The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: gearHed289 on February 20, 2013, 09:34:46 AM
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Well, it sounds pretty good...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5OqNI-L2dk
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As a friend of mine used to say "The WHY question occurs to me." :-\
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Taking a page out of Gibson's playbook: signature models for artists in bands that are well past their heyday.
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Taking a page out of Gibson's playbook: signature models for artists in bands that are well past their heyday.
Next up: the Keith Moon drum set! :o
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surely when making a signature instrument, you are trying to sell to fans of the signaturee,
as a 15 year old who had just picked up the bass,Mr Gallup was one of my biggest influences, which i guess makes me the target audience...
watching someone play jazz and funk on it isnt going to make me want to buy it,
I wanna hear what it sounds like playing A Forest or Close to Me
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Taking a page out of Gibson's playbook: signature models for artists in bands that are well past their heyday.
Most large instrument companies follow this same formula, IOW, doing signature bass models for whatever bands guitar players claim to have liked in their youth or in Squier's case, whomever was a big hit on VH-1 Classic last week.
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Look at all of Fender's artist models. Some have come out well after the artist's prime, especially the tribute models, but most were originally issued when the artist was still riding high or not long afterwards.
The Cure haven't had a really big hit album since 1992, and I would be surprised if many bassists could even identify Simon Gallup without looking it up.
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Scott joked about my RD being my "sig" model a few years back...
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I wanna hear what it sounds like playing A Forest or Close to Me
;D
I sound check with Fascination Street a lot. On my Ric...
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and I would be surprised if many bassists could even identify Simon Gallup without looking it up.
I represent that remark.
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If I think of Simon Gallup I picture an EB2ish hollowbody (or whatever it was) and Thunderbirds. I get doing the tribute late in the career when fans are older and have disposable income, but doing one that bears no resemblance to the bass or basses for which he's known doesn't make much sense.
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...I would be surprised if many bassists could even identify Simon Gallup without looking it up.
Simon who? I have no idea what you're talking about... :mrgreen:
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Simon who? I have no idea what you're talking about... :mrgreen:
I just learned a few posts back...
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Somehow this model is more appealing to my eyes than the standard Ultra Bass. Maybe the graphics on the body make it "flow" better to my eyes. Could also be that I don't have enough caffine in my system yet. And I like Gallup's playing. Been a Cure fan for a loooooong time.
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I was a Cure fan, but listening back today, it just is not the same for me. Can't stomach them or their bleak Emo whining sound.
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I was a Cure fan, but listening back today, it just is not the same for me. Can't stomach them or their bleak Emo whining sound.
I liked this song, and I would have been just as happy if they had stopped after this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcW35t2Gtyk
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Next up: the Keith Moon drum set! :o
Premier did that about 5 years ago (complete with reissuing the Everplay brand of drum heads.... which sucked;OEMed by Remo but not as good, coating came off with a few hits and very thin; OK for jazz but not anything that would survive a signle jam with Moon on the throne).
As for the Gallup bass; I do like how they're continuing the trend of more ergonomic neck joints. I like to be able to get right up in there.