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common old school myths and legends

#41
John Wentzien said:
All we had were Japanese Fender copies...until you could afford a real Fender!
And they sucked WAY more than SX!:D
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+1 I played guitar then and dreamed of a Fender or Gibson. I played cheap Japanese junk that fedback and shocked the crap out of me. keeping them in tune LOL. I only wish we would of had SX or Squier then ...we would of felt like rock God's
 
#42
bassbully said:
+1 I played guitar then and dreamed of a Fender or Gibson. I played cheap Japanese junk that fedback and shocked the crap out of me. keeping them in tune LOL. I only wish we would of had SX or Squier then ...we would of felt like rock God's
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And the weird "smoke" coming from the pickups!:smug:
 
#45
Back in the day:
For me in Silver Spring Maryland, 1972, 7th grade.

* We'd, meet on weekend nights in some kids basement (Mr. Welker would let us set up in the livingroom and he and the missus would go out; he was a service musician).
* The drinking age was 18 but we could usual get somebody's brother to get us 2 6-packs
* Weed was everywhere
* Learn some songs and then get into a blues or rock jam with extended solos
* If there was a singer, it was through a guitar amp
* Mostly had Fender amps (guitar and bass), a few Peavey's and either Ludwig or Slingerland drums
* A lot of good players back then; one's who'd practice and who were influenced by monster 60's players
* Schlitz, Miller, the occasionl Colt 45's, and Boons Farm Strawberry Hill wine
 
#46
I don't recall any myths or legends.

The D-140F was regarded as de schiznit (and still is by many).

There were two kinds of basses, Fenders and other basses. Album credits very often said, "so & so: Fender Bass".

Wait...there was a myth...standing too close in front of a bass amp would vibrate your balls too much and cause sterility.
 
#47
Jim C said:
Back in the day:
For me in Silver Spring Maryland, 1972, 7th grade.

* We'd, meet on weekend nights in some kids basement (Mr. Welker would let us set up in the livingroom and he and the missus would go out; he was a service musician).
* The drinking age was 18 but we could usual get somebody's brother to get us 2 6-packs
* Weed was everywhere
* Learn some songs and then get into a blues or rock jam with extended solos
* If there was a singer, it was through a guitar amp
* Mostly had Fender amps (guitar and bass), a few Peavey's and either Ludwig or Slingerland drums
* A lot of good players back then; one's who'd practice and who were influenced by monster 60's players
* Schlitz, Miller, the occasionl Colt 45's, and Boons Farm Strawberry Hill wine
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You were there!:D
 
#49
GlennW said:
I don't recall any myths or legends.

The D-140F was regarded as de schiznit (and still is by many).

There were two kinds of basses, Fenders and other basses. Album credits very often said, "so & so: Fender Bass".

Wait...there was a myth...standing too close in front of a bass amp would vibrate your balls too much and cause sterility.
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I live on 61 too!:bassist:
 
#50
The early 80's...I got stuck with a bass because my step-brother already had a guitar and there was no way my folks were putting-up with drums. Our first band sported a Peavey Backstage Plus for a guitar amp and Basic 40 for a bass amp. My ears rang every night for months. The fact that you can damage your hearing with these little amps playing in small bedrooms for hours and hours is no myth.
The intro to one of our songs involved me turning every knob all the way up and hitting the E and A strings at the same time, it sounding like a huge fuzzy helicopter. The Basic 40 stood-up to this type of abuse for as long as I had it. Peavy was a good value in the early 80's, especially for musicians starting-out, and that's no myth either.
 
#51
JimC.... Perfect recall, I LOL'd at your post...YEP!!!

Ahhh.. those were the days. Back in 1971 or 1972, we'd get together in someone's garage and smoke a bit o' weed and make as much noise as we could on our Teisco Del Rey's (couldn't really call it "playing") until some neighbor called the cops.

Never had so much fun!!!
 
#57
John Wentzien said:
All we had were Japanese Fender copies...until you could afford a real Fender!
And they sucked WAY more than SX!:D
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"WAY more" is like the understatement of the era! I played a "Kingston" [the name label wasn't even a decal but more like a fancy price sticker!] I would have KILLED for an SX at an SX price back then. And those dead flatwounds back then really didn't help the sucky tone of your Japanese clone bass. Mine was even worse since I had a short scale and a long scale and the short scale clone tone was the pits. (though I loved that bass because you could reach anything on it!) My saving grace was when GHS invented "brite flats". I jumped on that at once and dare I say it still use them on my fretless basses.

I would just love to see all the "SX can't be as good as a Fender" naysayers forced to play one of those hideous Japanese clones for a few gigs! It'll give you a whole new perspective.
 
#58
Awesome thread.

I’m an older dude (53) but recent to bass and gigging, and reading this thread, I’m just green with envy at what you guys experienced, and so sad about what I missed because growing up, my family was just kinda… weird/backwards.

We’re talkin, my old-country grandma broke all my dad’s Mozart/Beethoven albums because music was a “sin”.

Anyways, I had a drink and I just wanted to express that.

:)
 

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