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Why TalkBass WORKS!
- Thread starter M.R. Ogle
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- Nov 15, 2006
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- El Presidente of Sanford and Sonny Audio Weapons (Bluebeard Fuzz)
Ric5
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- I like 5, 8, 10, and 12 string basses
And despite this we still don't know what the best bass for metal is.
I'm very unimpressed :scowl:
A real metal band does not need a bass player or they drown out the bass player with several detuned guitars turned up too loud.
it is the only "place" i know, yet i know some others, but they are like cheap junk and it works faster than others
I have learned no matter what you do professionally, who you have learned from or what you know as fact, your wrong.
The ash try on fenders has a Definate reason for being but even Leo dosent know why
Putting anything on your neck besides your junk is a no no
The guys who know don't care
Any work on your bass is too complex and you need to take it to a pro.
Wood has not yet been determined to have any effect what so ever over the tonal properties of an instrument
When in doubt refer to #1
You will blow your cab reguardless of what ohms , watts , or what size speaker cable you run.
Spectors rule the world. ( I already knew that though).
The ash try on fenders has a Definate reason for being but even Leo dosent know why
Putting anything on your neck besides your junk is a no no
The guys who know don't care
Any work on your bass is too complex and you need to take it to a pro.
Wood has not yet been determined to have any effect what so ever over the tonal properties of an instrument
When in doubt refer to #1
You will blow your cab reguardless of what ohms , watts , or what size speaker cable you run.
Spectors rule the world. ( I already knew that though).
And despite this we still don't know what the best bass for metal is.
I'm very unimpressed :scowl:
Ed Friedland said it was the Mothman. I asked him when I sent him $1.
In response to the OP's post, I completely agree.
I have learned so much from the discussions on this forum. Prior to becoming a TB member, I was one of the many who didn't know any better when it came to reading specs about bass amps and cabs. For example, like the masses of uninformed (and brainwashed by marketing) people roaming the planet, I actually thought wattage specs meant everything for bass cabs. I now know better, and I now just roll my eyes when I read published specs for cabs. I see right through the complete and total BULLPOOP that plaid jacket wearing marketing dweebs come up with. (Ya ever wonder why the mass cab manufacturers never publish thermal specs but instead publish wattage specs?) I now understand why so many mass produced bass cabs are average performers at best.
It was only after reading hours and hours and hours of informative threads posted by some of the impressive brain power here on TB (for those of you who have been on TB for a while, you know who I'm talking about.........BFM, Greenboy, Alex C, etc.) that I discovered how much I didn't know about bass gear. It was then that I realized I had spent the past three decades being a victim of marketing crappola (and wasting a plethora of dollar bills in the process).
Because of the education I have gleaned from this forum, I now own bass gear that outperforms mass produced gear by a long shot. I am 55, and I have been playing bass for 39 years. It is so satisfying to finally have gear that PERFORMS! I never would have discovered this gear without TB, and I would still be living with mediocre gear that has tons of hype and not really anything else.
I have learned so much from the discussions on this forum. Prior to becoming a TB member, I was one of the many who didn't know any better when it came to reading specs about bass amps and cabs. For example, like the masses of uninformed (and brainwashed by marketing) people roaming the planet, I actually thought wattage specs meant everything for bass cabs. I now know better, and I now just roll my eyes when I read published specs for cabs. I see right through the complete and total BULLPOOP that plaid jacket wearing marketing dweebs come up with. (Ya ever wonder why the mass cab manufacturers never publish thermal specs but instead publish wattage specs?) I now understand why so many mass produced bass cabs are average performers at best.
It was only after reading hours and hours and hours of informative threads posted by some of the impressive brain power here on TB (for those of you who have been on TB for a while, you know who I'm talking about.........BFM, Greenboy, Alex C, etc.) that I discovered how much I didn't know about bass gear. It was then that I realized I had spent the past three decades being a victim of marketing crappola (and wasting a plethora of dollar bills in the process).
Because of the education I have gleaned from this forum, I now own bass gear that outperforms mass produced gear by a long shot. I am 55, and I have been playing bass for 39 years. It is so satisfying to finally have gear that PERFORMS! I never would have discovered this gear without TB, and I would still be living with mediocre gear that has tons of hype and not really anything else.
Way to go guys, you just convinced me to become a supporting member.
Oh well, maybe I'll sell some stuff while I have it.
Oh well, maybe I'll sell some stuff while I have it.
you make me cry, now!!!! 
Most of the folks on here are great. I could do without getting thrown off so much, though. Sheesh!
