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Lady Gaga strange bass
- Thread starter tomersg
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It is definitely a Big Al modified, you can see that the preamp and pup configuration are the same. Also if you look under the giant pop-on headstock there is only one tuner hanging out. All that I can say about that is "poor poor bass"
Its probably completly reversable, pop off that fake headstock cover, whack the neck and guts back into the original body, fixaged.
It looks severly silly as is. Heh.
Not really a fan of Lady GaGa but I certainly acknowledge her musical talent and ability to put on an entertaining show, all the power to her and some of her songs are so damn catchy!
What you wouldn't know from listening to the radio hits is that she can actually sing and play some killer piano. I couldn't stand her before hearing her live on SNL doing a solo version of "pokerface".
Weird yet cool bass! as far as her... we've been there, done that.. bring on the next "pop star pop culture bimbo" her 15 minutes will be up soon enough, her replacement is already being "trained up" on disney channel.
My goal in life at this point is to never hear one of her "songs". So far I'm succeeding. This isn't music, it's bad puppet theater. Put a pair of pants on, will ya? With all the undiscovered talent in the world, this is what the corporate jukebox comes up with as viable music? With the way this industry works, don't be surprised if you're sitting in a rocking chair someday watching a movie she produced and directed.
As far as the bass? So she's strong enough to hold it up. That's about all she can do. I have 3 guitar stands that do the same thing and don't smell as bad.
As far as the bass? So she's strong enough to hold it up. That's about all she can do. I have 3 guitar stands that do the same thing and don't smell as bad.
Krügmeister;8820284 said:
The Disney Channel "Divas" are completely different from Lady Gaga. None of them have talent, none of them have anything that sets them apart; Gaga has copious amounts of both. Not to mention Lady Gaga, as far as I know, isn't controlled by some larger corporation, she's doing her own thing.
But either way, Lady Gaga has already stuck around and been more successful than most other pop stars in the last few years, which is truly remarkable in an age where a good song is gone in about 2-3 months from the radio. I don't think she's going anywhere but up anytime soon.
Very well articulated.
I don't like her music and I think she is butt ugly (nice body though!
). Having said that, IMO she is very talented (see her Poker Face solo performance from SNL as a great example) and is doing things nobody else is doing. She is marketing herself like nobody else and the exposure she has created for herself in such a short time is amazing.She is even a Creative Director at Polaroid. Not a bad part time gig.
I'm hearing a lot of "you kids get off my lawn!" in this thread.
I'm not a fan of her stage persona either, but she is a talented musician. She learned to play piano by ear at age 4, and was later accepted at Juliard, although she ended up going to a Catholic school instead. She eventually attended Tisch School of the Arts in New York.
I'm not a fan of her stage persona either, but she is a talented musician. She learned to play piano by ear at age 4, and was later accepted at Juliard, although she ended up going to a Catholic school instead. She eventually attended Tisch School of the Arts in New York.
Not a Gaga fan. Then again, not a Led Zeppelin fan. Not a Kiss fan, not a Metallica fan. Doesn't mean they aren't "Real" artists in some sense of the word. They weren't put here specifically to please -me- or make me think they were "hot" looking. If she's got the guts to do what she wants, who am I to say she sucks and she can't do it? I might not like her music, I may think her style is a bit trashy, but... she's making millions. I'm not. Guess I don't have room to throw stones in my little glass house.
It's the whole idea that now somehow because she has some "street credit" that she isn't a "media manufactured event"? I'm not buying it... and get off my yard!
I saw a video of her onstage and her bassist was playing a Big Al, Olympic White/Rosewood/Tort. I am not a fan of her at all...
Now that her "shock value" has been unleashed on the rest of the world, the question becomes how long will she last?
The answer, IMHO, is that you won't see hide nor hair of her at the next Grammy show.....unfortunately, even though she may be talented, her "nitch" is the whacky outfits. Once the shock value of that subsides, her popularity will wane and she'll ride off into the sunset only to be replaced by the next quirky, oddball "entertainer" that's currently waiting in the wings for his/her 15 minutes of fame.
The answer, IMHO, is that you won't see hide nor hair of her at the next Grammy show.....unfortunately, even though she may be talented, her "nitch" is the whacky outfits. Once the shock value of that subsides, her popularity will wane and she'll ride off into the sunset only to be replaced by the next quirky, oddball "entertainer" that's currently waiting in the wings for his/her 15 minutes of fame.
Not a huge fan(of gg or the bass)but I'm guessing she'll squeeze a bit more mileage from her career.
