Regarding the Fender Victor Bailey Signature Bass video comments here's the most unusual one.The same guy who thinks "those are not the basses I play" also says he "thinks 70 percent of everything I said is a lie".HUH..WHA'...DUH...!??????????
I just don't get that one.IT'S A PROMO VIDEO FOR MY BASSES!!!WHAT IS THERE TO LIE ABOUT??????1I say the body of the bass is Koa on top,rosewood in the middle,and mahogany on back.What's there to lie about ???I describe the preamp,which is a very simple basic preamp.Bass ,treble and mid controls,nothing fancy.What could possibly be a lie???The pickups are just some regular Fender pickups.Great pickups but the same ones in every other Fender VB bass,nothing unique.I tell a few stories,like how I came to Fender,how I got my first bass from my father,things like that.Which part did he think was a lie?That my father bought me my first bass?Think that's a lie???!!!My whole philosophy,which I've been espousing for thirty years,is that MY sound in not the bass,the pickups,the preamp ,the strings.My sound is ME!I make the bass sound the way I WANT IT TO SOUND.Different woods,strings,pickups etc,give you different sound characteristics (i.e. bright,dark,punchy,midrange,etc) but whatever that may be,when I pick up a bass I make it sound the way I want it to sound.That's the magic of Leo Fender's designs.That you don't need to improve upon them.Diehard Fender guys like myself play them because they're perfect just the way Mr. Fender desgned them 50-60 years ago.Another guy thinks my preamp is different.Where did he get that idea?What could be different.My preamp holds 9 volt batteries like everyone else's.Ya think I got some more powerful 9v's than everyone else?I wish!I'm gonna go out on a limb and speak for ALL cats who have signature instruments and tell you that THERE IS NO DFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR INSTRUMENTS AND ONE YOU BUY IN A STORE.That's exactly the point.A guys chooses the wood,pickups,preamp,neck,ect that he wants,and what you get at the store is THAT!Maple is maple,rosewood is rosewood,ebony is ebony.What could possible be better about my Koa wood than the Koa on a bass at your local music store?It's exactly the same design.Marcus Miller's bass doesn't sound any better than any other Marcus Bass in the store.MARCUS MILLER might sound better than anyone else you heard playing one,but it ain't the bass,believe me.There's no difference in my basses from any others out there.Most importantly though,when you watch the video ask yourself what that person could POSSIBLY think was a "lie".All you young cats out the forget all this kind of BULLCRAP and just THINK ABOUT MUSIC!Peace
Victor B