hmm.. something just got me thinking...

I don't know man.... I use Bheringer so it's ALL top of the line from that company.

 

LOL

I may have to sig this...great post.

 

Haha, Hartke heads: "250 WATT MODEL!".

SWR cabs: "RONNIE THE CHEAP 2 BY 10".

 

Well, to employ a metaphore, Chevy Put the Vega on the front line of the car lots, and did there logo on the front and back.

 

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gallien-Krueger-410BLX-II-4-x-10-Bass-Cabinet-103055992-i1152920.gc

Am I missing something? I remember the older ones having "Backline" scribbled on them, but the new ones are quite clean.

 

If you folks would buy used pro gear you wouldn't have this image issue. There is so much lightly used pro gear out there. Don't be afraid of it. It's often more easily repaired then the inexpensive new stuff.

The other thing is this. If you are just starting out act like Americans used to, by waiting and saving up for the quality stuff.

The "newsd" pro gear will do the job better, it will hold up better, in many cases you can sell it for so close to your purchase price that you will be renting it for say $100 a year. Not bad! It also will not

limit your musical development by obscuring issues with your technique.

Good Luck!

 

This post backfires, the VEGA was a top seller for a lot more than a couple years.

Great designed little car for LOOKS, Economy, and you thought everything... BLAH BLAH BLAH. The car magazines eat them up. CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS everywhere.

Then after a couple years of heavy mileage the aluminum engine blocks wore out and the sky behind the VEGA filled with oil smoke.

It's now concidered a stinker car. Funny how it was a major player right along with the PINTO. Ford sold a bazillion of those until ONE GUY BLEW UP... Then it was like everybody was blowing up.

The corvair was a top of the line econocar for a decade until Ralph Nader decided to make himself a household name by taking on that ONE CAR MODEL...

Dont pick on cars, they have enough trouble.

BOB

 

If you don't label the cheap stuff on the front...then how can I see that your tone is sucking?

 

I've said it before... There's not enough therapy in the world. Owning a Ferrari doesn't make you a better driver. That aside, you don't need to please anyone but yourself. If a Backline gets the job done and that's the best your budget will allow, who else needs to be happy about it? I use a matched pair of Backline 1x12s, and, given their bang for the buck, couldn't be happier with them. I played a gig a few weeks ago. As I watched the bassist from the band that played before us haul off his two 8x10 monster cabinets and rack full of designer gear, I passed him with one Backline in each hand and promptly let go of any shame I might have felt. House PA incidentally. He was showing off. I'm too lazy... and too cheap.

 

I agree without the cheap names on equipment how would anyone know you can't really play the thing? Personally I'd like Fender to come out with a Bass called KMA by Squier

 

Thats the point, it was a piece of junk that sold marveously well! And, just voted one of the ten car designs that ruined the American manufacture'. Ceteris Paribus, caveat emptor.

 

They have them on all of them. BLX, GLX, NEO, etc. It's not that big of a deal. The majority of the people in the audience don't know what the GK means let alone the little BLX in the corner. Your bass could be a 10 year old B-Stock MIM or a brand new Custom Shop, it makes no difference to the crowd.

 

LMAO!

 

They label the cheap stuff to make you ashamed for owning it.

Do what modern Americans do. By on credit, then you won't have to bare the shame.

Then sell it to me when you can't pay your bill.

 

What's this Dingwall stuff anyway? Must be rubbish.

 

People regularly ask me if I'm playing carvin or peavey.

 

As far as cabs go, I'll never buy another commercially made one ever again.

With regards to "branding", a lot of thought goes into the marketing of music equipment. Some companies suck at it, and some are great.

In the end none of it matters anyway. If you don't like the product, don't buy it and if you do like it but hate the branding labels, cover them up.

Besides, your own playing might be a bigger indicator than the label on a cab that says you suck.

 

Negative. My lousy playing is an indicator that my gear sucks.