Sibob

It's amazing what some people consider to be 'deserved'......because these men and women had their multi-million dollar careers handed to them on a plate?! Just because they don't play jazz a million miles an hour, doesn't mean they haven't grafted as hard, or harder, than some bedroom prodigy. the internet has changed that a little and put the emphasis back on ability a little bit, but there are still those grafters, who started out in toilet venues, on $5 a day, 10 years ago who equally deserve some recognition for their craft. Si

It's a shame that people judge Scott for his free & 'fun' YouTube content, and not the actual educational content within SBL, which on the most-part, is excellent. What he's created there is very cool! Si

OC-2 does not have +1, just -1 & -2. Si

Yeah, there's a Sub'n'Up on one of my boards (which also has an OC-2), I only use it for the +1 octave. I also have a COG T-16 and a Line6 M5 (which models the EBS Octave) that I could have thrown into the fray, but this is the OC-2 party really ;). I did have 9 at one point, but it's ultimately a bit silly right, so now I just have one of every iteration, boxed etc, with a couple of extras....which of course is completely not silly. Si

*Don't worry, there is a video below* For as long as I've had my little collection of Boss OC-2s, people have asked the inevitable; "what do they sound like all together?". Up to this point I'd never tried because, well, that's silly right?! Well here it is, a very quick hit of my 7 OC-2s together. The looped bass 'riff' had to start high on the bass neck to accommodate the stacked low octaves as best as possible. We ignore the -2 octave control, and so each pedal starts with no direct signal and 100% -1 level. Once all on, we start to introduce the clean blend on each pedal. I have to ride the Input gain of the recording device a bit, simply because of the sheer amount of signal going on, but once we get to OC-2 number 5 & onwards, they start to overload each other. So the distortion that you're hearing is not a clipped signal into the iTrack Pocket, but OC-2 pedal 5, 6 & 7 themselves clipping. Helpful? No Silly? Yes Have fun. *USE HEADPHONES OR DECENT SPEAKERS". For the geeks who get this far, bass is a US Lakland 44-94 passive P/J, and the OC-2s are one of each iteration of the pedal, as follows: - Black Label Japan Octaver - Black Label Japan Octaver - Black Label Japan Octave (lighter paint) - Black Label Taiwan Octave (darker paint) --Silver Label Taiwan Octave - plus two extra un-boxed Octavers. I tend to gig these two. Si

This is fundamentally untrue on a number of levels (and I think you probably know that). The only time this might apply, is if you consider it in the context of the music industry prior to the internet (why would anyone do that, it's silly), or whilst having an incredibly blinkered/narrow view of YouTube contributors......and indeed the number of very talented artists today who very much earn a healthy living. Richard Bona recently did an interview where he admitted that he made $2million dollars in publishing since leaving his recording/publishing company (the old system)....go figure huh. Si

I've always loved the Mocha/Maple late 70's Precision.....and I don't like Maple boards....so must be the Mocha making it cool Si

I imagine it would go something like: "I enjoy playing bass, i'm alright at it, I made some videos, list them with a title that fairly accurately relates to the content, some people watch them". I'm almost certain that he doesn't have the time or inclination to defend himself against those in his extended community (bass players). He's happy, he's helping infinitely more people than he's hurting. Again, good luck to him. Si

I'd also argue that Davie isn't clickbait.......most of his video titles are pretty representative of the content. Some people just choose to watch, and THEN complain Si

You seem to be struggling with the fact that there's a fundamental contextual difference between something that ruins lives and kills people.....and bass playing on YouTube. Si

Your argument is fundamentally flawed, seeing as the guy has hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions, I've not looked recently) of subscribers. Just because YOU think it's crap, doesn't mean everyone else doesn't find it useful in some way. But equally no-one has said it's 'good because he's popular', but you have to assume it's 'good' to the vast majority of his subscribers. And if you're seriously likening him, and the many like him, playing bass on YouTube to selling crack, then I think this thread is done, because that's idiotic! For what it's worth, I couldn't care less about his content, I find it quite boring....but massive luck to him! Si

"OMGZ Someone making a living playing bass in 2017....what an a-hole" Si

That'll teach me for referencing Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix in quick succession lol Si

That's kinda the joke Si

By the same token, why does Jimmi Hendrix get an extra star? i'd be interested to know the elite pool of electric bassists you're putting up against Jaco during his glory years? Si

Ah ok, it was your "impressive but there's lots of great players out there so i'm not sure why he gets the extra star or two" comment, so I replied with a joke about Jimmy Page. The joke could have been Jimmy Hendrix...."Oh Jimmi Hendrix was 25 (our whatever) when he write Voodoo Chile.....I could play it when I was 16". You take my point. Essentially it was a comment about he wasn't just a great player, anyone can be a great player, but he was a trail-blazer. Si

That's a great finish for a Mustang! Congrats on the new bass. Si

I'm not sure I understand your post in the context of my quote. Si

I never asserted that Jamesons lines were written for him, of course they weren't, but he was expected to play to a chart and support the song. Yes he was given some freedom because he had great feel, time and taste, but he wasn't writing tunes is my point, the Funk Brothers were a machine, they simply cranked out (usually amazing) songs for singers, from charts. I know right?! It's like Stairway To Heaven.....Jimmy Page was about 26 when he wrote that, I could play it when I was 16!!!! Si

Who says they're shrinking? Si

We all know that such methodology is simply not going to happen in the context of musical instruments, the testing of a cohort of 100 identical instruments with one difference, and so there will never be any definitive proof. If that's what you need, presumably you're happy that you'll never have a preference between rosewood, maple, alder, ash, active, passive etc etc because there are simply too many micro-variables each time you try a different bass for you to know what the contributing factor is to you liking or not liking it. Fair play if that is the case. I can definitely hear differences in the Fodera test, but completely agree that those differences are more than likely going to get lost in a band mix.....but then so does the whole rosewood, maple, alder, ash blah blah blah thing....but we don't just play in band mixes do we :). Then there's the question of aesthetic preferences, and the above-mentioned issue of repairs on through-necks etc. Si