.

The Fear · Post by **The Fear** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:14 pm

They all look the same.

Why would you buy all fenders?

Gor-Gor · Post by **Gor-Gor** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:19 pm

theyre crap fenders suck

Gnarkiller · Post by **Gnarkiller** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:50 am

Fender omg...

u must suck at bass

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:04 am

Let's see, the company has been around for 57 years, have had the most successful product lines with the P and J basses, artists such as Jaco Pastorius, Steve Harris, Geddy Lee, Stu Hamm, Victor Baily and Marcus Miller use them...seems to me they have a pretty good track record.

You just can't teach kids shit anymore, your right go buy yourself a BC Rich Warlock or Jackson Kelly because they look cool, I prefer sound and quality. Oh, and I also have owned a Gibson T-bird, Warwick Thumb bass, 2 Spectors, a Tobias Killer B and 3 Ibanez's, and none of them have had the sound, tone or playability as a USA made Fender.

I'm sure I can get an amen from PFloyd on this.

italianguerrilla · Post by **italianguerrilla** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:21 am

damnit! i can'r post a topic, i must post twenty replies first.

I'd like to ask you a question (i hope you will understand my bad english). When a band plays a cover but the guitarist can't play the solo of that cover, what should the band do? she doesn't play that cover. she simplifie that solo. she play that cover without her solo.

Baby Selwyn · Post by **Baby Selwyn** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:36 am

italianguerrilla wrote:damnit! i can'r post a topic, i must post twenty replies first.

I'd like to ask you a question (i hope you will understand my bad english). When a band plays a cover but the guitarist can't play the solo of that cover, what should the band do? she doesn't play that cover. she simplifie that solo. she play that cover without her solo.

La tua madre puzza di pesce.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:14 am

fender isnt the biggest guitar company in the world for making shit. however, i dont care the tone or neck of the pbass. but im not a serious musician, so whatever! fender still rules.

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:56 am

4 of the exact same bass. What a good idea.

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:59 pm

BassPhemy wrote:4 of the exact same bass. What a good idea.

I guess if you knew anything about basses, I assumed you might by your screen name, they are far from being the same.

2 of them are Jazz basses, and 1 is a 5 string, and the other 2 are P basses which are a completely different tone/sound than the Jazz's.
The black one I have tuned in C, the red one in E standard (I do open mic night jams with it) the black jazz is in E flat & Drop D flat (what my band plays in) and the 5 string in B flat. They all have unique tones and feel to them.

I guess in retrospect...your just jealous because you currently own a head with no cab or bass and I can pick and choose between 2 amps and 6 basses.

Lord of This World · Post by **Lord of This World** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:08 pm

Fender basses feel and look great. I don't have one, I have a Schecter, but when I bought it I was choosing between that and a P-Bass.

I personally think that Fender's guitars are harder to play than other brands. I've seen alot of dudes shred on their fast easy Gibsons and then they sound like shit on a Fender. I don't like Strats/Telecasters that much, but I respect dudes who can play them well. Maybe it's just me.

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:23 pm

I bought a p bass by Fender years back for kicks, and had tons of fun playing it. Felt great, and the sound was even better. Nice stash bro.

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:25 pm

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:52 pm

Fuck yeah. My Jazz is about the only thing I play anymore.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:24 pm

you would think any bass player could tell the difference between a jazz bass and a precision bass. shit, you shouldnt even have to be a bass player.

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:33 am

hello · Post by **hello** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:32 am

thats a lovely tele.

the japanese ones are awesome value for money imo but the majority of them have basswood bodies

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:18 am

croninburg wrote:

I really like the look of the white binding on the body

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:49 am

Pfl?yd wrote:Fuck yeah. My Jazz is about the only thing I play anymore.

Did your jazz come with Badass II bridge or did you put that on yourself?
All mine are string through body except the red P bass, which I put a badass II on that.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:41 pm

rickenbackers are cool too!

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:46 pm

PABassPlayer wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:Fuck yeah. My Jazz is about the only thing I play anymore.

Did your jazz come with Badass II bridge or did you put that on yourself?
All mine are string through body except the red P bass, which I put a badass II on that.

I swapped it out as soon as I got the bass. I had one laying around and it improved the tone even moreso. I can thump the low E string with my thumb and it just rings forever.

I'm not a Fender junkie--i like lots of different instruments--but it's definitely my most versatile and comfortable bass.

Conversely, I don't like P-basses at all. They have a decent sound but I hate the necks on them.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:37 am

so you agree about the pbass neck? damn right

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:47 am

Brandon wrote:so you agree about the pbass neck? damn right

I don't like the string spacing. They have the same necks as String Rays too. I'm not playing slap-and-pop so I don't need half-a-foot of space between each string. They're also pretty stock-sounding. Can't really tweak the tone of them much.

On the rare occasions I'm called on to slap something, I do just fine on a Jazz.

That acoustic-electric bass I have has a monster baseball bat neck too. Thankfully I don't play that thing more than once a month or so.

PABassPlayer · Post by **PABassPlayer** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:55 am

I'll agree that my Jazz bass neck is more comfortable and faster, but I have been playing my 5 string alot more, so I'm getting used to the P bass girth. As far as the sound, I like the crisp sound of the P, and when doing certain covers, I can get a more authentic sound. ie: The Trooper, Sober, Flying High Again and Crazy Train. The Jazz just doesn't cut through the mix as well in those songs.

Muffin · Post by **Muffin** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:37 am

I played an old Telecaster last night, the neck was amazing....don't know much about it's tonal capabilities since I didn't plug it into anything, but acoustically it was very bright and audible.

Edit: By "audible" I mean it was very clean, I could hear every note clearly.

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:50 am

I love the sound of a Tele through a tweed amp with just a little bit of grit. Of course, if I ever buy another guitar, I'm getting something like an ES-335. They sound smooth as butter.

cottonmouth · Post by **cottonmouth** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:02 pm

I have no idea how they play, but I always thought these look pretty sweet:

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:40 pm

Rock n roll is over, the only thing you can do to make it these days for $$$ is put 1000 effects pedals in your setup and strum one note for approx. 3 minutes.

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:37 pm

*30 minutes

CFH Eternal · Post by **CFH Eternal** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:21 pm

I'll post some of my favorite Fender players

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:32 am

Me too!

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:50 am

and of course

7Dime7MetalMassacre · Post by **7Dime7MetalMassacre** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:18 pm

PABassPlayer wrote:
croninburg wrote:

I really like the look of the white binding on the body

A Tele is the sweetest playing guitar I have ever played

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:14 pm

croninburg wrote:

Saw the 'gwai live in surround sound last night

Gnarkiller · Post by **Gnarkiller** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:13 am

yeah... but that nub from $lipknot plays a fender

Wrona · Post by **Wrona** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:17 am

Eddie Hazel!!!

ssh · Post by **ssh** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:42 pm

PABassPlayer wrote:

Those are some sick guitars!!

Dawdy · Post by **Dawdy** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:20 pm

i've never played a fender. i had a friend who had a strat but wouldnt let me touch it