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Why no P-bass in gospel?!?

#81
Gibson basses are most definitely out due to the inventor of the humbucker Seth Lover obviously being an occult cover name. Seth is the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, the embodiment of hostility and even of outright evil. He is also a god of war, deserts, storms, and foreign lands. Might mean if you use anything but single coils you are of the devil. Explains why so many worship leaders use Strats.
 
#84
rekesbass said:
if they sneer at a p-bass,what would happen if you brought a Ric??
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#85
Well to the OP, I say play whatever you want to play (as long as you don't have an "I serve the devil" sticker on the front lol!).

I don't know about everyone else's experience with gospel bass players following trends, but all the players I know stick with one bass or one type of bass (Jazz, Smith, Ibanez soapbars, etc...). And even if they do follow trends, who cares? Is it not like you seeing your favorite bass player live and wanting to play/sound like him/her while playing the same equipment? I've wanted a Ken Smith since I started playing bass almost 7 years ago. The main reason is because my favorite gospel artist, Fred Hammond played one on the "Purpose by Design" concert DVD. To me, the sound was unbelievable!! When I finally had a chance to play one for the first time I fell in love. It was the best feeling and sounding bass I've ever played, AND my favorite gospel artist/bass player plays one lol!

I understand some people just have to have the newest or most popular, but I'd like to think that they are a localized group;they do not, and can not, represent an entire genre of bass players.

Back to the OP, I've never played a P bass, I've always wondered what the Deluxe P bass (I think it's a 5 string) sounds like....


Billy Low said:
It's like now all of the talk is Callowhill, Pavel, and Wyn. Nice instruments, but it seems so "Kitchy" to follow trends like that. No joke, I know of a group of guys that go thru basses like water keeping up with the latest gospel bass trend. were talking about cats that may keep a bass for four month MAX! The damned thing hadn't even settled yet and they are trading it off! It's as if they treat their instruments like most church folks treat their clothes...you wanna stay fashionable! :ninja:

Seems to me that if Mo Fitzgerald has it, then folks have to get it! If he had a bass banjo, you would believe by the end of the month there would be a run on them! Not that I take issue with Mo, but the lemmings that thoughtlessly follow that trend. :rolleyes:
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#86
I think it has more to do with the sound your after. In most gospel / praise your looking for a more smooth/ clear tone (modern sound) instead of the more grindy tone the p bass is commonly known for. Can you get a smooth clear tone with a p bass? Sure but it's probably not the go to bass for that sound when there so many other choices that do that particular sound better. If a p bass is all you got or your bass of choice it shouldn't be an issue. Plug in , play and enjoy.
 
#88
Dr. Cheese said:
When I was on college, a great bassist named Danny Freeman played a Ric for the University of Georgia gospel choir. He slapped his 4001 like Larry Graham and sounded fantastic!
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cool...I'm surprised they aren't used more...everyone knows that a Ric is the voice of GOD :smug:..kidding of course....I'm not at all familiar with the genre..I say use whatever makes you(and God)happy..:)
 
#89
I've been part of a church worship team for two decades now, and have used my P-Bass to cover everything from Christian Contemporary music to Western Sacred Traditional hymns and Gospel in all of it's various flavors. It has worked very well, just like it's equally evil, younger brother known as the J-Bass.;) Seriously, I've seen plenty of Fenders in churches in my neck of the woods for years, as well as Ricky's, Ernie Ball's, and Ibanez and others representing. I've even seen a Warwick being used by a highly talented young Gospel player.
 
#91
stix_clgi said:
Well to the OP, I say play whatever you want to play (as long as you don't have an "I serve the devil" sticker on the front lol!).

I don't know about everyone else's experience with gospel bass players following trends, but all the players I know stick with one bass or one type of bass (Jazz, Smith, Ibanez soapbars, etc...). And even if they do follow trends, who cares? Is it not like you seeing your favorite bass player live and wanting to play/sound like him/her while playing the same equipment? I've wanted a Ken Smith since I started playing bass almost 7 years ago. The main reason is because my favorite gospel artist, Fred Hammond played one on the "Purpose by Design" concert DVD. To me, the sound was unbelievable!! When I finally had a chance to play one for the first time I fell in love. It was the best feeling and sounding bass I've ever played, AND my favorite gospel artist/bass player plays one lol!

I understand some people just have to have the newest or most popular, but I'd like to think that they are a localized group;they do not, and can not, represent an entire genre of bass players.

Back to the OP, I've never played a P bass, I've always wondered what the Deluxe P bass (I think it's a 5 string) sounds like....
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Nobody said only Gospel players are guilty of being trendy or being copycats. My problem is the idea that a certain bass won't work when the reason they aren't used is really about style.
 
#93
Douglas Barnett (NW pro bassist) told me he had to buy a 5 string because he always gets asked for a low D at church. I also find that to be true, I've got quite a few neat 4 strings, but I always bring a 5 to church because at least 2 of the songs end between C and D, and -it's easier than de-tuning.
 
#97
The house bassist at a church I sometimes go to plays a late 60's/early 70's Precision, but every other guest performer's bassist has always had something much less traditional, complete with scooped-out mids and the whole nine yards. Lotsa Peavey fivers into Hartke rigs here in the bible belt.
 
#98
stix_clgi said:
I've wanted a Ken Smith since I started playing bass almost 7 years ago. The main reason is because my favorite gospel artist, Fred Hammond played one on the "Purpose by Design" concert DVD. To me, the sound was unbelievable!! When I finally had a chance to play one for the first time I fell in love. It was the best feeling and sounding bass I've ever played, AND my favorite gospel artist/bass player plays one lol!
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Yeah, I guess that's the part that I never got caught up in, as far as having what my favorite artist played. Never understood that much. I can say that I have tried instruments based on sounds that I have heard when others played them, but I have always approached the instrument from the point of having my own voicing as much as possible. I try to sound like ME! As much as I love Stanly Clarke, the only Alembic I ever wanted was an Epic 1. I dig Marcus, but never cared for his signature bass much in my hands. You will never see me with a Yin-Yang Fodera, no matter how much I dig Vic W0010, and there is no 7-string Conklin on the horizon for me a la Bill Dickens.

Maybe I'm just a different kinda cat.:D

I'm waiting to see how hard I will laugh when I bust out the Rumblefish and folks see the name REVEREND across the headstock!! This is gonna be rich! :hyper:
 

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