Check this bass out. The Tony Grey sig. Fodera Monarch. It's a short scale, headless 6 string with a chambered body. Light (due to the chambered body), with no neck dive (because it's headless), improved playability (due to it's 30.25 inch scale), but no sacrificed resonance due to the exotic woods and unreal workmanship. Skip to 11:26 for a tone demo.
Anyone want to buy a kidney?
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Tue January 24, 2023 6:53 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Fri June 02, 2023 2:22 am
by Ello Sailor
The Quasar T900 XRH-5 sounds great, but have you ever seen a worse headstock? I'm in awe.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Fri June 02, 2023 12:06 pm
by wease
Holy crow, that’s terrible
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Fri June 02, 2023 12:43 pm
by 96583UP
yuck
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Fri June 02, 2023 1:46 pm
by Strat
No way I'd take any band seriously if a bassist showed up with that thing
I bet a lot of jam band bassists will be all over it.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Tue February 13, 2024 11:12 pm
by Ello Sailor
Picked up a MIM Fender Jazz bass. I would've liked a MIJ but there weren't any available in my area. I couldn't justify a MIA because they're wildly overpriced and I'll be modding this one with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups and a Badass III bridge anyway.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Tue February 13, 2024 11:50 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Wed February 14, 2024 8:32 pm
by blueviper
I have a MIM Strat and I like it a lot.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Wed February 14, 2024 9:46 pm
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:Picked up a MIM Fender Jazz bass. I would've liked a MIJ but there weren't any available in my area. I couldn't justify a MIA because they're wildly overpriced and I'll be modding this one with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups and a Badass III bridge anyway.
I've generally been happy with the MIM Fender stuff. You can improve them quite a bit with a few after-market upgrades, and to your point, waaay cheaper than MIA but performing just about the same.
Are these Squire branded or Fender branded?
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Wed February 14, 2024 11:13 pm
by Ello Sailor
I'm talking about Fender. Nothing wrong with Squier* though.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Thu February 15, 2024 12:52 am
by wease
No, nothing at all. I just thought that’s what Squiers were. The MIM Fenders.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Thu February 15, 2024 12:55 am
by Ello Sailor
Ya thought wrong, friendo.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Thu February 15, 2024 1:06 am
by Birds in Hell
Maybe I’m wrong but I’d say the bulk of Fender’s regular production is out of the Mexican factory, both guitars and amps (maybe all amps outside of Fender Custom Shop).
Squiers are now all (or mostly) made in China.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Thu February 15, 2024 1:06 am
by doug rr
I still need to pull the trigger on a squire starcaster..gonna wait until we move I think
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Mon February 19, 2024 11:02 pm
by Ello Sailor
Ello Sailor wrote:Picked up a MIM Fender Jazz bass.
Ok so this was a disaster. The neck must have shifted pretty badly in transit, because in its current state it's a little more than a really expensive piece of firewood. Wish me luck -- I hate truss rods.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Tue February 20, 2024 12:01 am
by wease
Ello Sailor wrote:
Ello Sailor wrote:Picked up a MIM Fender Jazz bass.
Ok so this was a disaster. The neck must have shifted pretty badly in transit, because in its current state it's a little more than a really expensive piece of firewood. Wish me luck -- I hate truss rods.
Uh oh
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Tue February 20, 2024 12:02 am
by wease
When you guys change the strings on your guitar, do you switch them out one at a time or take them all off before putting any new ones on?
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Tue February 20, 2024 12:51 am
by bart
I do half and half
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Tue February 20, 2024 12:54 am
by Ello Sailor
I should've just stuck with Warwicks. You could toss one of those fuckers from a moving vehicle and it'd still be in perfect working order.
I've generally been happy with the MIM Fender stuff. You can improve them quite a bit with a few after-market upgrades, and to your point, waaay cheaper than MIA but performing just about the same.