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08-14-2011, 01:31 PM
|  | www.brandonmichael.info | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Northern California | | | Great musicians and their cheap gear!
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There's nothing more inspiring to me than watching a musician completely tear it up on a cheaper piece of gear. Don't get me wrong, I love my Foderas and Sadowskys as much as the next guy, but seeing someone hold it down with a Squier (or the like) really depicts the true value of an instrument to me.
So lets see some Youtube vids of musicians using less expensive gear onstage. The more famous the player, the more points you get. 100 points = carrots |
08-14-2011, 02:09 PM
| | www.brandonmichael.info | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Northern California | | wow, nothing. Oh well  |
08-14-2011, 02:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota - Twin Cities | | | Lee Sklar (before dingwall) was probably the most notorious.
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08-14-2011, 02:26 PM
|  | Spiritual Advisor to Muppets Everywhere | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indianapolis | | | why dont you start. get the ball rolling
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08-14-2011, 02:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Worcestershire, U.K. | | | I'm not going to call myself great but I'm good at what I do with my band, I'm a reliably tight player and I don't overplay my part, I've played across Europe and the U.K. with all second hand gear. I think the only thing I bought from new are strings,cables and a boss pedal adaptor and daisy chain.
My basses have always been second hand (apart from a DEAN DB95 which I bought from new, sold it to fund something else and was then given it back, gigged it all over, sold it again) as I would hate to take a brand new bass out and get it scratched and this way I don't tend to worry about anything too much. Some people get too hung up on keeping their gear in pristine condition on the road. If you buy new gear and you're in a gigging band either save up the extra for flight cases or take the pain!!!
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08-14-2011, 02:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portland oregon | | | im not famous but I gig squiers and mim fenders. my main bass is a stickered up squier II p bass. The second most used bass is my 01 mim p bass. Does that count?
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08-14-2011, 02:39 PM
| | | Not cheap, but definitely cheesy  Han Bennink
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08-14-2011, 02:43 PM
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08-17-2011, 07:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Rio de Janeiro | | Grinderman - Palaces Of Montezuma, Live @ Later with Jools Holland [HD] - YouTube
Grinderman (Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn P Casey and Jim Sclavunos).
Warren Ellis is playing a Squier guitar.
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08-17-2011, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by brndn123  wow, nothing. Oh well | You would have loads of posts if it was:
Cheap performance on good gear 
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08-17-2011, 03:58 PM
|  | Hashfinger | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, OR... | | | Can't recall his name, but the bass player from Big Business (who also played bass with Melvins for a time) frequently plays an unmodded Squier Jazz.
One of my favorite players ever--David Wm. Sims of Scratch Acid, Jesus Lizard and others--primarily plays an old Memphis brand Jazz bass copy.
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08-17-2011, 04:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Boise, Idaho | | Not a bass player but the first one that comes to mind for me is Hound Dog Taylor. Hound Dog Taylor "Wild About You Baby" - YouTube
Cheap Japanese guitar and broken speaker in amp. His steal slide was from the leg of a kitchen table I believe? I don't know all his history but I do love his music.
Had to add this link too, not a live performance but I love this song. Great bass playing on it too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt6V20j2BjQ
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08-17-2011, 04:11 PM
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08-17-2011, 06:09 PM
| | | | A lot of American Alt/Punk guys use Squires... not saying they're all great but those guys like Pete Wentz, Mike Drint, etc. could be using Fenders.
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08-18-2011, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by foq1978 | Looks like Nick Cave is still keeping it "punk rock".
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08-18-2011, 11:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Manchester, UK | | Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire - YouTube
If you look closely, the lead guitarist is using an Epiphone. I saw a band once who's guitarist was using a Squier, but i can't remember their name.
Liam
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08-18-2011, 11:52 AM
| | | A now-famous & very popular bassist (Oteil Burbridge) rolled into our area in the mid-'80s playing a stock blonde Fender Jazz, G-K 800RB amp w/ a homemade 15" cabinet. Then he upgraded the cab to a Peavey (w/ 1x18" w/ 2x10").
No youtube videos...trust me, he sounded great.
He leaves the area...
Eventually, he was playing boutique basses (Fodera & Modulus even had a signature Model named after him)...recently, it looks like he's playing a Fender P-bass &/or a Fender Jazz. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Uptight (Everything's Alright) @ the Highline Ballroom, 04/13/11 - YouTube
Sometimes you gotta go back home. 
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08-18-2011, 11:58 AM
| | | | Jesse Murphy (Brazilian Girls, John Scofield) sometimes uses a Fender Mustang bass.
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08-18-2011, 12:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Slovak Republic, Middle Europe | | Mike Watt is playing some kind of Squier P-Bass in this vid : J Mascis w/ Mike Watt, George Berz - YouTube
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08-18-2011, 12:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | Alain Johannes (Eleven, Them Crooked Vultures and other various projects) occasionally plays a Rogue VB-100 violin bass.
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