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The "real" punk bass....

#142
Punk was always about DIY above all else. Simple, straight forward, no bs. It was attitude and doing what u wanted and to hell with the established standard. Cheap was the only way to get a bass an fenders were cheap and plentiful. I imagine there were few choices around in the 70s, esp for broke kids. Taking parts, throwing em together and doing it all yourself is pure punk attitude. That said, I built this myself because Sid was awsome in that he really didnt play much but is a legend nonetheless. Punk ment anyone could do it.
 

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#143
Best bass for punk was the one in your hands. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't remember Fenders being particularly cheap in those days (late 70's to mid 80's)- I always envied those who could afford a nice one. Even though I was a punk I still wanted to play the best instruments that I could afford. In my case they were a '79 or '80 Peavey T-40, and later an '82 G&L L2000, for my punk and thrash bands. In retrospect I wish still had those basses! Dangit!
 
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#146
Precision basses were popular for sure, but Graham Lewis from Wire played and continues to play Fender Jazz basses. Mark Burgess from The Chameleons also played a Fender Jazz bass back in the day, though he seems prefer his Squier JV Precision bass nowadays. Peter Hook from Warsaw/Joy Division played a cheap no-name Gibson EB-0 copy and a Hondo II Rickenbacker copy before he later acquired his Yamaha, Shergold and Eccleshall basses, so it was really a matter of what you could get your hands on at the time.
 
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codycon96 said:
get yourself a Precision Bass, an Ampeg 4x10 and 2 shots of Jägermeister.
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Jäger? When I was a punker it was all pints of Country Club vodka (aka worst cheap booze evar) and natty in the parking lot. You can get a whole pint for less than the cost of one Jägerbomb, and add a 12 pack (or bottle of robitussin) for the cost of the other one. Drawback: Need to keep your eyes open at all times for the nearest place to lose your lunch.
 
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codycon96 said:
See, all of the pop punk shows I've played have usually started off with 4 people kneeling behind a car taking bottle shots of Jäger
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Do you guys have a rich uncle or somthing?

Jager = $30
-- OR --
Rotgut = $6
Natty = $6
Robutussin = $6
Trojans = $6
Malt Liquor, 12 hours after the other stuff = $6
Blurry memories of underage kids doing extraordinarily disreputable things and throwing the drummer's old cymbals into traffic = Priceless
 
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Remyd said:
Do you guys have a rich uncle or somthing?

Jager = $30
-- OR --
Rotgut = $6
Natty = $6
Robutussin = $6
Trojans = $6
Malt Liquor, 12 hours after the other stuff = $6
Blurry memories of underage kids doing extraordinarily disreputable things and throwing the drummer's old cymbals into traffic = Priceless
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no, we just all chip in. and a normal bottle around here costs about $24 bucks.


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