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Nikki Sixx
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I actually had one of these Epiphone bass guitars a couple years ago. It really wasn't too bad. I was actually impressed by the Epiphone Thunderbirds at the time considering how cheap they were. all of that being said again, I really wish some of you were around back when I tried to sell it. I ended up dropping it to under seventy bucks before someone finally picked it up around here
Smooth_bass88
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- Oct 31, 2006
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- have been on nationally released albums, charting on the Billboard 200
I'm talking about the bassline recorded by Sixx on Mötley Crüe'e version of the song. He plays good on it and the tone is good. That's my point.
I am a fan of Motley Crue and Nikki Sixx. They had great songs that were fun and as a kid learning bass they were songs that I could play with others. Just like AC/DC or the Ramones these were not complicated but a lot of fun and the audience were engaged and had a good time. Me personally, I would rather be doing that then in some smoke filled bar with twelve people in it not paying attention and blazing through Giant Steps.
I agree, do that first & then later you can play Giant Steps in the 12-person bar.
The same guy who wore a bandana & Chuck Taylor's to their wedding:
The same guy who wore a bandana & Chuck Taylor's to their wedding:
Why not?
If you like the instrument, that's what matters. You don't need to be a fan.
Back in the 90s I bought a Richie Sambora stratocaster. Was I a Bon Jovi fan? No. But I wanted a strat with a Floyd Rose, and this was the nicest among the ones I tried, so I bought it.
I don't know why some people have such a hard time separating commercial success from playing ability. By that logic, Ringo is the best drummer of all time because the Beatles have sold more Albums/CDs than any other band. Nikki is neither a great nor a terrible BASS player. I don't know why that's not good enough for some people. Being able to pound out root notes does not by itself make you a great player. There is no arguing that he is a highly successful entertainer.
I'm not being a jerk here, but seriously, why would you want a bass that you can't change the volume or tone of from the bass? Not that there is anything wrong with that, I'm just curious.
For a rock & roll entertainer, this would make sense. It's ready to go but off backstage and between songs maybe, then on at the sound checked volume during the show.
All good man.
1. I like the way this bass sounds clean before I do anything to it.
2. Since the bass is pre-set, I can use it as sort of a blank slate, most of my tone adjustments are done through the amp or occasionally pedals anyway, so a bass with a bunch of additional equalizers is sort of more than I need.
3. I like the "clean" look of the bass without all the knobs on it.
4. I like the attitude of the instrument, it's not some "pretty" thing that you handle delicately, it's a hotrod, it's a battle axe. You turn it on and go.
Something very barbaric and punk rock about it. I like the straightforwardness of it and I like the sound and tone it comes with. I do play metal so I can still get a lot of changes out of the amplifier and pedals but I don't even use pedals, just an overdriven dirty Orange.
