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#41
The instrument itself should actually be quite nice. Those Squiers are great value.

Change the pups if you want to feel like you're doing something to mod some metal into the bass. Quarter Pounders from Seymour Duncan should boost your cred.

Played correctly, it should work great, right from the shop.
 
#43
PostFusion said:
I have to put in my two cents here with the " metal is nothing more than a musical fashion statement any more. It used to mean something. It's become the same joke that Disco has. It's quaint and all that, but not taken as seriously as it once was. Now it's more about a "look" than actually coming up with anything new and exciting." statement.

I honestly cannot see how this is true. Maybe with bands like Slipknot and Disturbed, and their fans, but metal now, especially in the underground scene, is still just as lively as it was in the 70's and up, as well as innovative. Take bands like Baroness or Witchcraft for example.
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I just listened to three songs by Baroness. I don't see how that's any different than a thousand metal bands that came before them.

I couldn't look up Witchcraft, because they choose too generic a name.
 
#46
mellowinman said:
I just listened to three songs by Baroness. I don't see how that's any different than a thousand metal bands that came before them.

I couldn't look up Witchcraft, because they choose too generic a name.
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The only band I can find similar to Baroness is Mastodon, when it comes to their newer stuff (though baroness's newest release sounds extremely basic)

Then you have metal/post acts such as Intronaut and Irepress that bring something entirely new to music in general.

Metal is very much alive and fresh if you stay away from metal acts such as Slipknot, Korn and the like, which really don't offer much new stuff to the table. Those bands are, as said, more for the image.
 
#47
Why would any bassist wanna play metal? I've never been able to hear the bassist in any metal song until some little break where the guitars stop playing for a measure or two. It's like you're not even there for 99% of the song....

Get the Squier, play it bone-stock for long enough to really get to know it, then upgrade the parts you don't agree with with.
 
#49
paparoof said:
Why would any bassist wanna play metal? I've never been able to hear the bassist in any metal song until some little break where the guitars stop playing for a measure or two. It's like you're not even there for 99% of the song...
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:facepalm:

The bass can be plenty audible, sound awesome doing it, and be the main focus of the song.

Go and listen to Goliath by Karnivool, or pretty much any Tool song. Megadeth, Pantera, etc, etc, etc. There are plenty of examples out there...
 
#51
I love the fact that you are all crazy and actually make a great deal of sense. I have a Natural Maple 1974/75 Jazz with a Maple neck, and EVERYTHING sounds great! If you are worried about the sound, you could always switch or modify the pups (Bartolinis perhaps).
 

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