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Bass fads.

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I love how some folks are so quick to include things they can't wrap their own heads around, regardless of how long established and/or credible those things are in the world of not just bass, but the world of popular music. Do you seriously think fretless and 5-string basses are nothing more than a "fad"?

Considering the age of electric bass in general, one could argue that the electric bass is just a fad that will eventually go away.

Then there's Talkbass itself...
 
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Bryan R. Tyler said:
If the specificity of "electric" didn't matter to you, you shouldn't have mentioned the limited use of 5-strings. 5+ string double basses and their relatives (viol de gamba, etc.) have been in regular use since way before the 60s as well.
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I believe that I did say that there was the "occasional odd 5-string", and you're right, they were in use before the 60s as well, but 5 string basses were virtually unavailable until much later. Have you even ever seen a 5 string double bass?
OK, I'm out. If I post more than a couple of times in a discussion, I get accused of trolling.
 
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Turock said:
I believe that I did say that there was the "occasional odd 5-string", and you're right, they were in use before the 60s as well, but 5 string basses were virtually unavailable until much later. Have you even ever seen a 5 string double bass?
OK, I'm out. If I post more than a couple of times in a discussion, I get accused of trolling.
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Yes. 5-string double basses go back at least a century. Probably more...

Quite a fad, those century-old fretless 5-string double basses!
 
#69
Some people here seem to be having a hard time differentiating between obnoxious fads and obnoxious obscurities.

Pure fad (and free money for the maker): '90s glued-up open-grain oil finished basses. EVERYbody was churning those hideous things out!

Where are all those basses today? :confused:

I'm assuming and hoping they all just dried out, split six ways to Sunday and wound up as kindling.
 
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Bryan R. Tyler said:
Both of those have been around since the late 60s. They're as much a fad as color TV is.
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No one even notices when i play fretless , including bandmates.
So i guess the point is to play for your own happiness , which kinda makes the point of this thread moot , so appologies to the OP.
I'll add inaudible upright basses for the "look" to the trend list.
 
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Turock said:
I believe that I did say that there was the "occasional odd 5-string", and you're right, they were in use before the 60s as well, but 5 string basses were virtually unavailable until much later. Have you even ever seen a 5 string double bass?
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Yes, I have, as have countless others. You apparently aren't aware of their popularity- they aren't uncommon at all.
 
#78
If this thread proves anything, it proves there's NOTHING you can't sell to a bass geek.

You can't make it ugly enough...

It can't be overcomplicated enough...

It can't defy physics and common sense enough...

It can't be bleeding edge enough...

It can't be odd enough...

Bass geeks will buy it. :rollno:

Say what you will about guitarists, but they're perfectly happy with guitar designs that are over fifty years old and amp designs that are over forty years old. If gear stopped in about 1970, they'd still be fine with it and they'd still do fine with it.

But the febrile imagination of the bass geek knows no rest nor satisfaction. And a mother-of-pearl inlay of Darth Vader riding a unicorn! :smug:
 
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bassdude51 said:
I thought to start a discussion of bass fads, either current or from the past. I'm meaing for this discussion to be humorous and fun to read without making ridicule.

Perhaps to prime this thread............. The sustain fad back in the 90s that neck through body basses were better than bolt on necks (we've come full circle on that one).

Wearing a bass down around the knees.

Decals completely covering a bass body.

Using a metal pick to pluck the stings.

EQing basses with extreme treble.

Stand-up basses replacing the electric for rock n roll.

Some fads have come and went. Others are current. May we hear what you have to say?
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ok

1. i don't think i've seen to many people beside krist novoselic wear their bass around the knees. and..

2. treble is amazing on bass. just as long as you have some mids and lows to go with it. idk.. i just have always loved bright bass tone.

cdef said:
Heavy, dense woods and hardware ruled for a few years from the late '70s on. I recall an original Schecter P from maybe 1980 that was all rosewood with a brass bridge and pickguard - ouch.
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i NEED to see that..
 
#80
Seems to me that 50% of people posting in this thread have no idea of what a fad is.... perhaps some should go check the dictionary.
P bass? Gimme a break!
Fretless? Ditto.
Flatwounds? Ditto.
Straplocks? Active electronics? etc.....
Seems to me that intelligence and the ability to think before typing are pretty questionable around here.
 
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