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I think I committed a Talkbass sin,
- Thread starter bigdaddybass12
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Yeah when I sold my p bass I got banned from the forum for a year 
I'm a gibson sg player now,pick mostly,a sin for sure.
I'm a gibson sg player now,pick mostly,a sin for sure.
Become a supporting member and your sins will be wiped away
I think it's mainly what you get used to, and to an extent, what the band and you are used to slotting into the mix.
I've played my Yamaha Attitude (essentially a P bass) for years and loved the sound. I bought a Squier 50s P (a variation of the more ubiquitous P, but close enough soundwise) a couple of years ago after wanting one for while, and was still happy with the tone.
I had a hankering for a jazz style bass to get a different flavour for some of the more party orientated gigs we sometimes play, and picked up a G&L Tribute JB-2 end of last year and have been playing that pretty much exclusively for the last few months.
I plugged in my Squier 50s P at the weekend after playing the G&L and it sounded so strange and felt alien. A totally different animal to the Jazz style bass. I just know I'd have the same reaction to the Attitude as well. It just goes to show, that you can get accustomed to something different in a relatively short amount of time, that was was fine for years all of a sudden seems totally different.
PS, I played a Warwick Thumb for years before I bought the Attitude. I remember how used to the tone I was, but how much better the Attitude fitted into the band mix when I bought it.
A P bass usually occupies a different area of the spectrum to a MM or typical jazz bass. Changing bass type can require a little work to make it fit.
I've played my Yamaha Attitude (essentially a P bass) for years and loved the sound. I bought a Squier 50s P (a variation of the more ubiquitous P, but close enough soundwise) a couple of years ago after wanting one for while, and was still happy with the tone.
I had a hankering for a jazz style bass to get a different flavour for some of the more party orientated gigs we sometimes play, and picked up a G&L Tribute JB-2 end of last year and have been playing that pretty much exclusively for the last few months.
I plugged in my Squier 50s P at the weekend after playing the G&L and it sounded so strange and felt alien. A totally different animal to the Jazz style bass. I just know I'd have the same reaction to the Attitude as well. It just goes to show, that you can get accustomed to something different in a relatively short amount of time, that was was fine for years all of a sudden seems totally different.
PS, I played a Warwick Thumb for years before I bought the Attitude. I remember how used to the tone I was, but how much better the Attitude fitted into the band mix when I bought it.
A P bass usually occupies a different area of the spectrum to a MM or typical jazz bass. Changing bass type can require a little work to make it fit.
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Obviously you like the sound of a Stingray, and a P Bass or Jazz will never quite get that same sound.
Stingrays sound great. No harm or foul, only a matter of taste.
Stingrays sound great. No harm or foul, only a matter of taste.
I went back and forth between P and J's for years…and have two of each, at different ends of the tonal spectrum…all 4 great specimens and representative classic sounds. That is until I got a new Stingray Special, and dug out my old 96 Stingray….now m a Stingray guy I guess
It's sad if someone thinks that there is some kind of 'Talkbass sin'...
And talkbass and reality is two very different things.
And talkbass and reality is two very different things.
You don't like the sound of a pbass and you call that a sin? Are we calling dislikes a sin nowadays?
Why bash for what's clearly personal preference? If expression of personal preference is a "TalkBass sin" then TalkBass is in the wrong for restricting Amendment I of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. And I don't think it is. So rest easy, and express your personal preference to your heart's desire.
PS: I like the Ray4, too.
Sir? Sir! We've enough trouble in this thread without you dangling your participle 'round here.
Not quite a yes/no question. I play it because it has a cleaner sound, 1.5" neck, also for a while our gig was at a really rough joint, people walked across the stage to get out, that was the main reason to buy the ray4. Plus there was a lot of talk about the ray4 and I had to see it myself. I seem to get a decent sound out of it after strings, adjusting pickup height. I am not a "pedal person" so it has the punchy sound l like without a pedal. Guitar player/lead likes it too. Also, if I don't like a bass no sense in keeping it…
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Sold a p? Play with a pick? You better give up !!Yeah when I sold my p bass I got banned from the forum for a year
I'm a gibson sg player now,pick mostly,a sin for sure.
I'm 68. Trust me, nobody cares.
