Blackened Soul wrote::lol:I think you are a bit fogeyer or about the same as me
I think it has more to do with what grabbed you when you first started learning.. and while I was getting into metal, weird, noisy at the same times as starting playing the first song I actually learned was Exodus by Bob Marley, that reggae sound has always my zero point even when I go chasing bright stuff i always want some of the bigwarmheft in there
dubkitty wrote:i come from Jack Casady and Phil Lesh, so i'm all about 15" speakers that go WHUMMMMMMMMMM. my JBL D140F arrives today, and i'm a happy kitty. the bass and head already sound great through my Weber D120 clone, and the 15" should be heavenly.
i don't really know WHAT kind of bass TOANS i like? i adored Primus as a kicken, they're from my hood, got to see them SUCK at smaller places a few times before they blew up. but i was more into Bjork, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Aphex, Autechre, Squarepusher, stuff like that growing up. Korn was lots of fun when i was angry enough for it, but man his tone is a horrific grotesquery that fits sooooooo damn well in a very specific musical context.
i love me some Aguilar 12's. used to lug around a 2x12 for one pedalboard and a pair of 12's for the other when i gigged. heavy, messy, too much gear times.
but i'm not at all educated on speakers. as ignorant as i am with basses. liked the Dinger and Aggy's early enough to never try out much outside that.
so I basically learned by being thrown in the deep end 
so I developed a pretty good ear and have a rational understanding of theory and never play in the way of the vocal…. I never really wanted to learn the stuff bassplayer magazine would tell you you had to learn or that you had to accept fusion as music 
