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Worst bass for metal....
- Thread starter TheMaynorD
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I had hoped this was a place where we could embrace our common love of the bass regardless of politics. If that's not the case, well...
I think Metal/Mariachi fusion...I don't know if they are just bad or the combination is bad. My ears are bleeding. Thank you.
Unlike peanut butter and chocolate, metal and mariachi were not meant to go together...
FALSE. I have one and I'd TOTALLY rock it on a metal gig...
Tho I wouldn't expect a callback....
metal and mariachi is like peanut butter and murder...surely someone enjoys them together, but he is a sick, sick human.
Note: just saw your post @MVE ...
Also, in case it is unclear...that is in jest
Seriously, I suggest you watch more of their YouTube videos. If they don’t put a smile on your face and make you LYAO, I don’t know what could.metal and mariachi is like peanut butter and murder...surely someone enjoys them together, but he is a sick, sick human.
Note: just saw your post @MVE ...
Also, in case it is unclear...that is in jest
Just saw those guys over the weekend playing the halftime show for my daughter’s roller derby bout in downtown L.A. They crushed it. So much fun.
QUOTE="Killed_by_Death, post: 20901250, member: 272436"]View attachment 2895036[/QUOTE]My first thought was the Beatles bass, then I remembered that Helter Skelter, arguably one of the first metal songs was played on one.
The only correct answer no matter how simple or annoying to some: ANY BASS! -as long as you're comfortable with the neck and shape(psychology, yeah).
Go for string and pickup replacement - even if you have to carve some wood!
Because, I don't believe in genres having a specific tone. Throughout ages everything changes and whats new now can be become the best tone. It's you who defines that. Enjoy whatever you like.
Go for string and pickup replacement - even if you have to carve some wood!
Because, I don't believe in genres having a specific tone. Throughout ages everything changes and whats new now can be become the best tone. It's you who defines that. Enjoy whatever you like.
That bass looks like it started as sunburst and was stripped.
Also I thought the first three albums were with flats because that's all that was available at the time?
Oh, he definitely is a douche.
I believe round wounds were available as early as the mid 60s. I have never read anything where Geezer said he used flats, only that his strings were probably dead when recording because they didn't have the money for new strings.
If the bass was stripped, who knows what color it started as.
The larger point is that people fixate on Geezer using a "classic" Fender P, when he hasn't used one for the majority of his recording or touring since roughly 1972.
