What's the most over-rated bass, or bass related product???

[warwickhunt]

Curly leads (a la Brian May), pick-up/bridge covers, scratchplates and those great big felt picks... in any order you like.

Not strictly bass related but plectrum holders... isn't that just a fancy name for your guitarist

[BassMunkee]

[quote]QUOTE (Rich @ Sep 1 2008, 12:19 PM)
Surely, given the speed (or otherwise) of yer average steamroller, it's more of a 'walkaway'...


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Exactly, only goes to prove Rich's comment...

[Protium]

Billy Sheehan (and his signature Rotosound strings)

[BassMunkee]

85% of people who say they don't like rotosound strings are just distasted because they either can't play them well, or can't afford them. 10% are just saying it to be contrary or because they think it'll earn them 'bass cred'.

[Tait]

[quote name='Protium' post='274401' date='Sep 1 2008, 12:32 PM']Billy Sheehan (and his signature Rotosound strings)[/quote]

billy sheehans not a bass player! he's a guitarist with four strings (or might as well be).

which brings me to something else to add to my list - the yamaha attitude bass. wyh would you make a bass and need two amps for it? surely then you need two overdive pedals when you want overdrive etc. why not just have one amp and a pickup selector switch or a blend knob or two volumes? or two tone controls? i wouldn't even mind two preamps (one for each pickup) too much, at least then you only need one bass and one amp, and can have lots of tones to choose form for each pickup. it seems silly to me.

and add signature strings onto my list. what a stupid idea. you must have found string you like already to know what you like in them (if that makes sense? it sounds right in my head)!!! use the ones you like!!!

*edit to make what i said make more sense.

Edited September 1, 2008 by lwtait

[Protium]

[quote name='BassMunkee' post='274407' date='Sep 1 2008, 12:39 PM']85% of people who say they don't like rotosound strings are just distasted because they either can't play them well, or can't afford them. 10% are just saying it to be contrary or because they think it'll earn them 'bass cred'.
[/quote]

I like their 40-100 gauges

[Jase]

[quote name='Protium' post='274401' date='Sep 1 2008, 11:32 AM']Billy Sheehan (and his signature Rotosound strings)[/quote]

How dare you!!!! Strings fair enough....but Bill, shame on you

[Jase]

[quote name='lwtait' post='274410' date='Sep 1 2008, 11:41 AM']billy sheehans not a bass player! he's a guitarist with four strings (or might as well be).

which brings me to something else to add to my list - the yamaha attitude bass. wyh would you make a bass and need two amps for it? surely then you need two overdive pedals when you want overdrive etc. why not just have one amp and a pickup selector switch or a blend knob or two volumes? or two tone controls? i wouldn't even mind two preamps (one for each pickup) too much, at least then you only need one bass and one amp, and can have lots of tones to choose form for each pickup. it seems silly to me.

and add signature strings onto my list. what a stupid idea. you must have found string you like already to know what you like in them (if that makes sense? it sounds right in my head)!!! use the ones you like!!!

*edit to make what i said make more sense.[/quote]

You disgust me too, nowt wrong with Bill

Oh, here's one!!! people who slag legends

[BassMunkee]

[quote]85% of people who say they don't like rotosound strings are just distasted because they either can't play them well, or can't afford them. 10% are just saying it to be contrary or because they think it'll earn them 'bass cred'.



I like their 40-100 gauges[/quote]
+1
My strings of choice.

[crez5150]

I find them hit and miss..... but they're not overly expensive which is a plus

[Josh]

[quote name='Rich' post='274211' date='Sep 1 2008, 07:32 AM']Well my 'coffee-table bass' Shuke has received quite a few direct hits so far... you can borrow a couple of those broadsides if it'll give you a complete set?

Cool idea, although I'm not overkeen on champers and the chocs are very fattening. [/quote]

Fine, a pint of OJ and a 20oz Steak New Yorker!

[quote name='OldGit' post='274236' date='Sep 1 2008, 09:00 AM']"I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain......"

Come on over Rich, I'll bring my Shuks and see if we can add him to the Shuker Fan club proper tidy like ...[/quote]
And I'll see if I can't get you 2 to sell yours for an MTD

[quote name='Rich' post='274373' date='Sep 1 2008, 12:10 PM']+1.

All I need now is for someone to have a pop at Status, Focusrite and Crown and I'll have the full set too! C'mon Kev (or Josh), you know you want to. [/quote]

I've had a King Bass and they are great basses, just not for me, the same for S2's, Empathie's etc etc etc... If they all play as good as a King Bass and if ever the want for a Status brings me down with a severe case of man flu then I won't hesitate to get another. I haven't had any experience with Focusrite and Crown though Rich, and if their both preamps or something then I doubt I will, but I'm sure they do their job!



Ohhhh where are my manners, Yamaha BB's have never done anything for me, they just look and feel awkward, though no problems whatsoever with RBX's or TRB's.

[Bilbo]

[quote name='Josh' post='273821' date='Aug 31 2008, 04:53 PM']Wals: The bass for a Druid. Killer tone though.[/quote]

Works for me!

Haven't read the whole topic but I want to go off at a tangent.

