4000 Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 [quote name='Doddy' post='617992' date='Oct 5 2009, 09:34 PM']I can totally understand why people will gravitate to Flea's playing,but it is very easy to look beyond it if they so wish,and are willing to leave their comfort zone and try to embrace a new genre without prejudice.[/quote] This works both ways, and can be equally true of fusion-heads (for example) who would dismiss Flea's playing as not being "sophisticated" enough. I love the Chilis, but I appreciate that Victor is far superior technically (as I'm sure Flea would happily admit). Do I think Victor is a better player? No, because really there is no such thing. Do I prefer Flea's playing? Absolutely, and not just because I prefer the Chilis to anything Victor has been involved with. Flea just communicates to me, whereas Victor doesn't ( on a very basic level, I can't stand his tone for a start). I also prefer Jean Jacques Burnel, Lemmy, Rutger Gunnarson, Bernard Edwards and John McVie to Victor. However that isn't because I don't like more technically accomplished players; I also vastly prefer Tal, Matt Garrison, Mark King, Stanley Clarke and Richard Bona (amongst others) to Victor. I don't personally think much of Marcus Miller either, simply because his playing doesn't speak to me in any way, shape or form, and [i]that[/i] is what matters; whether the player speaks to you as an individual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I'd say judge someone for what they are, and not what they are not or what someone else is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 .... and besides Flea is a better trumpet player than all the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Who's seen Flea's 'instructional DVD for bass' from around ten years ago? - what a pile of sh1te (IMHO) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 [quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='619477' date='Oct 7 2009, 12:33 PM']Who's seen Flea's 'instructional DVD for bass' from around ten years ago? - what a pile of sh1te (IMHO) [/quote] Him and River Phoenix are absolutely WASTED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 [quote name='Pete Academy' post='619515' date='Oct 7 2009, 01:03 PM']Him and River Phoenix are absolutely WASTED![/quote] & so was my £12.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Bits of that video are on Youtube, if anyone's interested in seeing [i]just how wasted they actually are![/i] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZILSRswCNdE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZILSRswCNdE[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ImKQ53C-I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ImKQ53C-I[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 I've never rated GK amps because of Flea - his sound has never done it for me. But at the SE bash I played through SilverFoxNik's GK amp when jamming with Paul the drummer, and it was awesome. this is of course IMO and YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 i personally think flea has a superb bass tone, and he slices through the mix live brilliantly. He also uses the boss odb-3, which everyone knows is the greatest overdrive ever produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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