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Giving bassists a bad name...


Grassie
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Just watched this. :) Only just managed to watch all the way through. Apologies if it's been posted before...
[url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/10/19/casiopea-vs-the-square-eccentric-games/"]http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/10/19/casiopea-vs-the-square-eccentric-games/[/url]

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Its a shame, I really enjoy bass driven music (Primus, DFA1979, any funk/motown) but the "bass solo" is just embarassing. I've watched endless videos of Billy Sheehan, Stu Hamm (ultimately Stu Hamm doesn't perform "bass solo's", they're just rehashed attempts of everything he's done before), Wooten, and many others, who just get on stage and try and play as fast as possible whilst pulling stupid faces, for what? To impress the crowd? It makes me cringe

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I think the guy with the green-pointy-whammy-8string is particularly scary. I can't believe anyone would think this was good. Now, don't get me wrong, I love a bit of slap :) (even though I can't do it for love nor money), but there doesn't seem to be any merit in playing like that whatsoever. The tone of those two just grate. A cacophony of sh*te.

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I'm going to stick my head above the parapet here and wait to get it shot down..I enjoyed it..thought both players were solid in what they did, good tone from both basses and it gave the Bassist(s) a chance to shine and come to the front instead of the guitarists..

should I duck??

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