Now it’s the Stingray that CRUSHES EVERYTHING!!

[ElMon]

H1821+643's black hole is between about three and 30 billion solar masses. That's roughly 7,500 times the mass of the black hole in our own galaxy.
Nearly double what old guys think their bass weighs.
This crushes everything.
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Probably no headstock dive then.

 

[Selios]

Im beginning to despise these internet chancers. Their uploads are nothing to do with content and everything to do with the thumbnail presentation and the CLICK. The click is all that matters. Anyway for the record. My P bass kills everything and it has so for 45 years.

In what way was this video not connected to the content? They gave an overview of the history of the Stingray and demonstrated how it sounds in a variety of contexts. Video thumbnails are all part of "playing the game" with the YouTube and other social media algorithms, meaning it's literally the smart thing for a creator to do, whether they like it or not. I feel like comments like this are pretty unfounded criticism.

 

[Low End Scum]

Always love the pearl clutching, "won't somebody think of the children!?!" stuff. A youtuber said a dirty word!? Surely this is the worst thing that a child may stumble across on the clean, safe, well regulated internet! This truly is a jackhammer being taken to the moral foundation of good clean moral living

In what way was this video not connected to the content? They gave an overview of the history of the Stingray and demonstrated how it sounds in a variety of contexts. Video thumbnails are all part of "playing the game" with the YouTube and other social media algorithms, meaning it's literally the smart thing for a creator to do, whether they like it or not. I feel like comments like this are pretty unfounded criticism.

I think it's just irksome change. A lot of folks who watched SBL for a long time are just at odds with what "playing the youtube game" has turned into. Or the fact that it's a game at all. I definitely consume/d a lot of youtube since starting my first account in 2008 and the massive monetization has changed the culture on that site. SBL was a channel I went to because it was just good info. But the algorithm definitely favors sensationalist cliffhanger titles that don't really mean much along with an oversaturated thumbnail usually with some chuds disembodied head competing in a "goofiest face you can make" competition. SBL isn't the only one by far, but since there was a good while where it wasn't like that I think that is what is drawing the ire of people here. I still watch when something that could be interesting comes up on my recommended but I did also unsubscribe.

 

[Ron Berenato]

I prefer the 3 band EQ. I can get any tone I need (although I don't need many)in one bass.
It's like a magnum precision.

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

If bass types were pedal lines...

Stingray = Darkglass
P Bass = Tech21 SansAmp
J Bass = Origin Effects
Rickenbacker = Ampeg
Ibanez = Boss

 

[Bass4LifeRS]

They are having fun, and with a playful clickbait headline. I watched it and were entertained. No "thruth" are given out in these videos. Watch, be entertained, and forget

 

[Acoop]

I recently picked up a 4HH with an Ebony board and getting ready to sell a 2000 Stingray and few P's because it does all that better.

 

[Gluvhand]

Irony is being mad on talkbass about guys talking bass on youtube

Is anybody really mad though?

 

[eqvolvorama]

As a bass gear cynic I think the Ian and Scott videos are fantastic. They love the instrument but know it's only as good as the player.

 

[FRoss6788]

What if he's wrong?

He is.

 

[tim gueguen]

Seriously, it should be obvious that the Peavey T40 crushes everything. Because the average weight of one is about 50 pounds or so.

 

[Low End Scum]

I recently picked up a 4HH with an Ebony board and getting ready to sell a 2000 Stingray and few P's because it does all that better.

Careful now, then you won't be able to pull the classic TB Classifieds move of "this is the greatest bass ever. I never thought I'd sell it. I may not sell it. It was personally touched by angels and plays like butter. Snap this up before I change my mind/come to my senses. Best XYZ I've ever owned."

 

[DaveParker39]

As a bass gear cynic I think the Ian and Scott videos are fantastic. They love the instrument but know it's only as good as the player.

I think it's like a Rick Beato sort of situation.
Is there good content? Yes.
Is there clickbaity crap? Yes.
Are they annoying? Depends on how much you see them and what they are doing.
I liked the Guy Pratt video they did a lot.

 

[Harper]

Again, 6 pages of basically "I AIN'T MAD!"

We are all aware that us olds who hang out on talkbass are not the target demographic for these videos, right? 20 years from now it'll be something else that's hot and new on the block and people will be all "gee, how come no one makes videos like SBL anymore?!?!"

Time passes, things change.

 

[Pet Sounds]

Returning to the topic of StingRays, I can say that for many years I was one of those who felt it was a one-trick pony and a niche instrument. I really wanted to like them, but just didn't. I found them too thin and reedy.
I've said it 100 times before, but I think the Special cured what I perceived as the StingRay's problems. But I'm also coming to think that I wasn't as patient with exploring the older instruments as I should have been. They're not as "plug and play" friendly as a P-Bass, but they definitely can be versatile, and wonderful. I used to have similar feelings about the Jazz Bass (that it wasn't warm enough), so I suspect part of the problem was ... me.

 

[Kubicki Fan]

I don't know. Look likes there's something else out there that does "crushing" to StingRays.

SO found someone's stash.

 

[kln_bc]

Funny thing is on their podcast like maybe 2 weeks ago? they both said the Ray is the worst (between a J, P, Ric, Ray and Hof). lol

Whatever, it's all in good fun.

 

[Quatschmacher]

Nope. This crushes everything:

 

[gln1955]

A lot of SBL content is cringeworthy. I didn't think this was one of them. YMMV.

 

[Altitude]

I aspire to someday do something popular enough that people whom I never met will argue amongst themselves criticizing it.