143 - Are These the 5 Most Iconic Basses of all time?

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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So, what makes a particular bass guitar a classic? While some basses are undoubtedly born great (it’s a testament to Leo Fender that the P-Bass is still one of the most played instruments ever): some achieve greatness over time and some have greatness thrust upon them (Rickenbacker have long enjoyed the star power of Lemmy, Geddy Lee and Chris Squire, for example). And so, for your viewing pleasure, we’ve put a spotlight on 5 of the most iconic bass guitars of all time. In this episode: Why S...

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0:00.0	Are you falling in love with that, I almost called that a Smith?
0:03.1	Are you falling in love with that F base?
0:04.8	Or is it a placeholder?
0:06.3	I want to know right now, is this base the new, I can tell by your reaction.
0:14.2	I can tell by your reaction.
0:16.9	It's an amazing.
0:19.2	It's an amazing.
0:20.2	Let me just turn off the...
0:21.3	We got some sauce on there, huh?
0:27.1	It really does a nice, like, that burby snap.
0:32.4	Yeah, it does that thing.
0:33.7	It's cool.
0:37.3	Yeah. that thing's cool it's really nice i don't know do you know like i've said it i've said it before i'll
0:48.0	say it again f base in terms of like so if you guys don't know this is an f base in terms of
0:53.7	consistency of build and
0:56.2	stuff, like, I'm just, they're incredible.
1:00.0	You know, like the, what we get with 70s jazz bases, for instance, let's look at the opposite
1:04.8	end of the spectrum.
1:05.7	You have no freaking clue what you're going to get, whether it's going to be a killer or
1:09.8	it's going to be a killer or it's going to be a killer
1:10.9	turd.
1:13.8	It could be either.
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