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I Blame You, TB...

Matt O

Matt O

Feb 19, 2013
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Before coming to TB, I was a plug bass into amp and play guy for 30+ years. I scoffed at the idea that bass was supposed to be anything but that. Now I spend too much time lurking the effects forum and I think I'm going to put together a pedal board. Whaaaaat.

Also, before coming here, I thought YES was for math nerds. I'm actually listening to YES as I type. And I like it. A lot. Chris Squire is phenomenal. Phenomenal. TB what are you doing to me?

Still not a Geddy fan... but who knows at this point.

So, brothers and sisters, what did TB do to you?
 
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I learned a bunch of things:

How to really have GAS
How to overcome GAS
How to be completely confused by whatever it is people are talking about when they use strings of numbers and letters that apparently mean something about amps
That tort is really ugly but has some kind of cosmic hold on people
That a Precision makes you virtuous, while a Jazz makes you ordinary
That Rickenbackers are the best worst bass you can possibly imagine, and that the world will explode if you like or dislike them
That Gibsons have neck dive. I never knew that before, even when playing them.
JimmyM knows about Ampegs
BassCliff has the worst possible gigs and is shy.

Probably some more stuff, but I don't remember it all. It was all critical to ongoing development and musical knowledge. It would take Julliard several academic years to provide the kind of education you can get from a quick glance at TB.
 
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Gaolee said:
I learned a bunch of things:



Probably some more stuff, but I don't remember it all. It was all critical to ongoing development and musical knowledge. It would take Julliard several academic years to provide the kind of education you can get from a quick glance at TB.
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Juilliard is a pretty demanding school, but admittedly they don't offer instruction on the obscure minutia of bass guitar gear. :D
 
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20db pad said:
Juilliard is a pretty demanding school, but admittedly they don't offer instruction on the obscure minutia of bass guitar gear. :D
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Mixed Cabs Lecture/Lab and Seminar in Historical Use of Bass in Metal As A Genre Requiring The Proper Bass As To Not Look Foolish At The Dive Bar are being added this fall from what I hear
 
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Back in the late 80s I had a GK 200mb (The metal combo) I used it for at least 10 years, dropped it, played gigs that most TBers would bring a fridge too, I loved that amp. That amp "was" long gone, since coming on TB I've spent thousands of dollars on amps, like well into 5 figures. Guess what I bought from the classifieds a few months back? The GK 200MB is back!
 
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peterpalmieri said:
Back in the late 80s I had a GK 200mb (The metal combo) I used it for at least 10 years, dropped it, played gigs that most TBers would bring a fridge too, I loved that amp. That amp "was" long gone, since coming on TB I've spent thousands of dollars on amps, like well into 5 figures. Guess what I bought from the classifieds a few months back? The GK 200MB is back!
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And the circle closes. I find your post quite Zen.
 
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I,ve been playing for 13 years before I discovered TB and 3 years later I still like what I like but I questionned why I did like what I like when it is always P bass flat with tort playing the most boring supporting role with a cameleon tone.
 
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Clef_de_fa said:
I,ve been playing for 13 years before I discovered TB and 3 years later I still like what I like but I questionned why I did like what I like when it is always P bass flat with tort playing the most boring supporting role with a cameleon tone.
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Yes, so far I am mostly unchanged, I arrived with a torted P bass / flats, however, I really do think I might be a YES fan now... Don't tell my bandmates.

I'm also 2 seconds away from pulling the trigger on my first octave pedal!
 
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When I started reading TB around March 2014, I was playing an Ibanez SR305 through a TC Electronic BG250 115.

Now there's this....(Not pictured: Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe, Ampeg SCR-DI, Hartke Bass Attack VXL, Dunlop MVP Pedal, Empress Compressor, Soundblox 2 OFD, a second, smaller Roadie Made board. Gah!)

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TB has empowered my GAS for sure, and helped relieve it. I am now at the point that as a sole musician I am as equipped as I ought to be, at least bass wise. With one exception, and that I have had the money for but the model I want has been out of stock. An SX Ursa 2 MN 5 3TS. For that I sold my Ibanez SR500 and I know I am cash ahead so I am counting that as a done deal. However I started picking up guitar to help learn bass (For THAT I blame my bass teacher), and so the GAS is not for an Epiphone Les Paul. Oh, and a couple of those little "egg shaker moraccas" to just have fun with... A few native instruments from various parts of the world. A "rain stick" from Sonora Mexico, an Australian Diggeridoo, and a Chilean wooden pan flute... Crap I guess I got it bad...
 
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