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Punk Rock bass players,I need help!
- Thread starter Mortom27
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Use your spector. You will probably never need another bass lol. I'm definitely a spector fanboy.
Kira Roessler played an Alembic in Black Flag. You cannot argue that Black Flag were not punk as they wrote the book on US hardcore. Alembic were hand built active basses, so I guess anything goes with punk. Was anybody in a position to tell Kira that she wasn't punk enough in the mid '80s?
OP's Ibanez basses will be a perfect match if he isn't playing with, or to, a bunch of judgemental charlatans. Playing punk in 2014 requires you to resurrect a genre and aesthetic that has been dead, in the main, for a long time. There is nothing punk about going out any replicating Dee Dee Ramone's bass rig.
OP's Ibanez basses will be a perfect match if he isn't playing with, or to, a bunch of judgemental charlatans. Playing punk in 2014 requires you to resurrect a genre and aesthetic that has been dead, in the main, for a long time. There is nothing punk about going out any replicating Dee Dee Ramone's bass rig.
Just play what you got...
Or you could try this one: http://bas-extravaganza.nl/?page=bassen&BassenID=18
Or you could try this one: http://bas-extravaganza.nl/?page=bassen&BassenID=18
Modern punk get a stingray. More classic stuff get a pbass. Anything will work but those are my choices. I use a stingray in my punkska band and used a p with flats and thunderbird before.
Play what you want to play or can afford, and don't worry if it's in favor or not. I played punk at times in the '80s with my Ibanez P bass copy, but when I joined a speedy hardcore punk band (we opened for Minor Threat once), all I had was my first bass--a late '60s Vox Cougar hollowbody, which I played fingerstyle. And it worked.
As an old punk rocker, I firmly believe that I can make any bass sound crappy.
Or decent.
They are just wood and wires - the energy is within the player.
Or decent.
They are just wood and wires - the energy is within the player.
Just stay home and practice until you can get into a band that plays Ibanez/Spector music.
Punk was 6 months in 1977. It was replaced by new wave because it sucked.
Punk was 6 months in 1977. It was replaced by new wave because it sucked.
AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is what my guitarist tells me all the time. no .no .no .no
different parts of the song need different ways of playing.
also playing slower makes you sound faster sometimes.
heres my sub ray 4 in a punk band. I think I make it sound pretty crappy.... thats punk right? haha https://thereanimatedpdx.bandcamp.com/track/neverending-nightmare
