grayn Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 (Sorry, if this has been covered before). Like many folk, when I'm looking at a particular bass, I often check out video demos, on youtube etc. Know i know it may be that some people see this as a style of playing but I find it really annoying that so many bass demoists can not play without excessive string rattling and buzzing. It's quite often so bad, that it's pretty much impossible to hear the bass's tone/sound/character. Am I just being too picky or what? And don't get me started on excessive overdirve in bass demos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 IMO YouTube "demos" are mostly useless for making any tonal decisions about a bass. All they tell you is what that particular example of the bass sounds like when played by that particular player going into their choice of amp/computer interface etc. with whatever post processing they have used on it and then with YouTube's audio compression applied to it. In other words not very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayn Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1371309198' post='2112438'] IMO YouTube "demos" are mostly useless for making any tonal decisions about a bass. All they tell you is what that particular example of the bass sounds like when played by that particular player going into their choice of amp/computer interface etc. with whatever post processing they have used on it and then with YouTube's audio compression applied to it. In other words not very much. [/quote] Yeah , I think most people realise that. But doesn't the excessive buzzing and rattling, just make the whole thing even more pointless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 It's not the excessive buzzing and rattling that winds me up, it's the fact that in around 95% of bass demo's, they insist on slapping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 One person's excessive buzzing and rattling is another person's perfect mix of aggression and bite. I'm with BRX on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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