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#62
When I was a kid playing in garages most of the bass players I saw had Precision basses and some had Gibson EB-3's or EB-0's. Me? I had a cheap Japanese POS single pickup sunburst bass that looked like nothing else that I knew of. What did I buy when I could? A Precision bass.
 
#64
Something that looks 70s and short scale just to play it more carelessly, also SS usually gives you good bottom that recalls old recordings.
A light overdrive too is suggested.

From my own collection of personal opinions & suggestions.

Garage can also be cheap & loud: modded squier Bronco
 
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SonnyBassPlayer said:
Something that looks 70s and short scale just to play it more carelessly, also SS usually gives you good bottom that recalls old recordings.
A light overdrive too is suggested.

From my own collection of personal opinions & suggestions.

Garage can also be cheap & loud: modded squier Bronco
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But If one morning i wake up and want to play... I dont know some brit pop i want to be able to do it
 
#67
linkon97 said:
Hi, I'm planing to play garage but I can't find the perfect one yet my thoughts are on a squier mustang bass and on a squier vintage modified pbass(pj pickups)
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I have a Squier Mustang that is my knock-around/couch bass. $179 USD new. It think it would work well for garage. 32" scale so it is slightly easier on the hands, and actually sounds pretty good. I recommend it for your needs. The VM's are 34" scale FYI.
 
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Gaolee said:
One you pull out from under a dumpster and don't clean off. The whole point is to be loud, simplified, and obnoxious. And duct tape. It should have duct tape on it somewhere.
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+1

My first "garage" bass rig was a 15W Kustom amp with the metal enclosure off of it, and some kind of quasi-home-stereo speaker where all the screws for the driver were stripped out so it was held in by an old army belt strapped all the way around the cabinet and across the front of the speaker. Good times. I probably had just as much or more fun playing then, than when I got "real" gear.
 
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A passive Jbass or Pbass. Thats what you need. 15 inch for wide lows, 10s for attack if you are that sort of guy.

Garage up or down, I can get a sound out of a JBass am std and GK 1001RB + SWR goliath senior.
 
#75
Warpeg said:
"Garage" used to refer to a common location for a band to rehearse and play small gigs. Certain members of today's youth have shifted this concept to refer to a music genre fad. Specifically, this genre covers a lot of loud and noisy teen-style rock.
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Frankly, I'm incredulous at this whole thread, and this comment sums it up. Garage has been a recognized sub-genre of rock for decades, the first compendium Nuggets released by Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye in 1972. Springsteens guitarist Little Stevie has a satellite radio channel devoted to Garage and has released a number of compilations. Garage was the template for punk, and musicians like Jack White and the Black Keys use Garage tones all the time. When the Ramones are having city streets named after them, phrases like "loud and noisy teen-style rock" and "today's youth" seem like Lawrence Welk quotes from 1966, because that's when "today's youth" were playing Garage
 
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Dave Bassincus said:
Frankly, I'm incredulous at this whole thread, and this comment sums it up. Garage has been a recognized sub-genre of rock for decades, the first compendium Nuggets released by Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye in 1972. Springsteens guitarist Little Stevie has a satellite radio channel devoted to Garage and has released a number of compilations. Garage was the template for punk, and musicians like Jack White and the Black Keys use Garage tones all the time. When the Ramones are having city streets named after them, phrases like "loud and noisy teen-style rock" and "today's youth" seem like Lawrence Welk quotes from 1966, because that's when "today's youth" were playing Garage
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I stopped being young already and has never before heard of the garagr genere. Like most other folks here, when i think "garage band" it means using the garage as rehersal space.
 
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Dave Bassincus said:
Frankly, I'm incredulous at this whole thread, and this comment sums it up. Garage has been a recognized sub-genre of rock for decades, the first compendium Nuggets released by Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye in 1972. Springsteens guitarist Little Stevie has a satellite radio channel devoted to Garage and has released a number of compilations. Garage was the template for punk, and musicians like Jack White and the Black Keys use Garage tones all the time. When the Ramones are having city streets named after them, phrases like "loud and noisy teen-style rock" and "today's youth" seem like Lawrence Welk quotes from 1966, because that's when "today's youth" were playing Garage
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At dirst I thought they were kidding but some people dont know garage rock as an style
 
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linkon97 said:
At dirst I thought they were kidding but some people dont know garage rock as an style
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In all fairness, I believe garage rock was primarily just used to describe a musical style by the music media back in the 60s. To the general public, it was typically meant nothing more than a bunch of teenagers who started out playing in a garage. In fact, the term punk rock was originally coined (by Lester Bangs) in 1970 specifically to clearly distinguish it as a musical style.
 

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