Why do you want to know what gear your heroes use?

[xilddx]

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1368022651' post='2072148']
Christ... can you imagine gearspotting a Kemper...

"What USB stick is he using?"
"The Red One"
"We think thats an SVT clone on that one don't we?"


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'Yeah but it just don't have that valve 'bounce' does it. That's the main problem wiv all this digital sh*t'

[skankdelvar]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1368023377' post='2072162']
Unless prejudice got in the way
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Oh, I is all in favour of [i]everything[/i].

Chacun a son gout, one man's floor, let freedom ring, give me beer or give me death, etc.

[xilddx]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1368023532' post='2072168']
Oh, I is all in favour of [i]everything[/i].

Chacun a son gout, one man's floor, let freedom ring, give me beer or give me death, etc.
[/quote]

I KNEW your lyrics would be ace!

[charic]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1368023473' post='2072167']
'Yeah but it just don't have that valve 'bounce' does it. That's the main problem wiv all this digital sh*t'
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That's it, I'm changing my life goals.

You heard it here first folks.... I'm going to make "The Bouncinator"!

[Dave Vader]

Everyone knows black USB sticks sound better.

[xilddx]

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1368024140' post='2072177']
Everyone knows black USB sticks sound better.
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They are the best sticks for metal.

[xilddx]

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1368024074' post='2072175']
That's it, I'm changing my life goals.

You heard it here first folks.... I'm going to make "The Bouncinator"!
[/quote]

Call it the 'Sag Bastard' and I'll have one.

[charic]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1368024346' post='2072182']
Call it the 'Sag Bastard' and I'll have one.
[/quote]

If we link this with the curry thread we could call it the "Saag Bast*rd"

[xilddx]

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1368024412' post='2072184']
If we link this with the curry thread we could call it the "Saag Bast*rd"
[/quote]

No mate, you're thinking of the Auto-Paneer

[Conan]

I'm quite a big Muse fan, and I especially like the drummer. Think I'll go and listen to the Origin of Symmetry right now in fact.

When I'm in the mood, I like to Pop a Dom CD in....

[xilddx]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1368025392' post='2072207']
I'm quite a big Muse fan, and I especially like the drummer. Think I'll go and listen to the Origin of Symmetry right now in fact.

When I'm in the mood, I like to Pop a Dom CD in....
[/quote]

I need a song off that album, Feeling Good, we're covering it for a wedding gig on Saturday. If I send you a fiver will you rip us a copy on your CD Bhuna please?

[Beer of the Bass]

For me, finding out what gear people have used helps me to make informed choices as to what I might enjoy using myself, not really to emulate those players wholeheartedly, but to help narrow down the list of stuff to check out.

[Conan]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1368025627' post='2072211']If I send you a fiver will you rip us a copy on your CD Bhuna please?
[/quote]

Ah! Some top-quality punnage there my friend!

Back OT... I don't really have what you might call heroes or idols; but there are quite a few bassists whose style and or tone interests me.

Owning (or at least borrowing) the same type of bass that they used allows you to get some kind of feel for whether the instrument facilitated or hindered their playing. Or at least it kind of does, because every individual bass varies of course - but at least it gives you an idea of what was going on in their hands, if not in their heads! You can also explore some of their individual technique better if you have a similar instrument, knowing that the differences between the way you sound on a sixties J and the way Jaco sounded on one (for example) is down to the differences between you and he, rather than the guitar itself.

Does that make sense?

[Jazzneck]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1367945154' post='2071396']
Maybe, C**tyb******s, but the guy who sold Jaco his #1 Jazz categorically states* that the woolly-hatted one rammed two whole packs of Golden Grahams up the truss rod channel to improve tuning stability.

[size=2]* See page 92 of '1001 facts about Jaco's gear that'll make you gouge your own eyes out' (Random House)[/size]

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Jaco did not - fact - I've still got my golden pair!
Used and shrinking, though.........

[gjones]

It's all in the fingers man.

[discreet]

[size=4][quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1368024272' post='2072179'][/size]They are the best sticks for metal.
[/quote]

D'oh!

Edited May 8, 2013 by discreet

[JTUK]

I don't have heroes or idols but certainly have influences.

I'll take note of what an admired player uses but only upto the point
of whether I like what the kit is capable of..as I am under no illusion that it
will make me sound like them.
I borrow from too many to be interested in any sort of clone thing..

[scalpy]

Because it is fun.

[marcus bell]

I like to know what gear is used if I like the sound produced by it, although it's in the fingers and desk sound blah blah.

[leschirons]

I buy what suits me, playability and looks wise. Not interested in famous player's gear. No point in buying a Fodera ying-tong in order to sound like Victor Wooten unless you put in the other 25 years of experience, practice and theory to go with it. That's what makes him, him.

I always end up with the same sound anyway no matter what I use as I like a particular sound and seem to be able to get it no matter what I use.