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"Fender Dimensions: World famous for the very best sounding low B."
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oh man! for realz?
I heard my reflex's B string was the best sounding low B in the world!
I heard my reflex's B string was the best sounding low B in the world!
I do the same thing - and I almost always buy my cars used too!Looks like we're two of a kind in many respects. Except my car is a 12-year old Focus. (We keep em' until they really die in my house. Primarily because we buy them with cash. Saves us many $$$ over the life of a car loan.)
Q: The Dimension you bought - MIA or one of the MIM ones?
And one thing really can't be denied - rational or otherwise, that Fender will hold more resale than the G&L. No, it makes no sense - but it is what it is.
amen to that; hard to fix something that you don't render a problem though...
fact is, fender did come up with IMO, a better SR5 in the Dime deluxe 5H-there isn't a 5er neck in the EBMM line that can match the comfort of the fender (I have owned many EBMM 5ers). also, the G string doesn't fly off the FB like all EBMM 5ers. the fender has a less aggressive preamp than an SR5 which is slightly more organic which is a good thing. the B string is killer. however, fender s**t the bed with quality control on these Dimes; everyone I looked at and played had issues unacceptable in 2K + basses. things like dots not lining up on FB's; bridges running out of travel etc.
I did and I cannot believe how good it is-my last choice on earth but wow!
I'm a regular at a local bar where the help, all making well below middle class money, often gripe about the cost of things / inability to buy a house or new car... but they all have premium cable packages / Xboxes / cell phones & plans. They have money - they just choose to spend it on... well, those things they really care about, I suppose (I have no cable, minimal phone plan, a very dusty xbox360 that i'll be donating to charity soon)
MIA deluxe 5H
I bought a mint used G&L and yes you're right about resale. good news for me.
I own a American made 5 string dem 5. with the 2 pickups with maple neck and fret board. passive pick ups. I've found between my gk mb500 and 800 and also the ampeg svt 4 pro, the sound is outstanding. you have a blend of different sounds,very smooth and chararistic.i've played out door concerts inside venues and hasn't let me down.this was a wonderful choice at those type of venues.Again, the choice of bass where you play will have a different inpact on acoustics, concert floors(OUR WORSE NIGHT MARE)walls, etc,etc,.the dem has be great in 80% engagments.hopefull this helps you.
That's depressing. Maybe Fender QC isn't what it was just a few years ago. But good on you for getting a good G&L used. Used is simply the way to go for music gear, and G&Ls are an *excellent* value.
As I mentioned in my earlier post I am unimpressed by the MIA dimension quality.
But I love my Mexi. They got the oil finished neck all wrong I think. The ones I played felt like cheap balsa wood that was unfinished and could give you splinters playing it.
Not an issue on the mexi. It's a finished neck and a nice comfy profile too. I like it way better.
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I have no qualms with the build quality of my mexi. None whatsoever. The MIAs were a different story.
Or it is a new model with new features fender hasn't employed before this they are in a learning curve. I mean I can't think of another fender offhand that has an oil finished neck and a compound neck radius. I could be wrong but I think these are new design elements for them.
Of course that doesn't justify poor quality control. Especially for the cost of the bass. it just explains it a little.
I say again: what difference would it make? I cannot understand your fascination, not with what was said, but who said it. I'm pretty sure, at this point, that: Your Logical Fallacy is: Appeal to Authority. I cannot see any other use for knowing whose opinion it is.
It wouldn't fit in the thread title. I included it in the third question.
So?
Again, I cannot see how you've come to this conclusion, there being no evidence for it.
Not exactly kicking goals all over the park, are you, mate?
i'd like to have some info on the strings.ihave question to ask you,I read from Mr. Vegs column in Bass Player mag. about strings, That we you buy a bass that the strings from the factory, such as, lets say musicman that the strings that are on the bass are spec for that bass only. and when you change strings,( the one you always changed on the bass) is lesser playing performance.EI it doesn't play and sound like when you first bought it.know what I mean?
The PRS uses a tapered B and E. It also has a set neck, which is unusual for a bass.
I agree-
EBMM strings sound best on their products but disappoint on other makes.
i'd would 95% yes if you keep the factory srtings that's on there.Low b ,hmmmmmm.Gotta find out what gauge that the factory puts on there.You gotta realize the sound of every bass instrument has been thru specs for harmonic value of the pick ups, wood, what type neck,what type of fret board, ect,ect..To make that brand of bass sounds like it does.
Interesting,please what is a set neck on the prs? I think I might have and idea. Never played one before.Pretty cool? what do you like about the chararistics.