here is the mad thing

[DTG]

I have (as most of us do) a few fenders,I just put a new bad ass III bridge on my P bass and I would love to put a set of emg's into it too.

Why i did this I dont really know as I only ever bring my Bongo and SR5 to gigs.In the studio I always bring a fender but never use it My SR5 just knocks it out of the park everytime.

I cant help looking at my fenders and thinks like this,I always want to change something on them.

Then last night My wife saw me working on the p bass and asked me

"why do you never change anything on your musicman "

I had never taught of it like that,i looked at my bongo and said the bridge i could .......eh no its the best bridge around

so the pickups........eh they are killer i love the tone i get from them

pickgaurd...well i did change that cause Jack sold me a cool black ice one,but that don't really count.

so i said

"the reason i dont change anything is because they are perfect when they leave the shop "

then she said the best thing ever...

"then why dont you just buy more of them "

now to me thats a green light to melt my credit card

 

[RobertB]

Do most of us have a few Fenders? I don't. No disrespect - Leo Fender was an institution, but ... I just don't see buying something that I know off the bat I'd change several key things about, just like you said. The fact that realistically, probably 999 out of 1000 MM owners aren't compelled to change anything about their basses at all, speaks volumes. In fact, I think it pretty much says it all.

 

[LoEnd]

do most of us have a few fenders? I don't. No disrespect - leo fender was an institution, but ... I just don't see buying something that i know off the bat i'd change several key things about, just like you said. The fact that realistically, probably 999 out of 1000 mm owners aren't compelled to change anything about their basses at all, speaks volumes. In fact, i think it pretty much says it all.

+1:d

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

Aside from pickguard changes (which is purely aesthetic), the EBMMs are good the way they are.

The only thing I have ever changed on mine have been pickguards and strap pins (for straplocks).

 

[jlepre]

That's how I went from owning 3 Fenders and 1 MM, to owning 3 MMs and 1 Fender in less than a month! It's also why I'm selling my one and only Fender...
Any takers?

 

[Kristopher]

then she said the best thing ever...

"then why dont you just buy more of them "

Dude that's awesome. I'd be like "you know what, that's a great idea!"

Fenders are great basses. I held on to mine so long because how much of a staple it is in the bass world. I recently sold it because I never played it, so there's a guy out there very happy with my Fender and I'm very happy with my five Musicman basses. Hopefully I'll get the cash soon for that BFR Sterling, if only girlfriends didn't have birthdays....

 

[the unrepentant]

Haha that's awesome, i wouldn't mind a fender jazz, but i really love my musicman and i'm trying to get a ray some point soon As people have already said, i haven't changed a thing about my musicman other than the pickguard and the strap buttons for dunlops. Other than that, absolutely perfect!

 

[RobertB]

now to me thats a green light to melt my credit card

If it were my wife saying that, she'd probably say she meant something a little different, like ... "if you're gonna buy one, why buy one you're just gonna spend even MORE money on after you buy it".

But go with it!

 

[Caca de Kick]

My Fenders are completely untouched, and staying that way. I love the voices all my basses have. Everything in my arsenal gets played, some things just don't provide a tone or feel that others do.

 

[Aussie Mark]

Do most of us have a few Fenders?

Some of us, even the CEO

 

[oli@bass]

Well... I don't have a Fender, never had... but I wouldn't mind a good Jazz... and it would stay like it is, same as my MMs... however, the problem is finding a good one...

Regarding modifications to basses in general: I learned that whatever I change on an instrument, it will still be the same instrument, with the same basic tone qualities -- so if you don't like those, don't bother to modify it...

 

[RobertB]

Some of us, even the CEO

Well sure. BP knew Leo personally, and is a touch older than I am, and so probably has fond memories of playing Fender during the era when they still embodied Leo's integrity. If I had a '62, for example, I'm sure I'd keep it. But today, they don't even compare. So it's like Kristopher said, you just get/have one because it's considered a staple in the bass world. Kind of like Windows in the computing world. Well, I'm a Linux guy.

 

[cky4ever]

im pretty sure given the chance... cuz basses arent cheap... high quality american made ones anyway... wed all have fenders, MMs, and a few others. They sound different. I may like MM more in general... but I like my jazz bass for some stuff too. I think BP and bovinehost have some fenders lying around...

but I do agree with one thing hats been said. I dont like modding MMs. Modded a sub once and put a bart in to have a smoother tone for drop d tuning for metal...

 

[RobertB]

im pretty sure given the chance... cuz basses arent cheap... high quality american made ones anyway... wed all have fenders, MMs, and a few others.

Again, not me. I have no use for a Fender. Especially with the advent of the SR4 HH. That's a Jazz-killer.

You mentioned money. It's not about that. And not that it's anything "special", but just to make a point, in addition to Fender, I've tried other "high quality american made stuff, and custom "boutique" stuff, up to the $8000 range. I learned some things, but it was largely wasted motion. Sure, I could appreciate certain aspects of their components and construction. But tonally ... there's basically EBMM, and then there's everything else, all lumped together. Call me "fanboy", I don't care. My $h*# sounds good.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

The thing about EBMM basses is they have a feel and sound to them. Like or dislike, they are good at what they do and if you want something different, you might as well get a different bass than mod the hell out of it.

 

[tkarter]

The thing about EBMM basses is they have a feel and sound to them. Like or dislike, they are good at what they do and if you want something different, you might as well get a different bass than mod the hell out of it.

In a nutshell right there.


I got my first SR5 my Fenders went out the door. I understood and liked what I found in EBMM.

Can't happen for us all but when it does life gets easier.

tk

 

[Aussie Mark]

BP knew Leo personally, and is a touch older than I am. Well, I'm a Linux guy.

So is BP!

 

[tkarter]

I got root. Big deal.
tk

 

[Aussie Mark]

I got root

Congrats Tom!

 

[tkarter]

I play em all the time too.

tk