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11-21-2012, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by mjac28  I think bass players are always going to be critical when they go to a live show ditto for the guitarists,drummers etc but the general public doesn't have that critical ear and probably doesn't know what " in the mix" means I think the named artists play what feels right to them and until the "soccer mom" from Ohio starts complaining about Geddy not sitting right in the mix it won't change. | well, the soccer moms wouldn't be at the Rush show anyway
after seeing Rush as the only arena act I will go to in the last couple of years, I have noticed that the sound guys in arenas pump too much extra "ambient bass" into the overall mix to make things sound "bigger" in an already echoy- arena. and I feel like this is why we can't hear the bass guitar itself anymore. when I left the Columbus Rush show at Nationwide, the only memory of the overall sound I had was a low level huuuuuummmm from too much reverb and bass eq-ing on the synths, and larger drums. GEt rid of that crap amd let the arena acoustics do their own thing to make it sound big
..and I think it would be very awkward to see Geddy playing a 5...he doesn't need that
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11-21-2012, 01:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | | | Wow! I was at that very same show, and that was my same assessment!
Drove all the way from NC to see it, enjoyed the show, but disappointed in the mix. But it was the case again when I saw them in Charlotte. Much better acoustics when I saw them in DC at a pavilion show in Sept. Saw Depeche Mode at the same venue a few years ago. Loud, no bass player, but great mix - the open walls must let the sound "breathe" a little more there.
Yeah, Geddy uses his sunburst Jazz for drop tuning, so no need for a 5 for him! |
11-21-2012, 07:32 PM
| | | jason newsted should've bought a bass before he went into the studio for the justice album 
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11-21-2012, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by dedpool1052 jason newsted should've bought a bass before he went into the studio for the justice album | haha!  i get it!
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11-21-2012, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM Don't really care what anyone else uses. Whatever makes them happy. | bingo
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11-21-2012, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by invalidprotocol Active? Whatever floats your note! Just give me a good passive bass and a Sansamp. | :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: YESSSSSS!!!!! |
11-22-2012, 05:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: conditional upon harmonic Hz | | | Ok, I'll bite. I was not impressed with the sound of one of the very high end Fodera's on the recent Vic Wooten band's tour. Seriously. said man, I should have let you borrow that old ash maple Lakland of mine with the Aeros in it, its got it all. It could have been the sound mix yes, but when you slap a 10K bass and it dont sound nearly as good as the de riguer 70's slap sound, something's wrong. About 9K worth of wrong imho.
Fancy looking, but a dead performer in bed sort of thing. Since I dont value bling....
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11-22-2012, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by xUptheIronsx
..and I think it would be very awkward to see Geddy playing a 5...he doesn't need that
| +1. Besides, when he used it on Roll the Bones (and Power Windows?) he didn't use the low B all that much anyway. Anyway, I think it'd take more than a low b string to improve his current tone :/
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12-01-2012, 10:39 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ohio | | | Bunny Burnel plays nice basses. But, I think he should try another model..maybe a Rickenbacker 4003. Just because. |
12-02-2012, 12:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Island, NY | | | cool idea for a thread
i loved owen biddle with the roots, that short scale 6er (i suspect with flats?) was great.
their new-ish bassist, i dont know what he plays, but i never find his sound particularly nice. not live atleast, i've seen them with him twice.
and, maybe its a little too late, but can someone loan paul mccartney the money for a fender? |
12-02-2012, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by chef wong I'd like to see at least one old school Fender player not switch up and play some Lakeland bass. Joe Osbourn has THE Jazz Bass prototype...and now prefers a copy? They must be paying him some serious dough. | Maybe he just thinks it plays better, or at least the same. He has said also that he doesn't want to travel with his old Fender. Can't blame him. And I seriously doubt that Joe could be influenced by money at this point.
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