102 - What if it ISN'T a Fender? Scott Abandons the P bass! Technique is EVERYTHING!

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🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Are Fenders really the best option, especially when you’re looking to play professionally? Maybe not? In today’s podcast, we’re exploring why your bass doesn’t HAVE to be a Fender and some alternatives that can come close in sound and vibe. AND why you may not want a Fender style instrument at all! Is there such a thing as the perfect sound? The perfect bass? Can you love a sound on someone else but not yourself? Does it, in fact, actually all come down to technique, rather than the bass you’...

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0:00.0	What's up and welcome to another episode of the Scott and Ian show on the SBL podcast.
0:04.9	Today we're diving into some very intriguing questions.
0:10.1	Number one, what if it is an offender?
0:12.4	Are there some other alternatives?
0:14.7	Talk about some other bases.
0:16.2	We're going to talk about some things that maybe look like fenders but aren't why you would even want that.
0:22.1	Prompted by a number of questions that I've got that was like, hey, Fender is the ubiquitous thing.
0:27.2	What else is there?
0:28.1	Are there other options out there?
0:30.2	We're going to explore that.
0:31.1	I am also going to confront Mr. Scott Devine about why seemingly he has abandoned the P-base.
0:39.6	I know it's a strong word, but it's true.
0:42.3	And we're also going to talk about how technique may just be at the root of everything.
0:48.1	You have a problem executing something on your instrument.
0:51.2	Maybe it's about technique.
0:52.8	You have a problem grooving on that thing.
0:54.9	Maybe it's not that your internal time feel sucks. Maybe it's that you're having a problem with
1:00.3	the actual execution. That is something that Scott is so into is this idea that so many things
1:08.1	can be boiled down to your technique or lack of it.
1:11.6	We're going to talk a lot about that too.
1:13.1	But before we get to it, let me tell you what's going on at SBL this week.
1:15.9	We have a mentor session coming up on Monday with yours truly.
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