Poll:Are you old school or cutting edge?

[bassteban]

If a bone-stock P-Bass w/flats through a B-15 & no effects is 'old school', and a boutique custom erb w/2 whammy bars, lights & the latest preamp into a rig so new it doesn't actually exist yet & custom made telekinetic effects is 'cutting edge', which way do you lean, & why? Personally, I'm swinging towards the former at the moment, but I go back & forth.

Edit: I can't seem to change that one option to say 'new bass of the month club'

[peteroberts]

I'm old school in the way of just a bass and amp w/no effects...but I use 'new-school' equipment (Warwick, SWR)

I use the new equip because of the great advances in bass technology over the past 40 years or so, but when I'm on stage, there's not even a channel switch!

[2 Fingers McGee]

I am also a bassist who prefers new equipment, but is still not into the whole effects thing.

[lemur821]

I'm into the P (although with rounds please), but I can appreciate telekinetic effects too. So I'm somewhere in between.

[Jazzin']

I don't have any flashy lights or anything. I prefer the old school look on a bass. I like the old school sound but I do have a few pedals: Boss Bass Chorus, Boss Limiter-Enhancer, SansAmp BDDI. I don't think those effects would make me very modern. Upright bass is definately old school. Although what I play can vary but is usually not anything crazy like Wooten. The newest I'll get would be Marcus and Jaco ragarding style of play.

[jrthebassguy]

When it comes to gear, I like new guitars/basses, but not necesarily amps.

[Trevorus]

I don't have anything older than me, but all my stuff is used (except for my first bass, of which I am the original owner).

As far as design, I play an old-school looking P-bass, then a Deluxe Jazz, which is kind of a blend of new and old, then I have my spector. That thing is all modern. And last, I have a G&L on the way. We'll see where that thing fits/.

[bongomania]

I like both ends of the spectrum, not so much in between. I go from rootsy straight to techie without passing Go.

[Rick Brienzo]

I am the kind of guy that wants to put a whammy pedal between the P-bass and the B-15.

[Ierius]

I just use my bass and my amp and even though i'd like a whole room full of telekinetic effects and equipment so-new-that-it-doesnt-exist i love that growly vintage EBG tone and in my playing I also lean more towards it.

[keb]

I'm old school, but also one who uses modern technology to recreate old-school sounds when the actual old-school equipment isn't available (or affordable!) (For example, amp modelers to recreate vintage-sounding amp setups, software to recreate classic Mellotron and Hammond organ sounds, etc.)

[Jazzdogg]

I'm older than any of my basses, or amps, and I'm old school in my approach to the instrument, which I'd probably describe as providing solid rhythmic underpinnings, with interesting, harmonically-based, note choices.

Musically, I'm the child of my Dad (a killer jazz bassist back in the day), Ray Brown, James Jamerson, and Rocco Prestia (though not as talented as any of 'em).

As far as gear is concerned, I like things simple, bulletproof, and predictable.

[jucas]

Definately the middle ground. Much as I love the old school thing, there's no way I could afford half of the stuff required. I play a P bass thats 10 years older than me through an ampeg B100R I have a moderate amount of effects (enough to make crazy and totaly inapropriate sounds) and a pretty new 5 string fretless. So not quite enough to be cutting edge either.

Probably closer to old school though... I have a hard time with any product that involves menus or pretty much any interface that isn't a switch or a pot.

[tplyons]

Old school. Love the classic designs, four strings, but I have a few modernizations: Neo speakers, biamping, Hipshot tuners.

But I like mostly things that have been around for years.

[steve21]

Carrots give me a tone that I can shape into sounding modern AND cutting edge.

[bassfacekevin]

I like the old-school grind with the new-school reliability and stability.

[vindy500]

i have a p with covers and flats and i have a cort with soaps and active pre, so i guess im in both camps.

[Atoz]

Ric w/flats, no effects. Wouldn't have it any other way.

[Chunk-O-Funk]

I like em both but like to have the modern edge.

Basses, I like a modern version of a classic. Also love the new stuff.

Amps I can go either way. Right now I have tube tone preamp with gobs of power and horn loaded cabs.

I have no use for effects.

[jady]

I am a pretty modern guy in all respects including gear but the older I get the more I appreciate the oldschool P with flats sound. Maybe i'll try it someday.