Flavours of the month

[Twincam]

Since I've been a member of this site I've noticed a few "flavours of the month" or things all the rage for shorter periods of time maybe. Some come and go and some stay relatively popular.

My list will be relatively small. I'm interested to see others list past flavours of the month though. Remember it doesn't have to be things that have vanished, just not as talked about or as valued or as in demand.

[ChunkyMunky]

This is going to be good.

[TheGreek]

Remember the furore about Class D amps and how good they were and how well they compared to Tube Amps? How good Sue Ryder basses are? The list is pretty much endless. I think it comes down to how easily impressed we can be and how we feel the need to tell others about how those items surpassed our expectations when it happens.

Personally I'm happy to listen to the opinions of others - sometimes I learn something positive sometimes I learn that I don't agree with others...

Edited August 21, 2016 by TheGreek

[stingrayPete1977]

All my amps are class D so that one is still going strong with or without the heft!

[Roland Rock]

Class D are going stronger than ever, especially as the technology improves, so I wouldn't call that flavour of the month.

The one that springs to mind for me is Limelight

[ChunkyMunky]

[SpondonBassed]

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1471792139' post='3115897']
I'm interested to see others list past flavours of the month though. Remember it doesn't have to be things that have vanished, just not as talked about or as valued or as in demand.
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Vuvuzela!

[OddBass65]

To be perfectly honest, over the years I have flirted with all sorts of flavours ... some sweet, some bitter, some exotic, some just downright weird.
At the end of the day, it has to be vanilla.

[chris_b]

What about Clackers?

[lowdown]

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1471797729' post='3115966']
Vuvuzela!
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[Mykesbass]

Jazz Basses - what are they all about?!

[mcnach]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1471792554' post='3115903']
Remember the furore about Class D amps and how good they were and how well they compared to Tube Amps? [size=5][b]How good Sue Ryder basses are[/b]?[/size] The list is pretty much endless. I think it comes down to how easily impressed we can be and how we feel the need to tell others about how those items surpassed our expectations when it happens.

Personally I'm happy to listen to the opinions of others - sometimes I learn something positive sometimes I learn that I don't agree with others...
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Sue Ryder... how good they were *for the price*. Nobody was claiming that a £100 bass was a big contender. I still have one, turned fretless, with a pickup change. I preferred it to a CIJ Fender Precision 70s reissue fretless I used to own

[Billy Apple]

CB Radio.

[Earbrass]

Anderson shelters. All the rage at on one time.

[crez5150]

Y2K

[drTStingray]

Any topic in bass guitars with over 500 posts usually based on a Fender product or facsimile thereof, but if you can be bothered to read the whole thread, the ratio of basses bought to thread replies is less than 1 in 50.

Classic examples I can think of:-

1) 2016 - Fender Flea Jazz Bass (Mexican with a price supplement over standard)
2) 2015 - Sire (not Squier) Jazz bass (low cost active bass endorsed by Marcus Miller)
3) Limelight Fender - not sure when this started but possibly 2014.
4) Talkbass - 19 mm string spacing MM SR5 - however that one was about 800 posts and 5 orders placed so the proposal was canned. Goes to show how much hot air can float around a forum!!

I'm with everyone else on class D - fabulous creation - proper bass guitar sound without the hernia created carrying totally unnecessary weight and technology outdated 40 + years ago.

Edited August 22, 2016 by drTStingray

[Musicman20]

Limelight.

[CamdenRob]

Fenders have been flavor of the month every month for 60 years... except a brief period in the 80s when slapping the sh*t out of your bass became popular....

[Lw.]

Limelight, Harley Benton, Sire, Maruszczyk, Fender Rumble V3 combos & at some point or another every boutique manufacturer of 1x12 cabs.

Though it does seem to be the same c10 people powering through each craze before keeping the forum in business via the classifieds!

[MoonBassAlpha]

Ashdown LB heads

[MoonBassAlpha]

Acme Cabs too. That was a while ago now....

[mcnach]

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1471861259' post='3116373']
4) Talkbass - 19 mm string spacing MM SR5 - however that one was about 800 posts and 5 orders placed so the proposal was canned. Goes to show how much hot air can float around a forum!!
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That was BS. They asked for x orders in a month.

When I was subsequently in the market for a 5 string, if a Stingray with 19mm spacing were available I'd have got one (I went Lakland instead). But that particular month was not the right one for me to order anything. The whole thing was designed to fail, to give EB the opportunity to say "look, I tried, there were no takers". Which I don't get since they do not need to justify to anybody what they choose to produce or not. But the whole EBMM world is a... complex one, to say the least

[mcnach]

[quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1471864955' post='3116428']
Limelight, Harley Benton, Sire, Maruszczyk, Fender Rumble V3 combos & at some point or another every boutique manufacturer of 1x12 cabs.

Though it does seem to be the same c10 people powering through each craze before keeping the forum in business via the classifieds!
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Are you enjoying your TKS S112s?

[Mattpt85]

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[Machines]

It's generally a small number of people making a lot of posts that make something seem very popular, but really it's just a hot topic. This can give a different perception to reality.