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Overhyped Features You Just Had to Have

#161
StevieM said:
Oh, this is easy...... The much-dreaded ART Nightbass. That damn thing gave me fits!!! I delivered newspapers, pizzas, cut grass, played gigs, literally everything to get one of those. I finally got myself one, and that damned thing..... Man, it sounded like crap. So friggin' cheezy-sounding. I was PISSED, to say the least. I think that's why I'm more of a purist, when it comes to effects.
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I can't think of another piece of gear that made more people sound like crap. The main amusing thing was how many folks I know who changed everything else about their gear because they didn't want to consider that the ART was the culprit.
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StevieM said:
Oh, this is easy...... The much-dreaded ART Nightbass. That damn thing gave me fits!!! I delivered newspapers, pizzas, cut grass, played gigs, literally everything to get one of those. I finally got myself one, and that damned thing..... Man, it sounded like crap. So friggin' cheezy-sounding. I was PISSED, to say the least. I think that's why I'm more of a purist, when it comes to effects.
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Lol. I remember that P.O.S.

I luckily never owned the Nightbass but bought the Blue Thunder instead. It sounded better than the A.R.T., but 10x as complicated. The manual was as thick a phone book. I sold it after a week!

Now, The only effect I use a tuner.
 
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#165
Dr. Cheese said:
The bottom line is the more I got out and started playing, the more it really sank in that the player, not the bass, makes the difference.
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+1.

garp said:
Bubinga.
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Bubinga indeed! With a 5 piece wenge neck (neck through body construction), ebony fingerboard, 3 band active eq (18V!) and 26 frets! Of course, I sold this 14 lbs heavy bass to a very creative and "talented" solo bass virtuoso! LOL.

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#170
Dr. Cheese said:
Cool, 24 frets make all the sense in the world, but my point was that two octaves are not a secret sauce that will suddenly make a newbie better.
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My guitarist friend says 24 frets is actually bad, because you want a pickup there. Is that guitar only?

5544 said:
A trend that really needs to die is owning more than 2 basses.
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Man, I just got #6. How dare I.
 
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#177
my early 80's aluminum neck , forked head Kramer ... lovely fun in the winter

my mid 80's Yamaha BX-1 headless ... not hype , just strange shape ..

the mystique of Alembic ( 70's Stanley Clarke ) ... got one ,... did nothing for me . !? but was so cool

i think after 44 yrs of bass ... something that really feels comfy in my hands is the hype i want to find ..

getting there
 
#178
I must be different. I never did go for any new innovations or bells and whistles on a bass or amp. I started out passive and I've stayed with passive with the exception having a few Carvin Active basses at one time. The only thing I really got into was short scale basses. After getting rid of all my bass guitars, the only one I have left is a 72 Gibson EB-3. Same with amps. I never saw the need for anything more than a simple EQ. The only bass amps I have left are an old 66 Fender Bassman and matching 2x12 cab and a Peavey Micro head with a GK 4x10 cab. I've never been into the fancy stuff, effects, modeling or anything along those lines.
 

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