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Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:25 am
by Grrface
Well, it looks interesting. Seems like a MM sort of idea? If it's all passive, it might have piqued my interest, since it's got all sorts of growly going on.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMjY55nn_w[/youtube]
http://www.fender.com/series/modern-player
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:59 pm
by greyscales
The Triplebucker has a pretty good sound. Versatile sound too from the demo.
Can't say the bass itself does anything for me though. But I'd like the pickup in a P bass or even better a Mustang bass.
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:10 pm
by Joe Gress
Uuuuuuuuuugh his wrists...
Why he do that? He gonna fuck his shit up big time doing that...
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:21 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
I like the sounds from that pickup, and the white/maple one actually looks pretty nice imo.
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:38 pm
by greyscales
Joe Gress wrote:Uuuuuuuuuugh his wrists...
Why he do that? He gonna fuck his shit up big time doing that...
That was the first thing I noticed. His technique, especially right hand, is hard to watch. Made me cringe a bit because it looked so unnatural.
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 3:32 pm
by MeSoFuzzy
greyscales wrote:Joe Gress wrote:Uuuuuuuuuugh his wrists...
Why he do that? He gonna fuck his shit up big time doing that...
That was the first thing I noticed. His technique, especially right hand, is hard to watch. Made me cringe a bit because it looked so unnatural.
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Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 5:50 pm
by psychedelicrelic
I like it!
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:40 pm
by bigchiefbc
Would it have killed them to put a 10-second clip of how it sounds with a pick?
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:40 pm
by kbit
bigchiefbc wrote:Would it have killed them to put a 10-second clip of how it sounds with a pick?
You can't feel your basslines with a pick, man.
Bass is all about the tone from your fingers.
Duh.
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:58 pm
by Jwar
kbithecrowing wrote:bigchiefbc wrote:Would it have killed them to put a 10-second clip of how it sounds with a pick?
You can't feel your basslines with a pick, man.
Bass is all about the tone from your fingers.
Duh.
I know you're joking, but I've been playing almost exclusively with my fingers for the past several months just because my bass sounds fatter that way. Don't get me wrong though, I love me some good pick action too.
His technique is really bad with that right hand. Looks like it'd hurt after like 5 minutes of playing.
This bass sounds pretty good. I wonder how the neck feels. Fenders are hit or miss with me depending on the neck.
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:43 pm
by dubkitty
my wrist hurts just from WATCHING that demo.
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:56 am
by kbit
jwar wrote:kbithecrowing wrote:bigchiefbc wrote:Would it have killed them to put a 10-second clip of how it sounds with a pick?
You can't feel your basslines with a pick, man.
Bass is all about the tone from your fingers.
Duh.
I know you're joking, but I've been playing almost exclusively with my fingers for the past several months just because my bass sounds fatter that way. Don't get me wrong though, I love me some good pick action too.
Oh yeah, there's certainly an advantage to using finger-style. I definitely need to improve those skills myself.
I just saw the opportunity to make fun of that stereotype so I went for it

But playing with a pick is a completely sound, would definitely be nice to hear that in their demos.
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:14 am
by backwardsvoyager
I don't see the point of making a demo of how a guitar/bass sounds if you're only gonna exhibit a really narrow range of playing styles. Considering how many people use a pick on bass you would think that most reviewers would think to exhibit that.
On the other hand, nobody ever seems to demo electric guitars with fingerstyle playing, which is pretty annoying for me at least.
That dimension bass looks pretty sweet though, I like the fact that it only has one pickup/two knobs but still plenty of tonal variation.
Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:54 am
by kbit
backwardsvoyager wrote:I don't see the point of making a demo of how a guitar/bass sounds if you're only gonna exhibit a really narrow range of playing styles. Considering how many people use a pick on bass you would think that most reviewers would think to exhibit that.
On the other hand, nobody ever seems to demo electric guitars with fingerstyle playing, which is pretty annoying for me at least.
That dimension bass looks pretty sweet though, I like the fact that it only has one pickup/two knobs but still plenty of tonal variation.
The demo for that Fender Mustang with the P-90's has fingerstyle and some sweet overdrive riffing.
It made me want on

Re: Fender Dimension Bass
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:04 pm
by bigchiefbc
backwardsvoyager wrote:I don't see the point of making a demo of how a guitar/bass sounds if you're only gonna exhibit a really narrow range of playing styles. Considering how many people use a pick on bass you would think that most reviewers would think to exhibit that.
On the other hand, nobody ever seems to demo electric guitars with fingerstyle playing, which is pretty annoying for me at least.
That dimension bass looks pretty sweet though, I like the fact that it only has one pickup/two knobs but still plenty of tonal variation.
He doesn't do a ton of guitar demos, he mostly only does the pedals, but Andy from PGS plays exclusively fingerstyle.
