Mike Dirnt: What do you think of him now?

isher1992 · #1 11-28-2008, 02:34 PM

Personally, I love pre-Warning Dirnt, back when he wrote some cool stuff.

I can hardly stand playing his lines on American Idiot, they sound so much like anything else.

His basslines on stuff like Welcome to Paradise (Which is inevitably going to be mentioned), When I Come Around, Longview, stuff like that is what made me love him.

But, I want to know what other people thing.

P.S.: I want his Grabber. Even if it is screwed up.

pinkzepphish · #2 11-28-2008, 02:34 PM

dookie was the climax for sure

isher1992 · #3 11-28-2008, 02:35 PM

Haha.

I think as far as songwriting goes, Nimrod was Green Day's climax. But as for basslines, Dookie was best.

Sneckumhaw · #4 11-28-2008, 04:05 PM

He's gotten boring- he used to be the man.

isher1992 · #5 11-28-2008, 04:12 PM

Very true.

Baryonyx · #6 11-28-2008, 06:19 PM

I think he's just as average and utterly unremarkable as ever.

sonic assassin · #7 11-28-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by isher1992

P.S.: I want his Grabber. Even if it is screwed up.

FTR, it was a G3, and so do i

his sound on dookie, as well as kenny vasoli's (the starting line) tone on based on a true story made me want a g3. on top of that, they look incredible.

id just have to make it custom because i cant do 4 strings.

isher1992 · #8 11-28-2008, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sonic assassin

FTR, it was a G3, and so do i

his sound on dookie, as well as kenny vasoli's (the starting line) tone on based on a true story made me want a g3. on top of that, they look incredible.

id just have to make it custom because i cant do 4 strings.

Man.

My 2nd cousin had a Grabber, with the sliding pickup (G3?)

And he sold it.

D:<!!!!

heath_r_91 · #9 11-28-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by isher1992

I want his Grabber. Even if it is screwed up.

Just bein curious, what on his bass is messed up?

isher1992 · #10 11-28-2008, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by heath_r_91

Just bein curious, what on his bass is messed up?

He was showing a fan how to do his spin thing, where he swings it behind his back, and when he did the neck snapped in two.

AverageWhiteBassist · #11 11-28-2008, 06:33 PM

The G-3 Had Bill Lawerence PU's if I'm not mistaken. They feel wierd to me, top heavy and thin wide body.

isher1992 · #12 11-28-2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DaveProulx

The G-3 Had Bill Lawerence PU's if I'm not mistaken. They feel wierd to me, top heavy and thin wide body.

I've always heard it reffered to as a Grabber. Is the pickups the only difference?

Amitio · #13 11-28-2008, 06:44 PM

Longview is my favourite Greenday song!

I never liked much of the stuff thats not on dookie, minority was okay!

**funkybass4ever** · #14 11-28-2008, 06:49 PM

I think he is the premier pick user and one of the few i listen to since I a finger man. He has great tone and I love the way he used to play bass fills. The band has changed their sound and the songs aren't written to spotlight his talents as much anymore. Newer GD has too much going on with layered background singing and lots of strings, older GD put the bass out more in front in their recordings also

isher1992 · #15 11-28-2008, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by funkybass4ever

I think he is the premier pick user and one of the few i listen to since I a finger man. He has great tone and I love the way he used to play bass fills. The band has changed their sound and the songs aren't written to spotlight his talents as much anymore. Newer GD has too much going on with layered background singing and lots of strings, older GD put the bass out more in front in their recordings also

That's cause Green Day was a three-piece then.

Dirnt do do background vocals, too.

But even though I dislike new Green Day, I still have to be proud to say I'm from the same state as Jason White.

NorCal Dog · #16 11-28-2008, 07:25 PM

his kids go to the same school as our singers kids, we've played a number of fundraisers there. he was at the one in '07, he was out in the crowd pumpin' the devil horns while we played, he came up to the stage afterwards, said we did a great job.

nice guy

isher1992 · #17 11-28-2008, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by NorCal Dog

his kids go to the same school as our singers kids, we've played a number of fundraisers there. he was at the one in '07, he was out in the crowd pumpin' the devil horns while we played, he came up to the stage afterwards, said we did a great job.

nice guy

Anyway you have his contact information?

Kidding.

XansNiceSweater · #18 11-29-2008, 01:06 AM

Insomniac was the climax of his lines, I thought.
Can barely hear him on American Idiot. I really wish the last two albums hadn't happened.

sonic assassin · #19 11-29-2008, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by isher1992

He was showing a fan how to do his spin thing, where he swings it behind his back, and when he did the neck snapped in two.

i thought he said tre cool broke it once in an interview.

sonic assassin · #20 11-29-2008, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by isher1992

Man.
My 2nd cousin had a Grabber, with the sliding pickup (G3?)

grabber has the sliding pickup, g3 has 3 singles, and the ripper has 2 big fat dudes that arent quite singles.

ed from thrice uses a grabber, and his tones are pretty bitchin. but im sure thats slick recording doing a lot of the work. his tone live is just loud

and as of late, very processed.