Love the bass, can’t get through more than 45 seconds of one of their songs…
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Signature basses
- Thread starter Green Knight
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I'm not offended or feel threatened by signature guitars. Getting bent outta shape by a little signature from some famous artist on a guitar seems pretty wack (ego issues?).
Everyone has their limits, though. I can def live without blatant promo stuff like this for sure.
Everyone has their limits, though. I can def live without blatant promo stuff like this for sure.
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Same. I mean, I'll do it for free, but if we're getting paid....
Yeah nothing against prog rock in general, but Lee's screechy vocals kinda grate on me. It's brilliant that he can do what he does, but my ears just hear caterwauling when he's singing. My loss, but hard pass on Rush.
Seems to me that these companies need to consult with TB before putting names on their basses 
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I have a Pete Wentz signature Squier precision. Don't know anything about Pete Wentz, never heard his music.
Tony Franklin P Bass - best Fender I ever found. I like Tony Franklin now but I’d never really heard of him until I saw his signature fretless. I have the Lake Placid Blue version and it’s my favourite bass in my collection. Just perfect. Stock photo…
Not a bass, but one of my guitars is an EBMM Valentine. He's apparently the guitar player for Maroon 5. I didn't know it was a signature when I bought it. It was just a really versatile and great sounding instrument.
I bought a Jim Adkins model JA-90 Telecaster Thinline. Thought to myself, “I guess I should find out Jim Adkins is now” So I listened to his band (forget the name) and said, “Pass.” Great guitar, though (24.75” scale, P-90s, set neck, LP-style Tunomatic bridge and stop tailpiece), so I’ll give him props for that.
Looks great but I couldn't play that...I just took the training wheels off my bicycle
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My first electric guitar was a "Chuck Berry" model (Japanese copy) and I traded it for a "Paul McCartney" model bass (also a Japanese copy...)
Everyone has their limits, though. I can def live without blatant promo stuff like this for sure.
I'm with you there. That's the big thing I disliked about the Children of Bodom sig bass I own. Yeah, I could have put a giant sticker over that COBHC, but I'm glad I splurged on that swirl paint job. Plus, I find black to be a boring color on basses. The original finish was choking the wood, making the bass sound really boxy, but my luthier used a finish that, while durable, allowed the wood to breathe more and that bass is easily my best sounding one.
As for other sig models... I remember way back when, trying out an Ibanez K-5 Fieldy sig (the old ones with the padouk/mahogany bodies) at a music store. Most folks here on TalkBass would have avoided that one like the plague because Fieldy doesn't get a whole lotta respect around here, but I thought that version of the bass was rather good. I obviously didn't sound like Fieldy on it. I sounded like me. I like to boost my mids, and doing so on that bass made it roar.
45 seconds is barely past the first kick drum beat for Sleep.Love the bass, can’t get through more than 45 seconds of one of their songs…
I've had a Matt Freeman P for a year and I still can't remember who he plays with.
PS would love a BB Peter Hook, but with no intention of trying to sound anything like him! But a reverse P pickup on its own plus a 3 band EQ - who else is doing that atm?
Not if those specs were guaranteed to feel uncomfortable in my own, two hands...looks and/or sound be damned.
If I may, I'm gonna add a "hypothetical" to help me answer and elaborate on the subject;
"If you could receive a single, unmodified (not counting strings and pickguards) bass for free, but it had to be a musician's official signature instrument, what would it be?"
For me, it would most likely be a Fender Reggie Hamilton Jazz, even though I have heard very little of his vast discography. It hits a bunch of beats I dig;
- Jazz bass platform? Check!
- Best P/J pickup placement I've encountered so far? Check!
- Hipshot Drop-D tuner? Check!
Well, if it brings you such shame, I could shoulder that burden for you by scrounging together some couch-change and take it off your hands.
Seriously, though...that's hardly pitiful. Those JJ Jazzes (more alliteration for the thread!
) are highly sought after for their shockingly excellent construction, not to mention being incredibly easy on the eyes. Squier really knocked it out of the park there! It still pains me that I never snapped one up when they were still reasonably priced!
I saw him a few years ago at a local, now-defunct, jazz club, along with Peter Asher (probably another you've never heard of).
Both serious, serious pickers!! Deserve respect!!
That's a funny one...I had no idea who Matt Freeman was/is...I got it because it reminded me of what JJ Burnel played and it IS an incredible instrument regardless of price~
