[quote name='bilbo230763' post='695408' date='Dec 29 2009, 09:57 AM']It came to mind when I was contributing to another thread here. Apologies if it has been done before but I was thinking....
A lot of folk here are fairly obsessive about their gear and getting their sound. There is talk of this type of bass vs. that type, these strings vs. those, that amp, vs. the other sort etc etc. By implication, the right formula of bass, strings, amp, lead, pedal, compressor etc etc will give you the greatest sound in the world - your own. The implication is that, if you can buy this great sound, so can someone else (an over simplification I know but work with me).
Now some will know I am not particularly attracted to these kinds of arguments and believe that there is a lot to be gained by working with the sound you have rather than mincing about trying to find another one (the problem with finding your true path is in realising that you are already on it...).
So, my question is, how many of us admire and aspire to having a sound like a player whose playing we don't like? Most of us like the sound of players whose music we like listening to so, by my reckoning, it is the sound of the bass in the context of the music being played that attracts us NOT the sound itself. So, whilst we can buy the gear and get THAT sound we seek, we can't really recreate the context in which it exists so are inevitable frustrated because our perfect sound does not exist in isolation.
So, who do you think has got a great sound but you nevertheless don't like listening to them.
For my part, I can't think of a single player.[/quote]
I enjoy playing with what I've got or am given. It stretches me and surprises others. Geddy Lee doesn't have an amp and his sound is great.