Beedster Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Lightweight gear. Just a fad, it will pass 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: We have trends on here, but I think we also have a massive tendency to see ppl over here jump on whatever Talkbass trend is happening... despite the fact that that gear might not be so good by the time you’ve shipped it Over and paid extra. that said - trends on here I have noticed... j retro with everything Fender roadworn marskzyzhuch (So) Barefaced are the best barefaced handles are the worst shuker basses celinder sue ryder a cycle where everyone ends up with passive precisions... Moving to 5 strings moving back to 4s Fad to me suggests something comes, is very popular (sometimes inexplicably so) and then goes. Barefaced are doing pretty well and grown as a company. Also, I think including Jon Shuker in a ‘gear fad’ list is a little insulting. Possibly Celinder too, but I don’t know much about them. The 4/5 string debate will go on forever. Sue Ryder basses and and that company I cannot pronounce, yeah, I’ll agree with you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Beedster said: Lightweight gear. Just a fad, it will pass Like basses with more than 4 strings. Oh, and rock'n'roll. It only exists because Frank says so. Nothing happens without Frank's say-so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Fad to me suggests something comes, is very popular (sometimes inexplicably so) and then goes. Barefaced are doing pretty well and grown as a company. Also, I think including Jon Shuker in a ‘gear fad’ list is a little insulting. Possibly Celinder too, but I don’t know much about them. The 4/5 string debate will go on forever. Sue Ryder basses and and that company I cannot pronounce, yeah, I’ll agree with you there. I think John Shuker is great, but about 10 years back EVERYONE on here seemed to own one of his bases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 Maybe ‘craze’ is a better word - lots of these examples and my own are still popular after an initial explosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jamin Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 TC Electronic RH450? I seem to remember these being incredibly popular - and then suddenly not so much. Was there a whole scandal over wattage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Relicing brand new instruments. Makes as much sense to me as brand new ripped jeans. Bah Humbug! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 HPF and LPF pedals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, Supernaut said: HPF and LPF pedals. Are here to stay! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 My whole life has been a Bass fad. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Back when I started reading about bass guitars on the internet, Nu Metal was just about to start winding down, Warwick had enjoyed a big success off the back of being seen as the aspirational bass of that genre and had expanded their operations in the US through Dana B. Goods. They were still without a proper UK distributor at the time though some Sound Control stores carried them. It seemed like the entire internet was going wild for them and they were definitely the bass to have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Dingwall and Darkglass.... You too can sound just like every other metal bassist! 5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Just now, Kiwi said: Time to upgrade that Warwick... .... to a Spector 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 2 hours ago, LukeFRC said: I think John Shuker is great, but about 10 years back EVERYONE on here seemed to own one of his bases We still do, mainly because they were fantastic value 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 1 minute ago, cetera said: .... to a Spector I deleted my post as I hadn't read earlier comments. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah5string Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Anything Orange (the brand, not the colour). Massively over priced and as good as anything else out there, but every bassist seemed to be obsessed with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah5string Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Steve Browning said: Like basses with more than 4 strings. Oh, and rock'n'roll. It only exists because Frank says so. Nothing happens without Frank's say-so. Having to lug a cab up 3 flights of steep stairs to our rehearsal room every week has made me VERY grateful for my lightweight ashdown cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sarah5string said: Anything Orange (the brand, not the colour). Massively over priced and as good as anything else out there, but every bassist seemed to be obsessed with them. I think I would agree with you there as far as the 'Terror' line is concerned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, Kiwi said: We still do, mainly because they were fantastic value still are mind! He's a builder who doesn't seem to have many unhappy customers... but isn't in vogue in the way he was years back. This is where I think some of our trends are driven by the US fashion. If I spent £2000 ten- fifteen years ago on a Sadowsky, a Lull, a Overwater and a Shuker.... I think one would have increased in value, one would have kept it's value and the other two I would be struggling to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 I think Sue Ryder basses were just a one off block purchase, when they're gone they're gone, I would think by now every owner has removed the decal 😁, they were bought because they were a perceived bargain, but it's only a bargain if you really need it, would be interesting to see if anybody still uses one though, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Beedster said: Lightweight gear. Just a fad, it will pass +1, nothing like proper heavyweight bass instead of these in car audio systems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) Auralex Gramma pads. I bought one, used it a buch of times. left it backstage at a festival somewhere, never bothered to replace it. Edited May 28, 2021 by TheRev 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: and that company I cannot pronounce, yeah, I’ll agree with you there. 4 hours ago, LukeFRC said: I think John Shuker is great, but about 10 years back EVERYONE on here seemed to own one of his bases 4 hours ago, Ben Jamin said: TC Electronic RH450? I must be pretty faddy with my Shuker Uberhorn, my Maruszczyk Elwood and my TC450 then, as none of those are going anywhere! I think I will add valve amps and currently spectors! Edited May 28, 2021 by Woodinblack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: I must be pretty faddy with my Shuker Uberhorn, my Maruszczyk Elwood and my TC450 then, as none of those are going anywhere! I think I will add valve amps and currently spectors! Ha ha. Jon’s building me a bass right now. We’re both faddy 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) Heft Quilter amps GR cabs are the new 'craze'. Edited May 28, 2021 by gjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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