Do aesthetics matter to you when it comes to amplification ? As long as it isint too out there it dosent matter nearly as much to me as basses.
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Do aesthetics matter to you when it comes to amplification ?
- Thread starter MAJOR METAL
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You have to love Geddy Lee's approach.
I've got a habit of ripping off logos or covering them up with tape. I don't know what I'd do with a yellow speaker.
I've got a habit of ripping off logos or covering them up with tape. I don't know what I'd do with a yellow speaker.
I'll play whatever sounds great in the studio, but live I want to have gear that suits my personality and my own aesthetic. I certainly wouldn't SACRIFICE tone for image, but all other things being equal, wouldn't you rather have things you thought fit you and your band?
If I said I didn't want to buy a car because, after a test drive and some research into the specs, I just thought it was ugly, or you didn't like the color...no one would question that. That's how people buy cars, its another criteria.
But if you say you don't like a certain amp because you thinks its too yellowninja, or too ugly, or too modern looking, or whatever, you get called out for it.
If I said I didn't want to buy a car because, after a test drive and some research into the specs, I just thought it was ugly, or you didn't like the color...no one would question that. That's how people buy cars, its another criteria.
But if you say you don't like a certain amp because you thinks its too yellow
ninja, or too ugly, or too modern looking, or whatever, you get called out for it.
Jazzdogg
Less barking, more wagging!
My backline gear shouldn't call attention to itself, should wear like iron and be easy to transport, and all markings should be easy to read, whether on a dark stage or during an outdoor festival.
If it happens to look great, too, that's a bonus!
If it happens to look great, too, that's a bonus!
I relish having a sharp looking rig, but then I don't mind random mismatched cabs and awkwardly perched heads and racks. Nobody notices amps on our gigs. Just not that kind of crowd.
Of course! Yes, I definitely want it to sound good but if it looks ugly or has obnoxious colors then it will also be a deciding factor. One main reason I'll never own a Mark Bass, can't stand those color combinations!
Interesting point of conversation. Especially now in the day of ever shrinking bass rigs. I have an AI Clarus head that I love. It was doing everything for me tone wise. But when I brought it to gigs with rock bands, I could see the sideways glances and puzzlement from the bandmates. Recently added a Demeter/ Qsc rack head to the arsenal and don't get the "vibe." Of course, they are still trying to figure out how all that sound is coming out of my Schro 1210!
In the end, its all show business. Its the reason I haul a DB to a Jazz gig when I get better tone and aren't all tired out at the end of the gig with my fretless BG.
In the end, its all show business. Its the reason I haul a DB to a Jazz gig when I get better tone and aren't all tired out at the end of the gig with my fretless BG.
I love a clean, well-packaged rig. I dislike a mismatched or torn-cover rig. I'm a graphic designer, I'm very visual. I'm currently agonizing over making my home-built extension cab match the amp I have. Thankfully, the amp only has black and gray, so I can stick with black and highlight with gloss black on key parts. No color matching.
Plus, few in the audience have an ear for bass, but all have eyes for the rig.
Plus, few in the audience have an ear for bass, but all have eyes for the rig.
In the end, its all show business. Its the reason I haul a DB to a Jazz gig when I get better tone and aren't all tired out at the end of the gig with my fretless BG.
Exactly. But for me, the visual / entertainment factor of the DB seems to make up, at least with the audiences we get, of my mediocre abilities on it.
No, it's behind me most of the time, I don't care what it looks like. I'm pretty much the same way about basses, as long as the feel and sound good, I don't care what they look like.
I really don't have issues with amps' looks. Nobody cares what I play through, although my drummer likes to call me a wuss when I bring my Markbass combo.
Tell him you'll bring the SVT everytime as long as he has no issues moving it in and out for you.
