It’s back from the dead! The TB Mega Thread.

[McSpunckle]

Did you get them fingas durrty? Ooooohhhh.

I don't wanna walk around smelling like "cooling sensation" KY jelly, is all.

[McSpunckle]

John Entwistle would have never reinvented electric bass as we know it if not for Jaco. Also if you look real closely at his Buzzard bass, he actually has 2 bridge pu's in it.

Seriously, though, have any of you guys ever used those Optima Gold strings the guy uses?

I have. Found them on sale. They are fucking weird. You can detune a standard set to fucking B-- even A, but that's pushing it), and they sound cool as hell.

I think they've gotten to like 90 bucks a set now.

I just use SITs now, though.

[theavondon]

John Entwistle would have never reinvented electric bass as we know it if not for Jaco. Also if you look real closely at his Buzzard bass, he actually has 2 bridge pu's in it.

Seriously, though, have any of you guys ever used those Optima Gold strings the guy uses?

I have. Found them on sale. They are fucking weird. You can detune a standard set to fucking B-- even A, but that's pushing it), and they sound cool as hell.

I think they've gotten to like 90 bucks a set now.

I just use SITs now, though.

They're the only string who's marketing scheme is "C'mon, you'll feel like a total badass. They're fucking GOLD, dude!".

[metalmariachi]

I have way too much money, what pedal, bass, amp should I buy?

Also I rewired every thing and it doesn't work what's wrong?


MM

[nad]

I was using my fingers earlier, and found a great ring moduator tone.

Okay I know this is a joke, but THERE WAS A THREAD LIKE THIS. The dude claimed he changed his strings and now it sounded like a ring modulator if he struck them a certain way.



I thought my face was going to explode, but that's the day I realized that the internet was dumb, and certainly not to be taken seriously, so I should actually thank the dude.

EDIT: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=568397 WTFuzz

[Derelict78]

I was using my fingers earlier, and found a great ring moduator tone.

Okay I know this is a joke, but THERE WAS A THREAD LIKE THIS. The dude claimed he changed his strings and now it sounded like a ring modulator if he struck them a certain way.



I thought my face was going to explode, but that's the day I realized that the internet was dumb, and certainly not to be taken seriously, so I should actually thank the dude.

EDIT: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=568397 WTFuzz

Dude just didnt know what a ring mod is. he was getting harmonics. This is really cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Bridge

[nad]

Dude just didnt know what a ring mod is. he was getting harmonics. This is really cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Bridge

Eh, so it wasn't as bad as I remember. Just like good stories get gooder with time, lame shit gets lamer as it ages.

Hyperbole is the most amazing fucking awesome shit in the entire god damn world!

[MaxMaps]

I think I am going to buy an LH1000 head

Eeeeeep!

[Achtane]

In my almost 10 years as a bass player my only effect has been a boss bass overdrive that i bought and tried in an old band that did some hard rock. I tried to color or add distortion to the sound. All it did is take the bass out of the room and feedback ..so I sold it.
I see others with all these efects and wonder ...why? I do understand it some in some types of music but allot of the bass effects I played around with at music stores are allfull. Is it just cool to look good with pedals as a bass player? Or Is the old plug and play approach like I do enough?

This guy won't get modded

[Tigerbass]

I'm sure if he did a search on that subject NOTHING would come up.

[bigchiefbc]

That plangentmusic dude really pissed me off

Lets see if my rant gets me suspended or not

[jrmy]

That plangentmusic dude really pissed me off

Lets see if my rant gets me suspended or not

Wait, whut? MUST GO CHECK!

Goodbye productivity...

[Eric!]

I went though my "effects" phase. Now I just use compression (which really isn't an "effect") and chorus -- and I almost never use the chorus.

The reason being -- ALL effects cause a loss of purity of the initial bass tone. You may think you're standing out, but unless you're really load, you're actually more LOST within the blend of the music because there's essentially more noise and less pure signal.

I think the attraction to effects is hearing a fresh sound on the instrument -- but in time, it grows old. And I can say from experience, almost NO ONE in the and wants to hear it. They need a bassplayer.

When recording I occasionally use an effect, but it's within the studio equipment. No one expects you to use pedals or rack mounted stuff in the studio.

So, in short, effects are almost useless in the real world. But if ya like 'em, ya like 'em! So why not.

Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Oh here we go again ... "I've been playing bass for 497 years, so I like to make ridiculously broad generalizations and tell you that everything you guys are doing is useless and would never fly in the REAL WORLD" (as if you are the authority on what the real world is)

Grow up. And open your mind. If you're gonna keep it closed, and then do the same with your opinions.

My band's music would suffer incredibly if I didn't use effects. It would change everything we do.

Got it, just in case it gets deleted :D

[jrmy]

I went though my "effects" phase. Now I just use compression (which really isn't an "effect") and chorus -- and I almost never use the chorus.

The reason being -- ALL effects cause a loss of purity of the initial bass tone. You may think you're standing out, but unless you're really load, you're actually more LOST within the blend of the music because there's essentially more noise and less pure signal.

I think the attraction to effects is hearing a fresh sound on the instrument -- but in time, it grows old. And I can say from experience, almost NO ONE in the and wants to hear it. They need a bassplayer.

When recording I occasionally use an effect, but it's within the studio equipment. No one expects you to use pedals or rack mounted stuff in the studio.

So, in short, effects are almost useless in the real world. But if ya like 'em, ya like 'em! So why not.

Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Oh here we go again ... "I've been playing bass for 497 years, so I like to make ridiculously broad generalizations and tell you that everything you guys are doing is useless and would never fly in the REAL WORLD" (as if you are the authority on what the real world is)

Grow up. And open your mind. If you're gonna keep it closed, and then do the same with your opinions.

My band's music would suffer incredibly if I didn't use effects. It would change everything we do.

Got it, just in case it gets deleted :D

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh man. One of them. Thanks for the quotification, Eric!

And sheez, BCBC, that's not so bad. You should have gone for the jugular even harder! Was he posting that in the effects forum? Let's all pile on! Blood in the water! WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

EDIT: my two cents added, probably more civilly than I should have.

[Mudfuzz]

Ok... so noisetb3.... rules... what ever... I actually had to say something... and I send Mr P something that is multi tracked and not a new piece due to that... NOISE SHOULD NEVER HAVE RULEZ! end of line.