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#84,042
Chucky Stiletti said:
Interesting you mention Geddy Lee. He was on a radio interview the other day and he attributes the death of traditional Rock to shows like American Idol, says there are no talent scouts in the industry anymore hence no collective band efforts get seen or signed.
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It's back underground, kinda where it started and where it really belongs.
 
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#84,044
dukeorock said:
I’ve had a set of Pirastro Slaps. Good strings and reasonably priced if I remember right. Every upright is just so different, it’s hard to say what will work best on each one, you know? I usually have to change strings 2-3 times a year. They desperately need changed now and I have a new set, but I’m trying to milk every last bit of life out of em! I think I paid $340 for the last set, which hurts :)
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As a weekend warrior, I get two to three years out of a set of strings on the upright. The difference in playing time also shows in difference of skill level, but I'm not admitting anything in public!
 
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#84,045
PillO said:
Another Led Zep rip off just like Greta Van Fleet or Rival Sons ;)

I like this. Much like the aforementioned, guitar, bass drums making music. If this is the era of Led Zep rip offs, I am in heaven!
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I don't see them as an LZ rip off at all, these guys can actually really play live - If you ever saw LZ then you know what I'm talking about.
 
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Gaolee said:
As a weekend warrior, I get two to three years out of a set of strings on the upright. The difference in playing time also shows in difference of skill level, but I'm not admitting anything in public!
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Ummm, I've still got the same strings that came on my upright when I got it 8 or so years ago! They don't seem a lot different. I wouldn't mind trying something with a little lower tension though.
 
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#84,050
Christine said:
Picking on you this morning :roflmao:

You know when I bought my first bird in 1980 I'd never heard of "neckdive", and I don't ever remember it doing so although admittedly I never gigged that bass. The first time I ever heard the term was when I joined Talk Bass, equally I'd never heard anyone complain about a bass/guitar being "too heavy", people just got on with it. What the hell has happened to rock and roll!?!?

There was a quote flying around in the UK media a couple of weeks ago from Roger Daltery stating that rock and roll died in 1971, I might not agree but he has a valid point on more than one level.

Oh that bass is too heavy! said the fat tw@t carrying 50lbs of excess weight, GO TO THE GYM OR PLAY THE FVCKING FLUTE!!!! If that winds anyone up, then good, you know what I think of you! So to answer the above "What the hell has happened to rock and roll!?!?" it seems to have turned soft, in need of a firmware upgrade!
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I played guitar for a number of years. My favorite fiddle was the mighty SG. I've never encountered an SG that wasn't a "neck-diver" (a term with which I too was previously unfamiliar)... but I've never heard such a fuss about it until TalkBass. Maybe it should be filed under "Ignorance is bliss"... but if I happen to like a certain guitar or bass and am lucky enough to make it mine... I find a strap that works well with that instrument, spend a little while looking for the right height to hang it, and then play it. If you'll pay attention to it... the instrument will tell you what it needs for each of you to be comfortable. Shy of buying a custom bass that was tailored to my specific size, ergonomics, and preferences, I fully expect to have to "go to the bass", cuz it ain't gonna come to me. IMHO... you find the bass within your budget that ticks the most of your boxes, and then learn to play it.
 
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#84,051
Gaolee said:
That will be good for a few laughs. Like everyone else, I tried using weedwackers, but didn't like the way they sounded.
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They seem to work for the rockabilly guys, but that's pretty much all fingerboard slap sound.
My intention is to try them on the old beater bass that will need a steel pinned/epoxy repair to become functional again. It might also get a crazy paint job.
 
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#84,052
GBassNorth said:
Yeah, I'm pretty much of the same mind. For me, Rock pretty much died when Grunge and Alternative rock dried up and withered on the vine in the late 1990's. Rap and Boy bands and female Auto-pitch solo singers expanded to fill the void. Now days, most kids couldn't begin to name all the instrument playing members of a current band. It's all about the singer(s), and in many cases they don't even need to sing on key, they just need to put on a big stage production with elaborate choreography and stage sets and dozens of dancers in the background all flailing around in unison.

When I think about who to blame for our current lack of traditional rock and roll, I think of Paula Abdul for mainstreaming specific choreography moves that every singer incessantly follows these days, and Madonna (or possibly Michael Jackson) for popularizing the McDonalds drive through microphone headset so both hands could be free to perform signature crotch grabs, and Britney Spears for proving that Auto-pitch can compensate for a complete lack of talent. And don't forget the producers of The Back Street Boys band that brainwashed an entire generation of young music goers into thinking that a combination of tired overused Paula Abdul moves with the McDonalds headset and Auto-pitch talent compensation was cool as long as the boys were dreamy looking and there weren't any band members in sight. I could go on, but I'm sure you get the picture.

Just give me a straight up 3 to 6 piece Rock and Roll band with a good solid beat, nice guitar licks, a smooth bass groove and maybe some keys or horns along with a lead singer and back up singers that actually play some of those instruments and I'm a happy camper. YMMV
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AMEN! We're fighting against singles/duos playing to tracks and that's what management pays. I'm thankful I do it for gits and shiggles, not for a living. :banghead: BTW, don't forget ppl screaming bad poetry on top of someone else's music.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Yeah, I'm pretty much of the same mind. For me, Rock pretty much died when Grunge and Alternative rock dried up and withered on the vine in the late 1990's. Rap and Boy bands and female Auto-pitch solo singers expanded to fill the void. Now days, most kids couldn't begin to name all the instrument playing members of a current band. It's all about the singer(s), and in many cases they don't even need to sing on key, they just need to put on a big stage production with elaborate choreography and stage sets and dozens of dancers in the background all flailing around in unison.

When I think about who to blame for our current lack of traditional rock and roll, I think of Paula Abdul for mainstreaming specific choreography moves that every singer incessantly follows these days, and Madonna (or possibly Michael Jackson) for popularizing the McDonalds drive through microphone headset so both hands could be free to perform signature crotch grabs, and Britney Spears for proving that Auto-pitch can compensate for a complete lack of talent. And don't forget the producers of The Back Street Boys band that brainwashed an entire generation of young music goers into thinking that a combination of tired overused Paula Abdul moves with the McDonalds headset and Auto-pitch talent compensation was cool as long as the boys were dreamy looking and there weren't any band members in sight. I could go on, but I'm sure you get the picture.

Just give me a straight up 3 to 6 piece Rock and Roll band with a good solid beat, nice guitar licks, a smooth bass groove and maybe some keys or horns along with a lead singer and back up singers that actually play some of those instruments and I'm a happy camper. YMMV
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IMHO, Rock died when people started "throwin' the goat" at Britney Spears:meh:
 
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GonePlaid said:
AMEN! We're fighting against singles/duos playing to tracks and that's what management pays. I'm thankful I do it for gits and shiggles, not for a living. :banghead: BTW, don't forget ppl screaming bad poetry on top of someone else's music.
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Like other industries, the "performance" of pop music has been refined to be as efficient as possible - and that means tracks are used.
The songs sound exactly like the video every night.
 
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