Bass bass and some more bass - aberdeen-music

YETI · 06-12-2003, 17:07

right this is the space for you i want to know what really makes you tick. basses wise of course. brands, styles, inspirations and aspirations.
everything goes

YETI · 06-12-2003, 17:17

what do you like about fenders? i personally find them unconfortable to play

Spoonie · 06-12-2003, 17:18

people who play with a heavy groove like donald duck dunn and billy cox. people who play like bass like they want to, not like they think they should. i like simple designs, tonnes of power and big amps so you can feel like you're being crushed by the sound or play something delicate and careful. mixing huge riffs, simple riffs and gentle playing. people who can cover different styles without you even noticing they've changed. players who are a part of their instrument and put every ounce of themselves into playing. that's what it's all about to me

brands i love are really fender, warwick and musicman. warwicks have the simpliciy and the beauty, musicmans have the power and fenders are made to be used like a hammer. i want to achieve total mastery of the instrument. having a bass and knowing without question, exactly what the next sound you're gonna create is, without ever havnig to think about it. it's a near impossibility, but that's what you need to be striving for.

i love bass!
spoonie
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Spoonie · 06-12-2003, 17:21

fenders are made with slabs of wood. they're not fancy and they're not elaborate, just stripped down and raw. i have a '62 reissue japanese precision with EMG's and a badass 2 bridge and it's a real weapon. when you need to play hard, the stingray stays on the wall. the fender is the only bass i own which i would trust to take a proper pounding.

YETI · 06-12-2003, 17:29

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Originally posted by Spoonie:
people who play with a heavy groove like donald duck dunn and billy cox. people who play like bass like they want to, not like they think they should. i like simple designs, tonnes of power and big amps so you can feel like you're being crushed by the sound or play something delicate and careful. mixing huge riffs, simple riffs and gentle playing. people who can cover different styles without you even noticing they've changed. players who are a part of their instrument and put every ounce of themselves into playing. that's what it's all about to me

brands i love are really fender, warwick and musicman. warwicks have the simpliciy and the beauty, musicmans have the power and fenders are made to be used like a hammer. i want to achieve total mastery of the instrument. having a bass and knowing without question, exactly what the next sound you're gonna create is, without ever havnig to think about it. it's a near impossibility, but that's what you need to be striving for.

i love bass!
spoonie
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thats beutyful... i almost cried

reallly you have got the instrument in you treat it like a partenr lovit be tender and love it some more... the response is great.
feel the bass and be the bass. is not takeing the piss is just how i treat my bass.

fender have the only poroblem of a round neck... i prefere slim lines like warwick or my beast

Spoonie · 06-12-2003, 17:34

i've got a warwick streamer std and the neck on it is a beauty. i know how you feel though, when i play my bass, it'm always looking for that way to become closer to what i'm creating. i think guitarists like hendrix and SRV did that when they were playing and it's something that i always strive for. there are some amazing bassists out there through history but there haven't been many who had that kind of connection with their iinstrument. it's a hard thing to achieve. i saw paul lamb and the king snakes (one of my favourite bands of all time) this summmer down in gloucester and paul had control over a harmonica in a way i've never seen with any musician, except maybe paul rose. he plays with absolute conviction and the sounds he can get from a harmonica blew me away. if i could achieve half the level of control over my bass as he has over his harmonica, i'd die a happy man!

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Spoonie · 06-12-2003, 17:37

i hear you PJ, i'm the same. i often find that the stingray can cut through well but loses the fat. powerful end when it does so. it's mainly because i don't have a good amp. i've only played through about 2 or 3 nice amps and the rest of the time it's utter shite. my own amp is a disgrace! it's over 15 years old and i put overdrive through it so many times, the cone's like confetti!

Tav · 06-12-2003, 18:18

I'm a fan of big and smooth bass with alot of power to it...no distortion or crumble to the sound...just that big big bad sound. I love playing higher up the neck using the D and G strings much like the Cunning Stunts bass doodle with Jason Newstead or Orion by Cliff Burton but I love the deep lows offered by a bass...more melodic playing is my thing but alot of solid lines in there too...no funk/slap for me thank you very much. That is why my main influence are the Metallica bassist's Burton and Newstead along with the AIC bassist's Inez and Starr.

Gear wise I am a big fan of the now non-exsistant Trace Elliot bass amps. Ibanez basses have those slender necks and more slender body designs...not a fan of the Pbass shape...though a Jbass with more slender horns and different head stock ala Sadowsky basses does it for me. Active electronics set for full on power...like I said no slap for me. Stuart Spector basses also rank high on the diserability list.

Gall_4185 · 06-12-2003, 21:14

I love my warwick rockbass corvette. I spent ages trying different basses until I found one that I was comfortable playing then I saved up till I could afford it.

GraemeC · 08-12-2003, 23:55

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Originally posted by Vegetable Man:
The classic Fender Jazz bass, with tobacco sunburst or what ever it is you call it

Exactly like mine then...