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Snobbery in equipment.

Al Freed (144)

Bass Equipment Forum · 6/29/2012 7:18 PM
I read so much on this site about what is the best for this and that etc. It seems, and i may be wrong and very often are, that unless you have some super dooper and no expense spaired, bass, you are looked upon as a bit of a looser. Know, as i said, i may be wrong. I have changed to the bass after years of playing guitar because i love the bass. I have been and checked out basses in local shops and read reviews on what is and isnt a good bass.

I have bought myself some bodies and necks, plus and old Vantage P bass, and have found i get what i want from these options. I have tried just about every bass on the market, except Sadowsky, and honestly the old Vantage i bought plus the Stellah and Squire kits i put together, make the others feel, well not right. Some of the MIA Fenders, and i loved Fenders, felt not right, nor did the Gibsons, Warwick etc. The only one i did like, but the cost was way too much, was the Allembic, think thats how you spell it.

The question i have been building up to is this, does it really matter if you think a Bass is gig ready or not or the fact it doesnt have some fancy name on it, the guys in my band just love the sound of the things i have built and they are all well established musicians. One brought along his sons, Vintage P bass and i tell you the sound i got from that old Vantage was identical. So i ask again does it matter what you use, as long you can play.
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6/29/2012 10:04 PM

Inactive Member wrote:

as long as you like it it's right.



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6/30/2012 9:55 PM

Ed LeFave (30169) wrote:

Agreed Todd....
What feels right to you is what works....
Bass,imo,doesn't have the same "snobbery" that seems to come with guitar players.
I guess maybe that's why we're bassists
:P
Peace Ed

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6/29/2012 10:06 PM

Inactive Member wrote:

and there's really no snobbery here it's usually carrying on with each other.

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6/29/2012 11:06 PM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25098) wrote:

Todd is right. I've been in these forums for 9 years and I can't remember ever seeIng one of us gIving another a hard time over a bass. Unless, of course, it was me giving Ivan a hard time about Ibanez ( I don't really hate them).

The bottom line is to play what you like and to heck with what people think. Just play the dang bass baby; play it!!! Lol!

--Bo

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6/30/2012 9:46 AM

Roger Gumbs (30426) wrote:

Make due with what you can afford. I've got some nice relatively expensive gear now, but I remember playing nothing but used $200-300 Peavey basses. Dyna bass, Palaedium, and a Fury were among the ones I owned.

I've bought some expensive basses and returned them immediately because they weren't worth it.



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6/30/2012 4:29 PM

Gar Whitenton (5737) wrote:

if you laid all the basses Roger has owned end to end, they would circle the Budweiser factory 5 times.

Oh, BTW, Alembic is spelled with 1 L.



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6/30/2012 7:40 PM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25098) wrote:

Roger himself has been known to circle the Budweiser factory more than that. Anhauser Busch started making him pay rent.

--Bo





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7/1/2012 11:45 AM

Roger Gumbs (30426) wrote:

They fired me a couple of years back...as soon as the Belgians (InBev)bought Anheiser Busch. They didn't care for me walking around naked with the exception of wearing Belgian waffle underwear...said it freaked them out?





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7/1/2012 12:04 PM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25098) wrote:

Gotcha. And I'll remember to look up Anheiser's spelling next time.

--Bo



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6/30/2012 9:56 PM

Ed LeFave (30169) wrote:

*grins*
Yeah.....Rog has seen 'em/owned 'em/sold 'em....mostly all
....but in a good way
:P

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