TheGreek Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I was just on Amazon and noticed a book by the title "[b]Fender Guitar - changed the world[/b]"...probably true actually..but what or who else can we say the same for?? To open the discussion, how about Elvis whats-his-name and Jimi Hendrix... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Eric Clapton. Well he changed my world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Pink Floyd, more than any other for me I think using Fenders of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuono Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Having the title 'Fender Guitar....' I suppose that it may encompass basses but if not and if they can be considered seperately then Fender basses have to be contenders. That bloke Hendrix did create an impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 In a non musical way...Disney?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nirvana blew the cobwebs off proper music to kick the 90's off imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurhenry Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nevermind guitar, there's a book called 'How the Fender bass chnaged the world' by Jim Roberts. I think the basic reasoning is that electric bass was the final, essential piece in the puzzle of small rock n roll groups, such as Elvis and his band. The rest is history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 [quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1356036486' post='1906159'] Eric Clapton. Well he changed my world [/quote] In the guitar docu that preceded the Seville Guitar Legends in '91 (??) Clapton said that Chuck Berry was the first person to play a multi-stringed, as opposed to picking, guitar riff. Chuck in turn cites Bo Diddley; so I'd go with either of those two based on the influences either of them created. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 [quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1356036672' post='1906162'] Pink Floyd, more than any other for me I think using Fenders of course [/quote] Roger used a Rickenbacker RM1999 in the early days and Dave used a Les Paul in the late 70s and recorded one of, if not their most famous tune, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 But yeah, its that sunburst precision from Live at Pompeii and the Strat with the Lace Sensors pickups from Delicate Sound Of Thunder that come to mind first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) 20th century music-wise, Stravinsky, The Beatles will forever spring to mind. [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1356037858' post='1906182'] In a non musical way...Disney?? [/quote] In a non-musical way... loads of people and things! British Industry and Empire, Roman Empire, Genghis Khan, American Revolution, French Revolution and so on! Edited December 20, 2012 by risingson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 In changing this popular music world (as opposed to classical) I would suggest, in no particular order: [list] [*]Laurens Hammond (fab organs) [*]Jim Marshall (Big loud amps) [*]Thomas Edison (records) [*]James How (round wound bass strings) [*]George Martin (playing about with recording techniques) [*]Pete Townshend (loud, distortion and feedback pioneering with guitars) [*]Adolph Hitler (development of magnetic tape) [*]Ross Snyder (multi-track tape recording) [/list] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 OK, really going to stick my neck way out on the line here....... Oasis!!!!!!!!! Now the reasoning; I think they almost single handedly broke down a generation gap in music and made it OK for a new generation to like old music. And I mean the general public, as on a music forum it is easy to forget that the wider public don't always view music the way we do. Don's tin hat and flees the country for Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimefred Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) Les Paul - no explenation needed really Edited December 21, 2012 by longtimefred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1356104058' post='1906931'] OK, really going to stick my neck way out on the line here....... Oasis!!!!!!!!! Now the reasoning; I think they [b]almost single handedly broke down a generation gap[/b] in music and made it OK for a new generation to like old music. And I mean the general public, as on a music forum it is easy to forget that the wider public don't always view music the way we do. Don's tin hat and flees the country for Christmas [/quote] Cough, cough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Now that is seriously out of order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1356105262' post='1906946'] Now that is seriously out of order [/quote] It had to be done, sorry.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1356105386' post='1906952'] It had to be done, sorry.......... [/quote] Nah, you're right - made for one another, can't stand either but will stick with what I said earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 From a bass perspective, as well as the Fender Precision the Ampeg SVT changed the way bass sounded and probably changed the way people states to use the instrument in arrangements changing music forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) Jaco/Chris Squire/Geddy? All 3 game-changers in my world! Edited December 21, 2012 by spongebob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 As a Bass Player there's a few posts here that I have to disagree with - was/is an Ampeg SVT really a world changer?? How many members of the public would know what it is? Similarly with the 3 bassists above - I accept that it is much harder for a Bass Player to leave his mark but would Joe Public know who any of them were if you showed them photos?? As for the three bands named - Nirvana/ Pink Floyd/ Oasis - how many of them will be remembered in say 20 years time?? Ask your typical teenager who Pink Floyd are, they've no idea, even though PF made one of the best selling albums of all time...I would accept an argument for "Great bands" (excluding Oasis who I hate with a passion) but "world changing"?? When posting I wasn't just looking at Musical examples (hence Disney) - perhaps Neil Armstrong, Gagarin, Henry Ford or Mohammed Ali would be better examples.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cytania Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Berry Gordy and Motown Records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 [quote name='cytania' timestamp='1356114226' post='1907128'] Berry Gordy and Motown Records. [/quote] Got to agree... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Interesting, everyone has stuck with the musical theme. However, other things that changed the world: The motor car. The aeroplane. The Internet. Beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Musically, it has to be Jimi Hendrix for me. The fact that all the guys we like to think of as the original guitar heroes in the '60's were queueing up to watch him play says all I need to know. Outside music, blimey! Err... Well... if I stick to one person, I guess for me it would have to be Plato, because he continues to make very clever people think about who we are and why we're here 2400 years after his death. YMMV of course, as is your right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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