Damian Erskine reviews a custom bass from the Fender Mod Shop

[@imandan1966]

an option for a jazz neck on the p bass would be nice

[@oteiri78]

Yes! And an option to add bridge pickup, astrays and thumbrest.

[@trenken]

Thats what the custom shop exists for.

[@timf7413]

To be fair, the guitar models do have choices for the categories where the basses only have 1 option, so that's why they're in the template.

[@Tim85-y2q]

Yeah, the bass models have less options, but that's largely because Fender offers less options for basses in general.

[@trenken]

Its kinda sorta worth it for the guitars. It really isnt for the basses for a lot of people. Theres just not enough options to justify a $2000 price tag. These are basically the $1500 performer line of basses, so youre paying $500 more for a different body color, and thats basically all you can do with it. Cant even get block inlays. Just that alone is a deal breaker for a lot of people. Thing is they used to have more options for the basses. But its been scaled way back. Im guessing they dont get a lot of bass business through the mod shop so they just stripped it down to the basics.

[@jueshua148]

Good video... But... And there is always a BUT... Did you mic the bass rig? The sound quality is pretty bad for the bass rig. SHould have either mic'd the cab or used a D.I. box to send the signal to a computer.

[@ergocomic]

well, we know it can be used as a precussion instrument

[@MrZombs123]

Ya know.. I read this comment before fully watching the video, but after watching even through the camera mic it actually sounds good (for the camera mic that is).

[@justinaskins2156]

I love that color

[@hectoremicolon1351]

Digital Trends its Only comes in 4 strings.???

[@danielchavez8689]

haha you can tell it took a month for it to arrive, just look at his beard!!!

[@troyG373]

Ha! Why The hell would you get Damian Erskine to test and review a fender. He may as well have, said... "its basically your everyday average hunk of modern day variation on an unbeatable design, for a new sales gimmick, that's just dog as any other fender I've ever played, but no where near even approaching a single notch as truly classic. I play Skjold." Absolute wicked player, and I love Fender. Why Damian? Ha!

[@fredsmooth4734]

SKJOLD !!

[@BST1501]

What a ridiculous price for such a basic instrument. I just bought the same model, second hand for $400AU.

[@imandan1966]

in your opinion

[@justinaskins2156]

I think you're paying for the novelty of having a bass that nobody else has

[@humanchannel7825]

imandan1966 no shit

[@trenken]

@@justinaskins2156barely. These are essentially the American Professional models with just whatever color combo you want for the body. The mod shop options are crazy limited. If you want something truly unique you need a custom shop bass.

[@dtales77]

Why damian ? he dosen even like fender you can tell he only plays HIGH end basses fender to him looks like squier too him again why him for a review ?