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I love the fact that he’s a bassist, plays in a band and plays to serve the songs…fame and ego put to one side.
Cool bass, but it’s a Fender, so I can’t like it 
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I also really like Keanu… the fender choice though! 
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From what I read, Keanu seems to be a really decent guy, and a kind and gentle soul.
This quote has been attributed to him - in any case, I couldn’t agree more:
Now, about that Fender… 
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Great man!
I known him during John Wick 2 (part of the film was filmed in Rome), and he was always kind, polite, a gentleman.
Now we can add great bass player with great personal bass taste!
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We need to make a collection and buy him a proper bass.
He probably can’t afford more than a fender!
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Here are at least two of Keanu’s custom basses. The cases behind him in the second pic show he doesn’t need that funky-ass Fender.
The Matrix Bass
The Orange You Glad Neo Plays Bass
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I’m not a Fender fan… I don’t dislike them but haven’t found one I like. I might need that Keanu one. Even if I hardly ever touch it. That man is a heckin treasure of a human being.
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Yep…
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Don’t consider doing anything rash.
Keanu doesn’t need anyone buying that rando Fender on his behalf.
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He wouldn’t do that to you.
I enjoyed having him stuck in my head in Cyberpunk 2077.
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Not a Fender fan, don’t like their fret boards or inflated prices. If you look at the instrument itself, without attaching any brand name to it, it’s a collection of machine head tuners, a fret board, a body and some electronics. Given so many options out there I can’t believe a person couldn’t find something similar or better for the fell, the sound and the money. I play a $525.00 G&L and it sounds every bit as good as a $2000 bass.
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Yeah, this is a common thing. The current top end of the intermediate price range punches really far above its weight for several brands. I think mostly it’s that the Indonesian factories are actually really good. A lot of the stealth superstars have been made in Indonesia over recent years.
Additionally, with the current weak yen, MIJ basses are at about a 50% cut historically, which moves some of the best instruments you can buy anywhere into the $500-1000 price range.
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We all enjoyed that!
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Who doesn’t love Keanu.
Fellow Canadian too, so I love him even more for that.
I wasn’t going to own a Fender after I’d tried some when I was just looking for my first. I ended up with a $500 Yamaha. The one Josh recommended!
Until I saw a great deal on a 2014 MIM Geddy Lee Jazz. I just had to have it. I still prefer the feel of the Yamaha, but try to play Ged as much as I can.
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What caught my attention is the idea of the double stacked pots. Perhaps it has’t been officially integrated by Fender before but I really don’t think it’s something new.
I’ve wanted to mod my Fender PJ Mustang like that. Anyway, I feel a lot of respect for Keanu as a person and actor and specially because he plays bass.
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I was used to him from Bill and Ted and then I saw “My Own Private Idaho” and was blown away.
Also, seeing that movie in Portland, at a brepub/theater, in 1991 - highly recommended. The number of Portland references/in-jokes was insane.
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It’s really a phenomenal movie I watched many times in the 90s. I have to see it again. I won’t get the Portland references but that’s ok.
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No, definitely not. I don’t understand what the deal was with that experienced luthier saying this wiring was a new thing Keanu came up with. Smells like something the marketing department made him add.
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Stacked concentric knobs. Brand new for 2024. The usual bleeding edge design you’d expect from Fender @eric.kiser
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