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The best post-rock bass??
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Gibson Rippers are popular with that style, but they're not easy to find. Anything with vintage flavor is going to be on the right track. Fenders, Rics, Thunderbirds. What's your budget?
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This is exactly right and what I usual post as response to questions about which is the best bass for (insert genre). The fact is that you can use any bass no matter style of music is being played. Ever notice that some rock players use Fender, some use MM, some Spector and so on? The same is true for country, jazz, blues and every other type of music. There is no right or wrong, best or worst. Play what you like and can comfortably afford.
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I try not to get too involved in threads, but seriously, you're all acting like children.
Post-rock has been a term used to describe bands of the aforementioned (droney/atmospheric/effect laden/guitar driven) style since the early 90's.
That's around 20 years, don't act all that shocked that people over describe music and try to label everything into neat categories. It's going to keep happening, but making fun of it really doesn't help anyone....and really, google it if you're really that in the dark, there's a wealth of information out there, filled with some truly wonderful bands, as well as plenty of terrible ones.
I know I don't know everything about music, but I like to think that I don't sound nearly as ignorant as most of the posts in this thread.
Considering it's a 50/50 chance the OP was a troll anyways, it doesn't matter what bass you play, just make music and don't let other people get you down about how you do it, or what you want to call it.
Post-rock has been a term used to describe bands of the aforementioned (droney/atmospheric/effect laden/guitar driven) style since the early 90's.
That's around 20 years, don't act all that shocked that people over describe music and try to label everything into neat categories. It's going to keep happening, but making fun of it really doesn't help anyone....and really, google it if you're really that in the dark, there's a wealth of information out there, filled with some truly wonderful bands, as well as plenty of terrible ones.
I know I don't know everything about music, but I like to think that I don't sound nearly as ignorant as most of the posts in this thread.
Considering it's a 50/50 chance the OP was a troll anyways, it doesn't matter what bass you play, just make music and don't let other people get you down about how you do it, or what you want to call it.
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i was being serious.... i'm not sure what post-rock is and i was just trying to find out....didn't want to offend anyone
Yeah, I had to google it, too (God, I miss Buddy Holly!). Rickenbacker, like the ones in the Wiki pictures? Actually, that might be a really good use for the Rick-O-Sound feature. Otherwise, something active, 5 or 6 strings, maybe. I would imagine chords would be a big thing for post rock. If you could afford it, a 6-string Alembic would certainly fill the bill; you could sound like pretty much anything you wanted to. Other than that, I can't help you; "sonic tonescapes" are about as far from the bass line to "Summertime Blues" or "That'll Be The Day" as you can get, and that's too far for this old coot.
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