- Fender makes too many damn models. They need to thin the herd
- Most Fenders basses from the 70's sucked and the fact that they are reissuing them is comical
- Artificially aged guitars cannot be justified
- Using tracks, harmonizers, and loopers on a gig is cheating
- Wearing shorts on a gig looks awful under any and all circumstances
- Active basses sound sterile and lack warmth and dynamic range
- Slapping has been around for over forty years and does not need to be justified
- Most bassists who started on a Fender and then switched to something else (Chuck Rainey, John Paul Jones) did their best work when they played a Fender
- Recent events prove that Michael Anthony largely was under-appreciated
- Anyone who tells you not to practice with a metronome is simply wrong
- Same goes for learning music theory or how to read music
- Jame Jamerson's "Funk Machine" was a '64 Precision, not a '62
- Playing a Hofner Beatle bass highlights all the ways in which you don't look like a 22 year old Paul McCartney
Here's one from the Double Bass side:
- Get a teacher!
- Steve