Some Squiers are just as good if not better than some MIA Fenders...if it's on the internet it must be true.
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The Top Ten Things I Learned From Talkbass
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1. Apparently, all guitar players are idiots.
2. Cover bands are better (and much cooler) than bands who write their own songs.
3. Playing in a band at church is popular.
4. There hasn't been any good rock music since the 70s or 80s.
5. Wearing your bass above your balls is the proper way to play.
6. Setting your bass on fire is not cool and is guaranteed to kill hundreds of innocent people.
2. Cover bands are better (and much cooler) than bands who write their own songs.
3. Playing in a band at church is popular.
4. There hasn't been any good rock music since the 70s or 80s.
5. Wearing your bass above your balls is the proper way to play.
6. Setting your bass on fire is not cool and is guaranteed to kill hundreds of innocent people.
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After adding $1000 worth of parts to my $200 Squier not only is it better than MIA, It's better than Custom Shop.
...SOMETIMES not always!!!
It is very important to "cut through the mix".
Can you "cut" through a mix if your bass "plays like buttah"? Butter can't cut anything.
TalkBass taught be that as a bass player, there are 3 things guarnteed in life:
1. Taxes
2. Death
3. P-Bass WITH Tort and flats
Accept these truths, and opened, your mind shall be.
1. Taxes
2. Death
3. P-Bass WITH Tort and flats
Accept these truths, and opened, your mind shall be.
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1. God plays a P Bass with flats. Anything else is an abomination.
2. Real men don't play short scale basses.
2. Real men don't play short scale basses.
Roundwound longevity is measured in weeks.
Flats longevity is measured in decades.
Flats are always better no matter how horrible and dead they sound.
Flats longevity is measured in decades.
Flats are always better no matter how horrible and dead they sound.
There are only two options for band drama:
Fire the annoying member or quit. There's no middle ground, no other solution... ever.
Fire the annoying member or quit. There's no middle ground, no other solution... ever.
But real boys don't play Warwick Thumbs, so then who plays a short scale Thumb?
Asking a group of anonymous strangers is the best way to discover what bass is best for your needs.
Going out and actually playing basses in real life is so 20th century.
Now you just ask an internet forum to pick your instrument and you buy it online.
Going out and actually playing basses in real life is so 20th century.
Now you just ask an internet forum to pick your instrument and you buy it online.
Selecting the best musical gear for metal is really hard.
Are you sure? My Squier is better than your MIA Fender. Or your Fodera.
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Going to attempt to answer this seriously. Not sure if this is my "top 10", but it is the "first 10 to come to mind"...
- Rubber stands will destroy a nitro finish.
- Guns aren't always bad.
- Deoxit can perform electronic miracles.
- Strings are an entirely personal thing.
- Flatwounds are a fad, they're not better than roundwounds, and will never be.
- Warwick resale value is horrible.
- Changes in forum format really are for the better and I just hate change.
- I get a lot more accomplished when I'm not hanging around Talkbass.
- Mike N is the guy to go for car trouble.
- The vast majority of bass players are awesome, loving, intelligent people with a great sense of humor.
3. My upgraded discount gear is WAY better than your premium gear!
