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07-08-2011, 07:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bowling Green ky | | | repost maybe.. but Flea no longer plays GK?
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07-08-2011, 07:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY | | yeah, i saw that on facebook. i think he'll sound like flea through any amp. 
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07-08-2011, 07:44 AM
|  | 155mm of pure destruction | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Atlanta | | | It's a cool pic, but I don't think it means necessarily means he no longer plays GK. |
07-08-2011, 07:47 AM
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07-08-2011, 07:49 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | Which must mean that the new Acoustic USA amps sound WAY different than the old ones. I can't imagine an amp less suited to Flea's style/tone than one of the classic Acoustics. |
07-08-2011, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by cheezewiz  Which must mean that the new Acoustic USA amps sound WAY different than the old ones. I can't imagine an amp less suited to Flea's style/tone than one of the classic Acoustics. | Or that they paid him enough money to endorse them.
I don't mean this in a bad way at all but as much as Flea talks about how he's in it for the music, he's also in it for the money. He left EBMM because they wouldn't give him a signature bass and Modulus would. Not sure why he left Modulus, maybe because Fleabass gave him an entire brand instead of just a few models.
Next you'll see Flea-amp 
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07-08-2011, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by jdwilliams | He's unique, but is he now a "hired gun"? when it comes to gear? I really was never a Flea fan although I do acknowledge his musicianship.
If I was given a line of gear.....who knows?
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07-08-2011, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by bassgod0dmw Or that they paid him enough money to endorse them. | Doesn't make sense to me. Paid to endorse? That's just wrong.
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07-08-2011, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by packhowitzer It's a cool pic, but I don't think it means necessarily means he no longer plays GK. | The pic on Twitter said "planking across my amps". I think the GK days are over.
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07-08-2011, 08:34 AM
|  | Hey, what does this knob do? | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Hampshire | | | This sort of arrangement doesn't necessarily fit a predetermined model. Deals are often done on a case-by-case basis. Each case has many variables. In this particular instance, you have a player with world name recognition who's (apparently) going to be touring in a country where disposable income is increasing at a mind-boggling rate. It's always been my belief that the majority of these new US-made models will be sold overseas; that's where the money is these days, after all. So, it makes sense to get the kit some exposure in those markets. |
07-08-2011, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bassgod0dmw Or that they paid him enough money to endorse them.
I don't mean this in a bad way at all but as much as Flea talks about how he's in it for the music, he's also in it for the money. He left EBMM because they wouldn't give him a signature bass and Modulus would. Not sure why he left Modulus, maybe because Fleabass gave him an entire brand instead of just a few models.
Next you'll see Flea-amp |
Truth.
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07-08-2011, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Quickie Paid to endorse? That's just wrong. | And I bet you think that all those people on TV schlepping everything from Viagra to shaving cream actually use the products that they pitch? Including celebrities who one would think don't need the money? Get real. Quote: |
but Flea no longer plays GK?
| Who cares? Aside from the G-K marketing department, that is. |
07-08-2011, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Quickie Doesn't make sense to me. Paid to endorse? That's just wrong. | Not sure if srs
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07-08-2011, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by bassgod0dmw Not sure if srs | Who knows he does this type of stuff in nearly every thread he posts in
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07-08-2011, 09:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Birmingham, AL | | | There is probably money involved because the GK 2001RB is a beast of an amp that doesn't often let it's users move on to other equipment. Mine locked me in a closet for three days once simply because I mentioned an SVT.
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07-08-2011, 09:25 AM
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Builder: Rickett Customs | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern Maryland | | | I think his daughter took that pic |
07-08-2011, 09:26 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlanta | | | On a side note...to properly "plank" one must point their feet down at the ground to create a 90 degree angle (perpendicular to the ground). BOOM!
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07-08-2011, 09:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lumberton, TX | | | who cares about Flea? |
07-08-2011, 09:30 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Columbia, Md | | Quote:
Originally Posted by OriginalSnub Who knows he does this type of stuff in nearly every thread he posts in | Yeah, I just discovered the "Ignore List" and put it to good use. |
07-08-2011, 09:31 AM
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