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[quote name='Johngh' post='1095934' date='Jan 20 2011, 08:00 AM']Just find it ironic that a thread is started about someone getting dissed on Talkbass and our opinions on it, then the dude ends up getting dissed on here as well. [/quote] In this day and age I'm afraid our friend jaxsn (that's J.A.X.S.N.com!) will be seen as fair game. There are a lot of deluded people out there who have vastly inflated view of their own ability and are not afraid to make that public. People like jaxsn are not easily able to make judgements on quality. He is completely convinced, although he makes many excuses, that people will be able to see he has great talent and musicality. He really is A Grade X Factor Audition quality

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1095367' date='Jan 19 2011, 05:02 PM']You do realise that everyone who reads that post and doesn't read the initial link now thinks that Kenny G is a very sick, disturbed man?[/quote] And?

[quote name='lowdown' post='1095186' date='Jan 19 2011, 02:21 PM']Have you not read the Pat Metheny rant over Kenny G?...Priceless Garry[/quote] Ooh, thanks for that! I agree with Pat given the nature of Kenny G's appalling transgression of taste and decency regarding his MUSICAL necrophilia.

HAHAHAHA! I hadn't seen the vids until ten minutes ago. This is my favourite so far. Sheer madness, X Factor audition quality

[quote name='dood' post='1095237' date='Jan 19 2011, 02:57 PM']Can I just correct that? The moderators don't care what opinion a person has about a particular musician. We DO however care about how that opinion is put across on the forum. You're kinda suggesting otherwise. [/quote] Sorry Dan, I absolutely meant what you say in your second sentence [i]We DO however care about how that opinion is put across on the forum.[/i] Maybe I wasn't clear enough.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1095207' date='Jan 19 2011, 02:34 PM']I think in the TB thread it was because the guy had a low level of fundamental ability coupled with an enormous ego. He genuinely thinks he's a very advanced player and in the posts he makes it's obvious he thinks he's a cut above the average gigging bass player. He mistakes this over-inflated sense of ability as confidence when in reality it's ignorance. He's a learner level bass player who thinks he's pro-level and he isn't shy of telling people that, it's easy to see why that becomes annoying and people turn against him.[/quote] I agree.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1095202' date='Jan 19 2011, 02:30 PM']Ok.. i thing his playing is pretty awful.. bad timing.. he doesnt deserve to be called what he was.. If he didnt big himself up so much it wouldnt be so bad...but the fact he thinks hes so amazing seems a little sad.. But if he enjoys himself, good on him[/quote] He sounds like he would believe anything TBH

[quote name='lowdown' post='1095186' date='Jan 19 2011, 02:21 PM']Have you not read the Pat Metheny rant over Kenny G?...Priceless Garry[/quote] I haven't! Do tell!!

[quote name='lowdown' post='1095179' date='Jan 19 2011, 02:18 PM']I agree with that.... But its when criticism/opinion turns into abuse - [all from the safety of a user name, internet connection and hiding in the bedroom] Garry[/quote] The abuse has been very rare, and was really all from a single person who shared the same moniker as a leading brodcast organisation.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1095170' date='Jan 19 2011, 02:11 PM']I think a lot of people just like to criticize others to make up for their own shortcomings.[/quote] Perhaps, but certainly not always. I would agree that the further up the ladder we go, the less we should shoot our gobs off. You won't hear Geddy Lee slagging anyone off. On the other hand, Scott Thunes does, but that may contribute the the fact he doesn't work much.

[quote name='iconic' post='1094803' date='Jan 19 2011, 08:34 AM']not sure if I read the thread correctly, and don't think I'm telling you suck eggs, but there are two sizes of Tusq nut...a jazz sized nut and a precision sized nut...maybe you have the wrong nut? [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/TUSQ_Precision_Bass_Nut_PQ-1204-00"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/TUSQ_Prec..._Nut_PQ-1204-00[/url] [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/TUSQ_Fender_Jazz_Bass_Nut_PQ-1214-00"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/TUSQ_Fend..._Nut_PQ-1214-00[/url][/quote] I bought a Jazz TUSQ and it was perfect so I tend to agree that you got, or were sent, the wrong nut.

[quote name='Johngh' post='1095126' date='Jan 19 2011, 01:39 PM']Hiya Nige, hope your OK mate. You make some valid points in your post. From my own perspective as a mod, and it is my own perspective. I think that the likes of Janek, Dave etc have a great deal to offer basschat members if they were free to comment without getting flamed all the time. There would be some excellent advice on gear or playing styles for example. As a forum member I've always felt it's a shame that some of the more prominent players probably stay away from posting on the forum for the fear of getting flamed. I fully understand that as Pro's they are in the public domain etc and open to criticism, which is fair enough. but I sometimes think it's at our great loss to us that a lot of them don't come on here. I alway's work under the opinion that just because I think something is brilliant, others will think it's crap. Such is life. At least most of the Pro's don't end up playing the Frog and Tw*t every week. [/quote] I sort of agree with you, but really, I think they should be able to stick up for themselves a bit better than they have. All art is open to interpretation and recieveng the attendant criticism/opinion. I certainly agree they have a lot to contribute, I wish they would do more but being a pro jobbing bassist probably entails not giving out too much free advice unless there is some earning potential generated from it.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1094953' date='Jan 19 2011, 11:42 AM']IMO, there's a huge gulf in average quality between early 70s and late 70s. A world apart. [b]Of course, the usual caveat applies: There's dogs and diamonds in any era.[/b][/quote] Apparently not the 1965 (IIRC) L series, every one of them is a diamond, apparently. I think that came from a US pro who had tried a few

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1095021' date='Jan 19 2011, 12:32 PM'] Can we still talk about Jeff Berlin's trainers? If you put a lame bass showpiece on Youtube and tell everyoe how good it is then there might just be a slim chance someone on an internet forum might link it for a laugh. Not saying he deserved the "that guy is a w@nker!" comments but his tuneless masterpiece is gonna get more detractors than fans. Just sayin...[/quote] Heh heh! Hi Top Hell, a proper chav is Jeffrey. The problem is you never know how sensitive people are on the internetz. I've even seen people on here, albeit rarely, dish out some serious sh*t on some people, then get rounded on and they can't take it. Or if someone has has some bad news which coincides with them getting a good slagging. Some people could be vertyupset by it. But I suppose you can't tread on broken glass everywhere, I think you have to have a thick skin sometimes. However, I know how I would feel if someone said I look like a right c*** on youtube in a BC thread.

I think there's some hypocrisy going on. It seems fine to slag off all and sundry UNTIL they become a member of your favourite bass forum, then all slagging is off limits. For instance one has to be careful of what one says about Janek Gwizdala, Dave Marks, etc. because even though these players are in the public domain and therefore open to all kinds of positive, negative and indifferent criticism, they are members of this community and the moderators will take it ill if you write any negatives. I hope Alain Caron doesn't sign up on Basschat for instance

[quote name='Beedster' post='1093548' date='Jan 18 2011, 10:00 AM']Hi mate Monitors, headphones, laptop speakers and hifi, and on all of them 4 songs sound great and one sounds crap, despite all 5 of them sounding great on iTunes, suggesting that it's not the conversion to mp3 that's the problem. I tried remixing and adding a little more compression but it's made no noticeable difference? C[/quote] Have you tried deleting it and re-uploading it Chris? I had a bunch of tunes on mine which didn't play at all! Or perhaps deleting your myspace account altogether, which a lot of people seem to be doing