Fender vs Gibson

[patman]

I pretty much play whatever speaks to me...but it's usually been "Fenderish"

[Pilgrim]

I'm pretty ambidexterous in that regard, but lately I've been heard speaking Gretsch. 

[westen44]

I'm pretty ambidexterous in that regard, but lately I've been heard speaking Gretsch.

In my opinion, you have good taste.  My preferences, though, would be Gibson, Gretsch, Fender--in that order. 

[TBird1958]

I'm not a big F kinda girl - but honestly, whatever anyone else plays and finds happiness with is just fine by me. I get my undies in bunch when I'm told that the big F is "the only real bass", "Leo got it right" etc., etc. by the big F Posse on that other forum tho.........       

[OldManC]

I love the bass that speaks to me today. Sometimes that's one of my Gibsons, or Fenders, or Grecos, or Ibanez, or parts basses, or... YMMV, but I find that people who insist on telling me what I should prefer playing (or playing through) are usually fools and/or blowhards. Play what you love and forget about checking to see if that's OK with anyone else.

[Dave W]

Denis, this place is full of gibson snobs who even refuse to spell fender correctly.

I don't really think it's snobbery. It's more a way of poking fun or striking back at anyone who tells you that you should only play Fender.

I love the bass that speaks to me today. Sometimes that's one of my Gibsons, or Fenders, or Grecos, or Ibanez, or parts basses, or... YMMV, but I find that people who insist on telling me what I should prefer playing (or playing through) are usually fools and/or blowhards. Play what you love and forget about checking to see if that's OK with anyone else.

^^^
This.

[Denis]

...I get my undies in bunch when I'm told that the big F is "the only real bass", "Leo got it right" etc., etc. ...   

It's this one that bugs me, and that sentiment is not limited to guitars, either.

Lately I've been all about my Danelectro Longhorn. Hard to be snobby about that!

My list of basses includes one Fender, two Fender types (a G&L and a Don R. Miller), Gibsons, a Ric, a Jerry Jones, three BaCH NRs and a couple of Danelectros.

I only have one guitar, a 2002 MIM Classic '50s Telecaster.

Why do I feel like I've forgotten something? 

[Chris P.]

I always think about the guy who told me how heavy (weight) Gibson Tbirds are. I asked him if he ever touched one. He didn't.

[Denis]

I always think about the guy who told me how heavy (weight) Gibson Tbirds are. I asked him if he ever touched one. He didn't.

Haha, that's a perfect example right there.

My Fender is the third heaviest bass I own, and not by much.

[lowend1]

I have four fenders..........






On my Subaru, where they belong 

Just two, Mark. The rears are called quarter panels. Unless, of course, the car is a VW Beetle or something old.

[Pilgrim]

I love the bass that speaks to me today. Sometimes that's one of my Gibsons, or Fenders, or Grecos, or Ibanez, or parts basses, or... YMMV, but I find that people who insist on telling me what I should prefer playing (or playing through) are usually fools and/or blowhards. Play what you love and forget about checking to see if that's OK with anyone else.

I'm with this.  A Fender, Gibson, Gretsch or Squier may be my pick of the day.  And yes, that other forum is quite Fender-centric.  I think much of that is because it skews much younger than this one, and many of the younger players don't have the experience with a variety of instruments and brands that we do.

[westen44]

I always think about the guy who told me how heavy (weight) Gibson Tbirds are. I asked him if he ever touched one. He didn't.

Ignorance can be a very powerful delusion, whether the topic is basses or something else.  I've noticed that no matter what the topic, many times the ones who seem most convinced they have everything figured out are in reality the most clueless.  It's pretty easy for someone to memorize the pat answers to everything and then think he is some kind of guru. 

[TBird1958]

Just two, Mark. The rears are called quarter panels. Unless, of course, the car is a VW Beetle or something old.

Is my 1/2 of heine a quarter panel then

[patman]

Lately I've been gigging the beat up Alvarez 6 string again...it's got enough notes...

And it snarls...

[slinkp]

I love the bass that speaks to me today. Sometimes that's one of my Gibsons, or Fenders, or Grecos, or Ibanez, or parts basses, or... YMMV, but I find that people who insist on telling me what I should prefer playing (or playing through) are usually fools and/or blowhards. Play what you love and forget about checking to see if that's OK with anyone else.

Once long ago, I went amp shopping while traveling to New York City.  It was a social trip, I didn't bring my bass.  Wanted to check out Edens and I'd found a store in NYC that had them.  At the time I favored a bright P-bass tone - with roundwounds.  Hey, I grew up on Live at Leeds, so it made sense to me.  The guy handed me a precision, with flats. I asked if they had anything else, told him what I liked, he looked at me with utter disdain and said, "You have to use flats on a P-bass."

I never did go back to that store, even after I moved to NYC.

Sometimes the bass that speaks to me is my Danelectro reissue which I paid all of $200 for.  I put rounds on that too :-p