I have grown to hate Jeff Berlin; everything he says and EVERYTHING he plays. There is a trio version of his 'Bach' thing on YouTube - it is so lame it is unreal. He plays with his head and not his heart and the results are emotionally dead. His MySpace posts are excruciating. His dress sense is worse than mine and that is saying something but, hey, I am not out there in public like he is. His moustache makes him look like an ex-70s porn star and his signature basses are pitiful. His Norah Jones duets are so cringeworthy it is astonishing and his efforts at self promotion are so transparent he wouldn't be out of place on Celebrity Big Brother.

I am even getting worrried that I feel this strongly about a dork! I have no strong feelings about ANY other players but he is really getting on my t**s lately.

Or is it just me?

[Josh]

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='274473' date='Sep 1 2008, 01:30 PM']Works for me!

Haven't read the whole topic but I want to go off at a tangent.

I have grown to hate Jeff Berlin; everything he says and EVERYTHING he plays. There is a trio version of his 'Bach' thing on YouTube - it is so lame it is unreal. He plays with his head and not his heart and the results are emotionally dead. His MySpace posts are excruciating. His dress sense is worse than mine and that is saying something but, hey, I am not out there in public like he is. His moustache makes him look like an ex-70s porn star and his signature basses are pitiful. His Norah Jones duets are so cringeworthy it is astonishing and his efforts at self promotion are so transparent he wouldn't be out of place on Celebrity Big Brother.

I am even getting worrried that I feel this strongly about a dork! I have no strong feelings about ANY other players but he is really getting on my t**s lately.

Or is it just me?[/quote]

Bilbo you are the inspiration to the notion

Maybe you just to love to hate him alone, you may dislike some others but hating Jeff Berlin is just so much more fun because you've been following him for so long.

[bassbloke]

Gripmasters and Power Balls and anything else designed to make you a better player without actually playing your bass.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='bassbloke' post='274482' date='Sep 1 2008, 01:37 PM']Gripmasters and Power Balls and anything else designed to make you a better player without actually playing your bass.[/quote]


+1 What is the point of squezing a ball when you could be playing?

[Bilbo]

[quote name='Josh' post='274477' date='Sep 1 2008, 01:33 PM']Bilbo you are the inspiration to the notion

Maybe you just to love to hate him alone, you may dislike some others but hating Jeff Berlin is just so much more fun because you've been following him for so long.[/quote]

And what's worse is that, as a 10 year old, I liked Gary Glitter (I still have a few of his singles somewhere).

Why do these people keep letting me down?

[ZMech]

has anyone mentioned spectors, or is my bass somehow safe through all this? since it's not custom, signature, and has a standard top,
I think every amp i've ever considered getting has been mentioned though. I think the only resort left is to make my own!

[quote name='Jase' post='274446' date='Sep 1 2008, 01:08 PM']You disgust me too, nowt wrong with Bill [/quote]

yes there is, he's a scientologist.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='Zach' post='274503' date='Sep 1 2008, 01:45 PM']has anyone mentioned spectors, or is my bass somehow safe through all this? since it's not custom, signature, and has a standard top,
I think every amp i've ever considered getting has been mentioned though. I think the only resort left is to make my own![/quote]


I think Spectors were covered by "everything ever"

[yorks5stringer]

How about the "scratch pad": why not just put your bass in an old jumper?

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[waynepunkdude]

Checked scratchplates

They look sh*t

[tauzero]

[quote name='OldGit' post='274371' date='Sep 1 2008, 12:07 PM']Many a good strap is less than the cost of a few pints of beer or a set of strings and last way longer than either ...

Oh and the right strap can transform how your bass feels and hangs and thus how well you perform and play ....[/quote]

The straps I buy are certainly less than the cost of a few pints of beer. In fact, they're cheaper than the cost of one pint of beer. Both ends reach the bass and the bass remains suspended above the floor, which is the basic minimum I require of a strap. Stick a bit of neoprene in (the same as the back of a 50p mouse mat) and all of a sudden they're thirty quid. Ditto making them wider and using the word "Comfort".

[ruztiwarren]

Music shops with vintage instruments hanging on the wall for show not sale. My classic is the only music shop in Croydon (I forget the name) which has a beautiful early 70's Fender jazz bass hanging 12 feet up the wall with a "not for sale" sign! It's been up there unplayed for god knows how long gathering dust. Travesty.

[OldGit]

[quote name='Josh' post='274471' date='Sep 1 2008, 01:29 PM']Fine, a pint of OJ and a 20oz Steak New Yorker!


And I'll see if I can't get you 2 to sell yours for an MTD [/quote]

I can't seem to find their P-bass page on their website ....

[OldGit]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='274518' date='Sep 1 2008, 01:57 PM']How about the "scratch pad": why not just put your bass in an old jumper?

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Cos that's Un-American, Son ...

[ruztiwarren]

[quote name='tauzero' post='274529' date='Sep 1 2008, 02:06 PM']The straps I buy are certainly less than the cost of a few pints of beer. In fact, they're cheaper than the cost of one pint of beer. Both ends reach the bass and the bass remains suspended above the floor, which is the basic minimum I require of a strap. Stick a bit of neoprene in (the same as the back of a 50p mouse mat) and all of a sudden they're thirty quid. Ditto making them wider and using the word "Comfort".[/quote]

I've got four inch steel plate across my left shoulder blade holding it together after it shattered into three pieces following a bike accident (I was pissed on a BMX!) and I really appreciate those comfort straps I can tell you (my Fender jazz weighs a bloody ton but I couldn't part with it. God bless neoprene!).