Lady Gaga strange bass

[tomersg]

I just found this picture on the net.

sharp eyes will see a Musicman bridge and Big Al 3 single pickups and electronics configuration. strange..

 

[Simo98]

Awesome.. Do want.

not to sure about that weird ass chick though..

 

[boyet]

That's probably a Big Al in disguise

 

[braydensharrar]

Man, I just can't wait until she is over with.

As for the instrument, it looks hardly functional.

Fits right in her..

~B

 

[211dave112]

That's probably a Big Al in disguise

yeah, the headstock is kind of obvious underneath the big db style disguise headstock.

 

[René_Julien]

Awesome.


I like the idea of a bass with a keyboard integrated.




edit:

BTW, this belongs on the DB section.

 

[GM60466]

Ritter?

G

 

[darthplagis]

cool.... now thats a MANS bass for sure

it does look solidly built though and the placment for the big al pre is in a cool place (unless they are midi controls for the KB?)

 

[Bootzilla]

Nice!

At least she is not ripping off all the usual pop suspects. I like her style.

 

[Ian Perge]

You could put a thigh out with that golden-edged point! *rimshot*

...actually, if made a touch more ergonomically and technically feasible, I can see this concept being usable for a Bassist who doubles on Synth Bass onstage with a small 25-Key Controller or keyboard, like TLev does with Peter Gabriel as well as most Pop/Hip-Hop players.

 

[algernon]

Uh, oh! I suspect it's meant to be played in upright position only, otherwise stabbing the fellow guitarist by accident seems like a feasible prospect

Regards,
Adrian

 

[braydensharrar]

Nice!

At least she is not ripping off all the usual pop suspects. I like her style.

I'm in no way trying to derail the thread or start something. This is only a discussion.


You don't think she is ripping off the usual pop suspects?
Does the name Madonna ring a bell? The lavish costumes and blunt sexual overtones. She might as well be named Madonna v2.0.

She doesn't have "style" in any sense of the word. Her "fashion" is that of a trashy drag queen from Yonkers, which is actually pretty true to who she really is.

Plus, how can you support/enjoy someone who didn't employ an actual bass player on her last world tour?

I really hope this isn't looked at as confrontational/derailment. I just feel real strongly about her, and can't comprehend what anyone on TB could see in her.

~B

 

[Thunderitter]

The Ga-Ga-tar as it's been dubbed!

 

[Skeletomania]

I'm in no way trying to derail the thread or start something. This is only a discussion.


You don't think she is ripping off the usual pop suspects?
Does the name Madonna ring a bell? The lavish costumes and blunt sexual overtones. She might as well be named Madonna v2.0.

She doesn't have "style" in any sense of the word. Her "fashion" is that of a trashy drag queen from Yonkers, which is actually pretty true to who she really is.

Plus, how can you support/enjoy someone who didn't employ an actual bass player on her last world tour?

I really hope this isn't looked at as confrontational/derailment. I just feel real strongly about her, and can't comprehend what anyone on TB could see in her.

~B

Lady Gaga's is an avid fan of Alexander McQueen. Many clothes that she wears is inspired or designed by Alexander McQueen. Alexander McQueen is one of the top fashion designer in the world.

I also doesn't like music w/ out a real bass player, but that doesn't mean there isn't any great music out there that doesn't use bass.

 

[Thunderitter]

Lady Gaga's is an avid fan of Alexander McQueen. Many clothes that she wears is inspired or designed by Alexander McQueen. Alexander McQueen is one of the top fashion designer in the world.

I also doesn't like music w/ out a real bass player, but that doesn't mean there isn't any great music out there that doesn't use bass.

Alexander McQueen was one of the top fashion designers. He committed suicide a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Bardley]

Is that a Wishbass?






Certainly looks like Big Al pups. It looks about as ugly as one, too.

 

[jmac]

Am I the only one that doesn't see a bass?

 

[DanGouge]

I noticed the Big Al pickups right away. Does Sterling Ball know about this?

 

[T-Bone5566]

I don't like the way you guys bash my woman!!!!

 

[FromTheBassMent]

Lady Gaga's is an avid fan of Alexander McQueen. Many clothes that she wears is inspired or designed by Alexander McQueen. Alexander McQueen is one of the top fashion designer in the world.

I also doesn't like music w/ out a real bass player, but that doesn't mean there isn't any great music out there that doesn't use bass.

None of the pop divas use real bass players... or real musicians of any kind for the most part. The singers are lip-synching, and the "musicians" are play-synching (or whatever they call it). Because the concerts are actually more about dance and presentation than music, they want zero margin for error in the actual songs. It does beg the question of why they even bother to hire people to jump around and pretend to be playing instruments at all (seems like they could cram more dancers onstage without them).

One exception at a Lady Ga-Ga show is that she'll do songs where she plays piano and sings with no backing, and she's doing this live. She's clearly a competent pianist and can be a very emotive singer. Plus, she actually writes all of her own songs.

Now don't get me wrong... I'd much rather go to a Pink concert. No, wait, I'd really much rather go to an Alison Krauss concert! I think that as a musician Lady Ga-Ga is okay. However, as I've posted here before, I think that as a commodity in our current consumer market she is an absolute genius. She has tapped into the Zeitgeist in a way that no one else is currently managing to do, and everything about her self-presentation is extraordinarily compelling (stream the video to 'Bad Romance' if you don't get what I'm talking about). If she is able to continue raising the bar, don't be surprised if she ends up being considered the Warhol of this generation; she seems to be navigating a similar confluence of music, art, costume, and "scene," all fully immersed in popular culture and unashamedly revelling in rank consumerism. She may not be making great music, but she may very well be on the cusp of making great pop art.

But to get back to the thread topic, that bass is just silly.