steve-bbb Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1423431289' post='2684744'] What's the best car for metal? [/quote] Ironically something all in graphite wth gunmetal anodised hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1423431289' post='2684744'] What's the best car for metal? [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1423431870' post='2684758'] Ironically something all in graphite wth gunmetal anodised hardware [/quote] With six wheels, tyres deflated to 20psi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 £80 quids worth of OLP Stingray 5 string for me on 75% of gigs. I have branded stuff at home (Music man, Fender C-Shop, Status etc) but the cheapy does the job, sounds good and plays nicely. That'll do me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 If other bands were asking about the car you drive I'd never get a gig again![URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141115_114018_zpsxgszovir.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141115_114018_zpsxgszovir.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I would never care about what make of bass was being played. Oddly i would more likely to think you had a crap amp or something. If someone can really play or just plays simple stuff but has great tone i really wouldn't care what they played on, in fact probably be really impressed to see someone get great sound from cheaper gear. See someone playing a fodera bass, expensive amp and loads of boutique pedals i would think cool then after what a Tit. See someone getting great sound out of a gear4music bass and a harley benton rig with a few behringer pedals and i would think wow thats cool, but then i would think Tit bet he has an expensive bass at home that he won't bring out haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 My favourite bass is an Aria bitsa which has been severly modded - EMG pups, gold hardware, new tort plate. Nearly all secondhand. Total cost...maybe just shy of £100 if you count the neck block decals and my Steve Jones "Saucy Lady" decal on the front. It sounds great. And it's unique. I've gigged with other bands whose bassists have "proper" gear and I'd put my mongrel next to boutique any day of the week. You have a cool looking bass. If it plays well and sounds good, then rock it live. In the words of Oscar Wilde - " A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 See, this is where I'm at a disadvantage - I'm only a Sound System - but were I to gig again, I'd (usually) take my Crown 2000 (cos it's lighter) - if the gig 'mattered' I'd get someone to heave my three Matamps in........I can hear the difference, but I don't suppose anyone else would.....but the brownie point count is off the bloody scale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) As far as punters are concerned they have not the slightest clue. Most of 'em can't tell the difference between a bass and a guitar at two paces, let alone what type/brand it is. And anyway, by the time they engage you in conversation they're likely to be, er... 'not at their best'. I don't care if another bass player mocks my bass, either. If he doesn't understand that a *insert name of budget or unusual brand* can be a good sounding, playable bass then what kind of bass player is he anyway!? The half-witted, suppurating pile of pus! Edited February 9, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaRik Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I have a Rockburn P as my perfectly serviceable and playable spare - it's well set up and sounds like my main (Tokai Hard Puncher) - it makes the sound myself and the rest of the band want it to make i.e. a P-bass. Job done. I'm a self-confessed guitar snob, but less fussy with my bass gear - can't work that one out myself either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1423433243' post='2684785'] If other bands were asking about the car you drive I'd never get a gig again![url="http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-11/20141115_114018_zpsxgszovir.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] What car as in...do you have one? You have to get rid of the jokers before you get off the phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 If your Sammick sounds good, play it I wouldn't worry about what anyone else thinks As someone else said, if you told people it was a custom built bass, they probably wouldn't know As a bonus, there's something quite liberating, about gigging with a bass you're not too precious about too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronner Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I did test recordings of a variety of fretless basses. Of course, brands like Wal and Warwick placed high. The No. 2 bass, however, was an SX (a cheap 100 dollar copy of a Fender Jazz bass available by mail order). Everyone rated it better than the Fender P bass as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I use whichever of my basses is the most appropriate in terms of looks, sound and playability for the gig. The name on the headstock and the price are irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaRik Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1423485142' post='2685273'] I use whichever of my basses is the most appropriate in terms of looks, sound and playability for the gig. The name on the headstock and the price are irrelevant. [/quote] ^^^ Definitely this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 [quote name='Bronner' timestamp='1423483463' post='2685224'] Of course, brands like Wal and Warwick placed high... [/quote] That's because everyone knows brands beginning with W are the best... Wal, Warwick, Wagamama etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthaside Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I think there's always the chance that serendipity smiled on that factory that day, the right parts ended up on the right bit of wood. In my case I'm very fond of my bitsa jazz copy , the body/ hardware and neck is from a most probably Chinese knock off . It feels great and it resonates really nicely, a thunky deep tone , holds its tune for weeks on end ... the electronics were a joke but that's easily fixed with a iron and a 2nd hand set of Squire vintage modified from evil-bay. Obviously i would never suggest that its better than a boutique zebra wood topped master crafted instrument , but i'm happy for any bass player to pop round and have a noodle to help them get over their GAS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykilz Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Dear Mojo,( the OP ), my main gigging bass is the Yamaha BB414 I bought from you for £150 last year, because compared to a German Warwick Corvette and a Dimarzio puped Fender Jazz, it absolutely wipes the floor with them for getting the perfect sound for my band, sits perfectly with the two different guitarists sound, powerful, defined,punchy. I keep trying to gig my more expensive basses, but for this band, they're simply not as good as the cheapy. Luckily my band don't have any gear snobs, we just play what sounds good for the band. Play what you like! Edited February 9, 2015 by sykilz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 .... And don't forget, Seasick Steve makes some fabulous music, and a very healthy wagepacket From playing a guitar that was worth $10...... about 15 years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelfin Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 When I use my Antoria "P" bass live I sometimes get asked about it. I say it's the one that Fender copied. It's around forty years old, very tatty and cost me £40.plus a new pup. It sounds and plays great. I prefer it to any Fender I have tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 We had a punter come up to us in the break of a big (for us) gig, about 1300 people, he'd been standing at the side watching for the whole first set just itching to ask those dumbass questions. Well, now was his time, he ask the lead guitarist why he plays an Epiphone? "Because I couldn't find the right notes on a trombone" didn't appear to be the answer he was looking for . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I split gig time between my US Fender P and a budget Eastwood Stormbird. The Precision is the better bass but the Eastwood looks so much cooler in photos. Reverse snobbery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Mind you, sometimes brand snobbery does make sense ... [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/MyOtherLife.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/MyOtherLife.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Is that a Ritter car and boat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I really like my Epiphone Allen Woody bass.....it was cheap but seems made very well for the ££ and sounds pretty good.....perhaps i'm easily pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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