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masked elwood wrote:"somethings" i won't do is use a PRS guitar. (they are great instruments, well made and all that shite but i just do not like the way they look) or use a boogie amp. i can't get past the name "Boogie"...and again...great amp that's well made....just not my thing...well...and the freakin' name.

elwd

Somebody was trying to convince me I should play a PRS... relentless almost. I told them what you said, fine guitars....but I can't see myself playing with one. If you have a guitar like that.... i just feel you'd have a lot of pressure to play well.

I am also pretty useless at fingerpicking, although to be honest it's not something I've ever spent a great deal of time trying to learn. I tried for a bit in my teens when I was learning Alice In Chains stuff, but gave up on it. I'm also not keen on shred style playing, I can do it a bit, but I'm not into the music and it doesn't appeal. I widdle to keep my fingers warm

PumpkinPieces wrote:

masked elwood wrote:"somethings" i won't do is use a PRS guitar. (they are great instruments, well made and all that shite but i just do not like the way they look) or use a boogie amp. i can't get past the name "Boogie"...and again...great amp that's well made....just not my thing...well...and the freakin' name.

elwd

Somebody was trying to convince me I should play a PRS... relentless almost. I told them what you said, fine guitars....but I can't see myself playing with one. If you have a guitar like that.... i just feel you'd have a lot of pressure to play well.

Try a mira it just lets you go crazy but any other I have that feeling of oh shit how does this scale go
I will probly never go indi. Any thing else is okay.

Still not my style. I'm more of a 59 tv yellow double cut les paul kind of guy. And again I'm sure it sounds/plays great, its just the way they look. When it comes to playing live I'm totally obsessed with how the audience perceives the band. And the way my mind works, a PRS represents making love to fine women... I want my guitar to be more along the lines of backseat teenage sex.

.....what....that makes sense....right?

PumpkinPieces wrote:Still not my style. I'm more of a 59 tv yellow double cut les paul kind of guy. And again I'm sure it sounds/plays great, its just the way they look. When it comes to playing live I'm totally obsessed with how the audience perceives the band. And the way my mind works, a PRS represents making love to fine women... I want my guitar to be more along the lines of backseat teenage sex.

.....what....that makes sense....right?

YES...it does to me.

you could not give me a mira...i'd switch to drums instead.

elwd

man you could definitely give me a mira... which i'd promptly put on ebay and buy something else with

devi ever wrote:I have a hard time imagining ever playing ska-style guitar in a song, but ya never know.

... oh, and for some reason I can't ever imagine playing a Telecaster.

Agreed. Ugly bastards.

I can't slap because I have hypermobile hands. Because of this I have hitchhiker's thumbs, which are uncomfortable to hold straight. Since I hold the tip of my thumb back, when I slap my hands are perpendicular to the strings, making it hard to pop and impossible to slap anything but the lowest string.

OK. I'm gonna come to the defense of "slapping".
Slapping is just like any other weapon.....it can be used for good, or evil.

While Flea is an amazing one-of-a-kind musician, the tons and tons of soul-less jock-rockers that he has spawned make me sick too. If that's all you know about slap bass, then no wonder you hate it.

BUT, I'm a BIG fan of the funk (late 60s through early 80s).
There are lots and lots of records/bassists who have dispensed some tasty tasty slapping (beginning with Larry Graham of Sly & The Family Stone, and onward.)
(sidenote: my ash body/maple board jazz bass gets a delicious slap tone...hee hee)


As far as stuff I wouldn't do....as a drummer, I will never play double bass drums. Although I dig a lot of metal, and I've dabbled in double kick, it's just not me.

I guess in terms of drums, I will never use a double-kick, or more than one rack tom. I'm also not into having more than 1-2 cymbals excluding the high hats.

FuzzyWuzzy wrote:OK. I'm gonna come to the defense of "slapping".
Slapping is just like any other weapon.....it can be used for good, or evil.

While Flea is an amazing one-of-a-kind musician, the tons and tons of soul-less jock-rockers that he has spawned make me sick too. If that's all you know about slap bass, then no wonder you hate it.

BUT, I'm a BIG fan of the funk (late 60s through early 80s).
There are lots and lots of records/bassists who have dispensed some tasty tasty slapping (beginning with Larry Graham of Sly & The Family Stone, and onward.)
(sidenote: my ash body/maple board jazz bass gets a delicious slap tone...hee hee)

Larry Graham does indeed own.

I don't necessarily hate slap bass, but when used its very easy to fall into that octave slap/pop done-to-death stuff, at least for me. If I need that slappy sound I do the Entwistle "slap" with fingertips against the fretboard, I much perfer the control and sound that way.

I just get pissed off when people start to think that if you don't slap you're not a competent bassist. Maybe thats only the stigma around here, though.

Larry Graham is a great bass player. He also knows when to slap and when not to.

I think its the attitude that you have to slap or your crap that pisses me off.

I'm more of a keep the groove kind of player. Although I do venture into melody now and then.
Now with a bit of practice I could start a just bass and drummer band.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-Un3PX0uk[/youtube]


MM

metalmariachi wrote:Now with a bit of practice I could start a just bass and drummer band.

MM

You mean like this?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_cviifofU[/youtube]

metalmariachi wrote:Larry Graham is a great bass player. He also knows when to slap and when not to.

I think its the attitude that you have to slap or your crap that pisses me off.

I'm more of a keep the groove kind of player. Although I do venture into melody now and then.
Now with a bit of practice I could start a just bass and drummer band.


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-Un3PX0uk[/youtube]


MM

Thats a groovy video.

Gopherbassist wrote:You mean like this?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_cviifofU[/youtube]

Hmmm. I realize it's the post-Primus post-RHCP dudes slapping within a rock context, like some kind of display of macho athleticism that grosses me out.

Also, I would personally never play a bass with more than four strings. Although it's just a tool that can be used for good or evil, I almost never see thm being used tastefully.....just wanky wanky evil.

i agree totally cheers