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Craigslist Bass player wanted ad
- Thread starter Wademeister63
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I'd love to be in the same bill as these kids when they play their first show... just the look on their Mom and Dad's faces when my band "dedicates this song to the bunch of venereal discharge who's parents bought their gear for them"...
It's not the same, but there's a guy who's been posting ads as a drummer as of late. I always get a kick out of this guy's ad:
If you click on his myspace page, there's a cluster**** of videos of him playing. He says he's "stylistically diverse, but you wouldn't know it from his videos/samples. They're all driving rock beats, and all sound the same, with all the bpms around 80 or something (about the same speed as "When the Levee Breaks").
What I really like is this from his myspace site:
...and how does that matter to anyone? I guess you can get a good work out lugging all of his crap to the various gigs...
Whoopie.
If you click on his myspace page, there's a cluster**** of videos of him playing. He says he's "stylistically diverse, but you wouldn't know it from his videos/samples. They're all driving rock beats, and all sound the same, with all the bpms around 80 or something (about the same speed as "When the Levee Breaks").
What I really like is this from his myspace site:
...and how does that matter to anyone? I guess you can get a good work out lugging all of his crap to the various gigs...
Whoopie.
Few things in the music world tick me off more than someone who poo poos the gear of someone else because of the brand. A crappy instrument and amp are going to sound like crap no matter who's playing it, but there's a lot of gear out there that is of good quality that costs a fraction of the name brand stuff.
Just because your bass says Fender and you spent $2,000 on it while mine says Peavey and cost several hundred doesn't make yours automatically better or make you a better player. I hate seeing kids and adults alike who's wallet (or their parents wallet) and ego far outweigh any talent they might have.
When I was first starting out I saw a 15 year old make his mom buy him a brand new Fender strat and Marshall half stack. Why? Because little Johny wanted to learn to play guitar and $100 starter pack from WalMart was beneath him. I guess he figured if mommy dropped several grand on top name gear that would automatically make him a great player.
Just because your bass says Fender and you spent $2,000 on it while mine says Peavey and cost several hundred doesn't make yours automatically better or make you a better player. I hate seeing kids and adults alike who's wallet (or their parents wallet) and ego far outweigh any talent they might have.
When I was first starting out I saw a 15 year old make his mom buy him a brand new Fender strat and Marshall half stack. Why? Because little Johny wanted to learn to play guitar and $100 starter pack from WalMart was beneath him. I guess he figured if mommy dropped several grand on top name gear that would automatically make him a great player.
GK > Aguilar
Up, now someone crossed the line!!
I was just gettin to say how rediculous these kids sound, but, I kinda feel where their commin with the GK bash
sellout much?
"fun and marketable."
"Ampeg, Aguilar, Mesa, and other top of the line bass stuff is preferred."
"Before all the Craigslist cry baby's start crying about me forgetting there precious GK. Im sorry we have standards and GK is completely not in them."
they mentioned nothing about the players skill, or capabilities of the amp. they said that g-k is not in their standards, but ampeg is. so theyre saying that someone with a 115 halfstack would get in over someone with an 810 gk fullstack. right...
"fun and marketable."
"Ampeg, Aguilar, Mesa, and other top of the line bass stuff is preferred."
"Before all the Craigslist cry baby's start crying about me forgetting there precious GK. Im sorry we have standards and GK is completely not in them."
they mentioned nothing about the players skill, or capabilities of the amp. they said that g-k is not in their standards, but ampeg is. so theyre saying that someone with a 115 halfstack would get in over someone with an 810 gk fullstack. right...
I personally have never been able to get a good sound whilst playing through a GK rig, BUT
I've heard lots of people pull awesome tones out of them!
The gear doesn't matter at all! (provided it works...)
All it really comes down to is the player! and their hairstyle!
I've heard lots of people pull awesome tones out of them!
The gear doesn't matter at all! (provided it works...)
All it really comes down to is the player! and their hairstyle!
I don't know... I'm really into the sound my old 400rb pumps out. So much so that I'm thinking about selling off my "top of the line" Mesa head.
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I think he should be locked in a small room with a GK Fusion 1050 pointed at him and cranked. It would be a nice forum for GK players interested in this new head.
Well I use GK, and love my sound. As a matter of fact so does everyone I talk too. I do agree with you on the hair, If you don't have a pony tail, you suck. LMAO
I wear girl pants, tight black shirts and have moppy hair that does that cool flippy thing. These guys sound right up my alley!
Oh wait, I play a warwick through a peavey tube amp, Damn, guess not...
Jim Carr
Dr. Jim
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A helpful soul (not me) has posted to the DFW CL in an effort to alert them to how silly they look to us.
What if they are just being completely honest in that all they really care about is the gear, and that musical skill, ability, experience, and style, are not particularly important to them?
Speaking from previous experiences, when you are 16 or 17, two things you usually know are: how to not do your homework--and who you think is cool and worth imitating.
What if the shallowness of these kids CL listing just reflects the adults around them? Nah, that couldn't be it--just not possible.
What if they are just being completely honest in that all they really care about is the gear, and that musical skill, ability, experience, and style, are not particularly important to them?
Speaking from previous experiences, when you are 16 or 17, two things you usually know are: how to not do your homework--and who you think is cool and worth imitating.
What if the shallowness of these kids CL listing just reflects the adults around them? Nah, that couldn't be it--just not possible.
HAS anyone put them in touch with the stylistically diverse drummer who has the biggest pearl in town and has been rocking out to every genre under the sun on his kit since he was 4?
For christ's sake everybody, they are young and are doing just what they want to be doing, so BFD! If you you only use GK then don't apply, that's what they want, they're not starting "your" band it's theirs.
and to the folks that think their parents are putting gobs of money into them for no good reason, it's better than not knowing what they're doing all hours of the night.
and to the folks that think their parents are putting gobs of money into them for no good reason, it's better than not knowing what they're doing all hours of the night.
Has anyone sent a reply to the email link on Craigslist? I think it would be fun to bombard them with emails telling them what dweebs we all think they are!
seems like everybody posting against them is a little jealous that they're not as young anymore, maybe it's too late to start anything? Maybe mom and dad never threw a cent your way?
