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Snobbery in equipment.
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 (25099) 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 (25099) 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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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
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