New Fender Bass?

[HotelX]

I think you are still right
Same riff:

Yeah pretty much the same. I guess the Meters riffs made me think Gaturs

 

[DJ Bebop]

Yeah pretty much the same. I guess the Meters riffs made me think Gaturs

And I don't know why I didn't pick up on the Meters until I listened again

 

[PJ Muzikmansky]

Yes.... and no

Yes:

• Well...it sounds massive - like a P bass with three testicles - and would fit ANY style of music that I'd want to play.
• I dig the retro minimalist vibe.

No:

• It's slightly underdone IMO: If that upper 'horn' had been extended by an inch - a la Mustang - with a half-inch reduction in the width of the lower bout where it meets the neck pocket, the visual proportions would've worked much better for me. That coupled with a big '51-57 P-bass style scratch plate and I think it would've ticked all the boxes.

 

[electracoyote]

I love it. Damn, I need another bass like a hole in the head.

 

[PJ Muzikmansky]

Don't like it. Ugly, and it has that crappy semihollow sort of tone. Cool that Fender is trying something "new", but I can't see this lasting long.

I think it sounds really good

 

[Aweiss96]

It looks like the Serek Armitage to me honestly.
Serek Basses - Armitage

 

[mongo2]

These

are not that hard to find, nor are Kay or Dano bodies. Nor are necks. Just roll your own for cheaper.

I agree. Resurrecting my favorite "yard sale" Silvertone Model 1444 didn't cost me much at all.

 

[mongo2]

I like it. I could see that shape flying with a short scale. Be pretty awesome, actually.

First thing I thought when I saw it was, "Too bad it's not a short scale."

 

[TerriblePeril]

I really want it to be short scale. In my eyes, it works as a short scale. As a 34" scale instrument, it looks odd. Like a Danelectro body with a tele bass neck on it.