Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:05 pm
bigchiefbc wrote: I always notice at TB get-togethers....
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Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:20 pm
I have yet to go to one. I should though, just so I can see what all this tube stuff is about.
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:26 pm
lol. i'm not enjoying it that much but there's still some good stuff on there occasionally. but if i DID get where i was done with it, dunno if i could roll Pimp Hard enough to adopt a BURRRRRRRRRN YOU MOTHERFUCKER BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRN exit strategy like Jefe up there.
first GTG i went to was a lot of fun. second was..... kinda boring. only three people i enjoyed seeing, and two of them i see on a semi-regular bass anyhoo. skipped the third one that was kinda in my 'hood.
first GTG i went to was a lot of fun. second was..... kinda boring. only three people i enjoyed seeing, and two of them i see on a semi-regular bass anyhoo. skipped the third one that was kinda in my 'hood.
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:11 pm
I'd probably enjoy it..... if those peeps were anything BUT what they appear online.
Most of them come off as pretentious bum chum's.
(Present company exluded of course)
Most of them come off as pretentious bum chum's.
(Present company exluded of course)
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:23 pm
Yeah, I've gone to the New England one like 4 times. There are definitely quite a few TB tools there, but a couple cool guys. I usually just hang out with Bryan Tyler, and I got jrmy to come once too. And it's nice to be able to play around with some $3-4K basses.
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:33 pm
Never made it to a TB-together, but I'm kind of a closed-circuit dude when it comes to gear anyway.
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:35 pm
moose23 wrote:bigchiefbc wrote:Well okay yeah. With a 300 watt tube amp, you're not gonna be able to get it to overdrive unless you're playing madison square fucking garden. I never get why everyone over at talkbass always pulls that shit about a bassist needing 500 watts or some dumb shit to keep up with a 100 watt guitar player. That makes no sense at all. My guitarist and I are both playing 100 watt amps with similar sized cabs, and you know what, our volumes balance great. So I don't know why everyone over there always wants a thousand fucking watts or some dumb thing.
I think it has to do with them guys barely touching their bass strings when they play.
I use a pick and my "compressor" is "hit every note, chord, klang as hard as you can"
My other "compressor" is diiirt!
I have an MTI SVT and I will be modding it to switch from 300/200/100 watts.
So many of those TB dudes are all about headroom and that's fine w me
but dirty and low is the place I go.
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:17 pm
One of these days I may video my picking hand (out of curiosity) to see how hard I'm hitting the strings. Part of me thinks I'm not hitting them as hard as I think I am.
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:30 pm
OMFG!!!
There's a fucking Reeves in the TB classifieds and all you guys want to talk about is TB gtgs and hard/soft plucking?
FOR SHAME!!!!
There's a fucking Reeves in the TB classifieds and all you guys want to talk about is TB gtgs and hard/soft plucking?
FOR SHAME!!!!
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:44 pm
MSUsousaphone wrote:OMFG!!!
There's a fucking Reeves in the TB classifieds and all you guys want to talk about is TB gtgs and hard/soft plucking?
FOR SHAME!!!!
To me, talking about a owning a Reeves is just like discussing getting road head from Adriana Lima while driving Ferrari. I have about the same chances of being able to accomplish either task.
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:21 pm
Waterpilot wrote:One of these days I may video my picking hand (out of curiosity) to see how hard I'm hitting the strings. Part of me thinks I'm not hitting them as hard as I think I am.
How many strings/picks/fingers are you breaking? Do you draw blood at very gig?
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:04 pm
yah. i don't mash my shit. i'm not the gentlest, but i try to stay kinda controlled. when i get excited live i hit pretty hard, but it wears me out and i get sloppy. i do better if i keep it pretty even.
like, i get tired enough that my dynamics go to POO. everything's hard and sloppy.
urm. yah.
like, i get tired enough that my dynamics go to POO. everything's hard and sloppy.
urm. yah.
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:48 pm
theavondon wrote:Waterpilot wrote:One of these days I may video my picking hand (out of curiosity) to see how hard I'm hitting the strings. Part of me thinks I'm not hitting them as hard as I think I am.
How many strings/picks/fingers are you breaking? Do you draw blood at very gig?
Zero
But I never thought I played very hard. Just not light. 
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:49 pm
bigchiefbc wrote:MSUsousaphone wrote:OMFG!!!
There's a fucking Reeves in the TB classifieds and all you guys want to talk about is TB gtgs and hard/soft plucking?
FOR SHAME!!!!
To me, talking about a owning a Reeves is just like discussing getting road head from Adriana Lima while driving Ferrari. I have about the same chances of being able to accomplish either task.
haha
Re: Toobz vs SS - Bass Amps
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:51 pm
sanfordandsonny wrote:moose23 wrote:bigchiefbc wrote:Well okay yeah. With a 300 watt tube amp, you're not gonna be able to get it to overdrive unless you're playing madison square fucking garden. I never get why everyone over at talkbass always pulls that shit about a bassist needing 500 watts or some dumb shit to keep up with a 100 watt guitar player. That makes no sense at all. My guitarist and I are both playing 100 watt amps with similar sized cabs, and you know what, our volumes balance great. So I don't know why everyone over there always wants a thousand fucking watts or some dumb thing.
I think it has to do with them guys barely touching their bass strings when they play.
I use a pick and my "compressor" is "hit every note, chord, klang as hard as you can"
My other "compressor" is diiirt!
I have an MTI SVT and I will be modding it to switch from 300/200/100 watts.
So many of those TB dudes are all about headroom and that's fine w me
but dirty and low is the place I go.
Hell yeah fuck that headroom crap. I'm not playing fusion jazz. Even if I was it would be DUUUUURRRTTYYYY. Oh yeah if 100w head can't keep up with your guitarist add more speakers not more watts. Watts are moot.