MichaelDean Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 3 minutes ago, SumOne said: Top 5 Bass arguments: 4 vs 5 Plectrum vs Fingers Tonewood Compressors Solid foundation vs technical noodling You've missed out class AB vs valve vs class D watts 😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 17 minutes ago, SumOne said: Top 5 Bass arguments: 4 vs 5 Plectrum vs Fingers Tonewood Compressors Solid foundation vs technical noodling Answers: 1: 4 2: Both 3: Nope 4: Nope 5: Solid foundation You're welcome 🤣😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dare Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 36 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: I'm a drummer; I also play (modestly...) guitar and bass. When I say 'play', I don't mean that I play 'songs' (although I have done in the past, in bands...); I mean that I play whatever I'm 'thinking', or 'hearing in my head', much of which is chordal. I find a six-string very useful for bringing out the upper chord extensions (9th, 11th, 13th...), in similar fashion to guitar. I play most often a four-string, but my sixer comes out often enough, and the 'C' string gets used maybe more still than the low 'B'. It all depends on what one wants to hear, really; I like to hear full chord tones when playing solo bass, in chord/melody style (not the same as fitting in to a typical pop/rock band riff...). Horses for courses..? You don't offer creatively modified instruments for sale on eBay by any chance, do you? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 2 minutes ago, Dan Dare said: You don't offer creatively modified instruments for sale on eBay by any chance, do you? Hmm... I might have a few left. Anything take your fancy..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 4 hours ago, Reggaebass said: ghost notes Shhh... that's my achilles heel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 1 hour ago, SumOne said: Top 5 Bass arguments: 4 vs 5 Plectrum vs Fingers Tonewood Compressors Solid foundation vs technical noodling Flats v. Rounds? Frets v. Fretless? Active v. Passive? P v. J? Bongo v. Toilet Seat? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 3 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: Personally, I spent about 1/2 an hour playing a five string, plus about the same again being harangued by the chap at Bass Direct saying that I had to buy a five string if I wanted to be a proper bass player. I decided I was happy with four and that I probably wasn't willing to practice for the thousands of hours it would take to master it to what was possible on that, never mind learning the extra stuff a fiver would entail. That way I saved myself £Loads which I spent a bit on doing the Gary Willis bass course, and the rest on hookers'n'coke. Damn! I knew I got something wrong: I spent mine on cookers and hoke. 🫢 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 1 hour ago, MichaelDean said: You've missed out class AB vs valve vs class D watts 😜 Active v passive too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 And the top bass argument which invariably leads to full on fisticuffs and world war: Slap? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: Flats v. Rounds? Frets v. Fretless? Active v. Passive? P v. J? Bongo v. Toilet Seat? Ah yeah, how could I forget them! Could also throw in: Headless vs Head (!?) Rickenbacker vs common sense Edited November 28 by SumOne 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Amp & Cabs Vs Modeller and FRFR? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 (edited) a few more that usually don’t end well * Should I learn theory * fretwraps * are fenders worth it Edited November 28 by Reggaebass Spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 5 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: a few more that usually don’t end well * Should I learn theory * fretwraps * are fenders worth it Yes No Depends 😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 4 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: and the rest on hookers'n'coke At least you didn't waste it! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekomatic Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 (edited) (checks lists of controversial topics above) phew, looks like I’m OK to start that ‘Jamerson vs Kaye’ thread then Edited November 28 by nekomatic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 11 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: a few more that usually don’t end well * Should I learn theory * fretwraps * are fenders worth it You should know enough to know that it only theory and not the law. Depends Not since 1978 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 (edited) The problem with all these threads is the lack of one person to let another person have their view and move on. When arrogance appears is when things turn to BC Jerry Springer. …and i don’t care what you think about the above, becuse i know im right 😂😇 Edited November 28 by dave_bass5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said: And the top bass argument which invariably leads to full on fisticuffs and world war: Slap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Tab, notation, or by ear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Tort v plain pick guards..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 1 hour ago, Dad3353 said: Tort v plain pick guards..? I'll not have a bad word said against tort, burst and rosewood. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Quite right too, Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Was pick vs. fingers mentioned yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 We've had all these arguments before - it's time to shuffle them around for new and exciting match-ups: Pick vs. 5-string Tort vs. rounds "Play it like the record" vs. active etc. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Three-point bridge vs Transubstantiation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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