Barking Spiders Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Bass heaven - bass sounds, techniques, lines, specific players whatever that make you go aaaahhhh!!! Bass hell - ditto the above that make you go aaaarrrrgh !!! But just one nom for each .For starters... heaven - the whole of the bass line on Forget Me Nots. It's all there for me; tone, phrasing, feel, the whole kit n' caboodle hell - trebly galloping basslines 1 Quote
Linus27 Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Heaven - Drummers who can play and understand the relationship between drum and bass. Hell - Drummers that can't count, can't play in time, follow the vocals rather than beats or time and make it up as they go making it different every time. 2 Quote
scalpy Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Heaven- tommy cogbill, duck Dunn, chuck Rainey. Hell- slappity slappity slappity slappity, especially on gear demos. 6 Quote
christhammer666 Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Heaven - Lemmy in his prime, slayer in the mid 90s Hell- most metal these days, over produced albums Quote
chris_b Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 50 minutes ago, scalpy said: Heaven- tommy cogbill, duck Dunn, chuck Rainey. Hell- slappity slappity slappity slappity, especially on gear demos. Yessssss 2 Quote
Mykesbass Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Bass heaven Bob Babbitt. Bass hell - Marcus Miller slapping on a Jeff Healey performance of See the Light. 1 Quote
Doctor J Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Bass Heaven - chest-rattling lows, that new string zing, simple basslines which give the song life, intricate basslines which which give the song life Bass Hell - when slap meets pop and it makes a sound which is heard, look-at-me-I-can-play-lots-of-notes-all-the-time 2 Quote
TheGreek Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) Bass Heaven - Irresistible fat syncopated grooves Bass hell - 12 Bar Blues Edited February 2, 2018 by TheGreek Quote
Japhet Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Bass heaven - Instrument at waist height. Bass hell - Instrument at chest or knee height. 1 2 Quote
Jimothey Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Bass heaven: Listening to a great bass player Bass hell: Listening to me try and play the bass 1 1 2 Quote
Frank Blank Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Heaven Hell... Tool Heaven... Hell Jaco P Quote
BassBus Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Heaven - humbucking pickups Hell - single coil pickups (so that rules out F****r [DUCK] ) Quote
Cato Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 22 minutes ago, BassBus said: Heaven - humbucking pickups Hell - single coil pickups (so that rules out F****r [DUCK] ) Just to be pedantic, technically the split precision pickup is a humbucker. 1 Quote
LeftyBiskit Posted February 2, 2018 Posted February 2, 2018 Heaven-anything that makes me Groove Hell-anything that doesn't There I've said it 😎 Quote
dudewheresmybass Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) Heaven- tasteful playing that suits the song, inventive sounds that are supportive to the mood of the song and provide movement towards the next part. Chunky necks on a p bass. Bc rich. Passive basses Hell- 'look at me' playing, showboating in an inappropriate point of a song. Victor Wooten . Jazz basses and j pups without anything else. Boutique basses that are just copies of other mainstream instruments. Active basses- Edited February 3, 2018 by dudewheresmybass Quote
DJpullchord Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 Heaven- 2 minutes to midnight. Hell- trying to learn 2 minutes to midnight. 2 4 Quote
la bam Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 Heaven - really locking in with the drummer and creating fantastic dynamics. Hell - pentatonic walking / galloping basslines. Never ever liked playing them. Theyre designed to make you dance, relax and move, but i cant play them without being frozen to the spot. Never enjoyed playing songs like that. Quote
discreet Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, Linus27 said: Heaven - Drummers who can play and understand the relationship between drum and bass. Hell - Drummers that can't count, can't play in time, follow the vocals rather than beats or time and make it up as they go making it different every time. Holy Mother of God, this plus about a billion. Very fortunate at the moment to be playing with a pro drummer who is just on it the whole time. Makes my job a delightful breeze. But when you get a drummer who is, er... less than stellar, it makes bass playing a dreadful, miserable ordeal. Obviously trying to migrate to Europe in a flimsy rubber dinghy with no food or water after your family has been killed by government forces is a lot worse, but we're talking bass playing here... Edited February 3, 2018 by discreet 2 Quote
bonzodog Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 Bass Heaven - Finally bringing home from the shop the bass you've been dreaming of for months and plugging it in for the first time Bass Hell- The following day when you're bored of it and already looking for something else. 5 Quote
discreet Posted February 3, 2018 Posted February 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, bonzodog said: Bass Heaven - Finally bringing home from the shop the bass you've been dreaming of for months and plugging it in for the first time Bass Hell- The following day when you're bored of it and already looking for something else. And that is the very definition of GAS. 1 Quote
Twanger Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Bass heaven - High powered amp you can carry with one hand. Bass hell - Fender twin for guitar in a small bar. 1 Quote
KingPrawn Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) Bass heaven: A Tribute to Jack Johnson Bass Hell: This forum Edited February 4, 2018 by KingPrawn 1 Quote
Skybone Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Bass heaven: Tight grooves with the rest of the band (whether other bands or my own) Bass hell: YouTube soloists 2 Quote
stewblack Posted February 4, 2018 Posted February 4, 2018 Bass heaven: backing up to a wide roller door which opens to reveal the back of the stage and willing helpers waiting to lift your 8 X 10 from the back of your car Bass hell: Narrow door miles from the carpark. Stairs. 1 2 Quote
bazzbass Posted February 5, 2018 Posted February 5, 2018 Heaven - Ramble On JPJ magic Hell - Seinfeld theme....it's not even a bass ! 1 Quote
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