The (what some people call what he is doing) bass player (ugh I still can't believe I said that) for a band called Fall out boy
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Pete Wentz Fender Signature Model? Really?
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The (what some people call what he is doing) bass player (ugh I still can't believe I said that) for a band called Fall out boy
Oh jeesh. No wonder the distaste. Well, to each his own. I hated Micheal Jackson and don't care for the Beatles so my opinion is obviously wrong anyway.
I recall when punks got thrown out of malls instead of were created within them, so Fall Out boy and such are kind of not my thing.
I recall when punks got thrown out of malls instead of were created within them, so Fall Out boy and such are kind of not my thing.
Forget relicing the bass. It would probably be more fun to beat the hell out of him instead.
To the PC crowd who might be offended by that suggestion, please note the use of the smileys. I am not seriously advocating violence toward anyone. Even Pete Wentz. And even if I was, he's married to Ashley Simpson so I'd say he's already enduring his own personal hell and doesn't need violence against him to add to it.
Has anyone considered the possibility the "friend" was simple referring to the Squier bass?
Is it really that much of a stretch to believe that the non-musician community may not know the difference between a Squier and a proper Fender?
Is it really that much of a stretch to believe that the non-musician community may not know the difference between a Squier and a proper Fender?
The beatles are ok but just not my thing and I never liked MJ so you're not alone! But I think their (FOB) fan base is about 100 people who drag their poor friends to the concerts!
Mark Hoppus is a kinda good bassist for blink-182
But his bass is frickin sweet!
Ahh-so. I am familiar with their body of work. Much like all the punk-wannabees-with-number-in-the-name bands they could be ok with a new singer. Never paid much attention to his basslines, except that one song that they play in strip clubs alot.
I have never seen or played one in person either, but the whole idea is intriguing, if you're a P-Bass kinda person. Black with red color scheme, maple board...yum. If Fender did it up right and dropped the bat decal, I'd definitely want a go...
Fall out Boy writes some damn catchy hooks, and they're live show is one of the best around. They played a surprise show at Harper's Ferry here in boston (~350 person club, usually has local bands and touring hiphop, fusion, or funk bands) very old-school style; the place was packed, and by all accounts, a wild, loud, rough punk rock show. They're very popular because they do what they do very, very well. Can't blame a man for that!
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His bass sucks though; the regular VM P is way better.
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His bass sucks though; the regular VM P is way better.
Hell yeah if you have seen his kid's bass... I'd so buy that if it was standard scale!!!
give it time, they'll probably still be playing it when you are old enough. I mean, pour some sugar on me and girls girls girls came out when I was way to young to be in strip clubs, and yet they prevail.
OK, I wasn't going to post again, but this was too much to handle. I saw Black Flag in a dive bar--that was a wild, rough, loud, punk rock show. A Fall Out Boy show may be a lot of things, but having read reviews of their shows, it sounds more like Disney World than that. I recall the review of their show in Chicago--each band member got into some transparent glass thing and changed shirts or something, while the tween girls squealed. If that sells tickets for them, great. I don't see myself ever going to a show like that.
"Bass player" falls somewhere further down the list. He co-writes the songs that eventually sell thousands and millions of CDs, concert tickets, and t-shirts that have made him and his bandmates very wealthy, he is a teen heart-throb, an emo poster-boy, a tragic internet nudity star, he married another millionaire pop star with marginal talent but seemingly mass appeal, he's a member of the high-profile botched suicide club, and then, perhaps, a bass player who finds the root and thumps it incessantly, ocassionally straying to the 3rd or 5th, but never for long.
Love him or hate him, he's richer than anyone on this forum and has his own signature bass. Some of my little bass playing students idolize him, and his simplistic approach is right up their alley. Just the facts, do with them as you please.
they should add a new rule in the tos banning any talk of the wentz.
did you guys know this? The gang FSU does security for wentz's band.
did you guys know this? The gang FSU does security for wentz's band.
yeah, FSU ran pretty heavy in my old stomping grounds (well, the closest thing to a city in my home state where I used to see shows). They stabbed a guy at a Blood for Blood show when someone called Buddha's girl a whore. Not boys to be screwed with.
