The Last Bass Outpost
Main Forums => The Bass Zone => Topic started by: Basvarken on January 29, 2018, 03:45:43 PM
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I think the No Treble page on Facebook is ridiculous.
It seems to me that all the morons that used to crowd TalkBass have all all been gathering there for some reason.
The silliest questions and the dumbest posts can be found there.
Or is it just grumpy old me? ???
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I think the answer to all the questions above is Yes.
:mrgreen:
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I think the answer to all the questions above is Yes.
:mrgreen:
:rimshot:
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That's one page I haven't visited. Probably a good thing, since I'm proud to be grumpy. :mrgreen:
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I think the answer to all the questions above is Yes.
:mrgreen:
That's what I figured! :toast: :mrgreen:
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That's certainly the way it appears, Rob. I've been there quite a bit lately - still trying to clean the bass poopy off the bottom of my shoes.
Oh yeah, Dave, you'd blend in real well over there. :mrgreen:
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I have those guys on my magazine's facebook too. I posted a pic of a new Godin bass and I immediately had a grumpy complainer. Don't need that negativity.
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I have those guys on my magazine's facebook too. I posted a pic of a new Godin bass and I immediately had a grumpy complainer. Don't need that negativity.
Oh yeah, total loser that guy. :mrgreen:
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Misery loves company...
Didn't know it existed until a moment ago...
... hey... is that a squirrel...? :mrgreen:
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All I see is days of NAMM related posts. Will the dumb posts return soon? In the meantime, I'll be preparing: "Help me decide, P or J?" "Flats or rounds?" "Long or short scale?" And of course "my $49 Squier smokes your (Fill in the blank)." Will I fit in?
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And people ask why I'm not on facebook (honey, how come you don't move)
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All I see is days of NAMM related posts. Will the dumb posts return soon? In the meantime, I'll be preparing: "Help me decide, P or J?" "Flats or rounds?" "Long or short scale?" And of course "my $49 Squier smokes your (Fill in the blank)." Will I fit in?
The answer to all those questions is "both".
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All I see is days of NAMM related posts. Will the dumb posts return soon? In the meantime, I'll be preparing: "Help me decide, P or J?" "Flats or rounds?" "Long or short scale?" And of course "my $49 Squier smokes your (Fill in the blank)." Will I fit in?
Most of the real estate has been occupied of late by a thread titled
“What bassist brought the electric bass into the forefront?”
The ensuing cacophony of cockamamie claptrap has been most predictable.
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Most of the real estate has been occupied of late by a thread titled
“What bassist brought the electric bass into the forefront?”
The ensuing cacophony of cockamamie claptrap has been most predictable.
Hard choice. Peter Tork or Danny Bonaduce.
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Most of the real estate has been occupied of late by a thread titled
“What bassist brought the electric bass into the forefront?”
The ensuing cacophony of cockamamie claptrap has been most predictable.
Yep, that one. I clicked turn off notifications about this post pretty soon...
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Yet another reason to not go anywhere near Facebook.
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i don't mind this, but still strange: On my website and facebook I do a blog about MY bass heroes. I tell every single time it are MY heroes and not THE heroes. I never listened to Cream or LedZep in my youth, but I did listen to Who and Small Faces. But every single time people ask me why there's no Jack Bruce or JPJ. I think think I don't lie if I say I've answered 200 times it are MY heroes and not THE heroes.
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1 room... 10 musicians... 10 lists of 10 players...
Discuss... :mrgreen:
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The biggest problem with this particular thread was that the OP never articulated what he meant by "forefront". Are we talking cultural impact, stage presence, sonic signature or whatever? Without that clarification, it was destined to be a giant CF with whipped cream on top.
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Pah, some of the morons even had a problem with the definition of electric in that question. They came up with all the upright players they could think of. :o
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You see this sort of thing on forums, too. Someone starts a thread asking who's your one favorite rock vocalist, and by the end of the first page, someone else has a list of their twelve favorites, and another lists hip-hop artists.
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Pah, some of the morons even had a problem with the definition of electric in that question. They came up with all the upright players they could think of. :o
That's right, I forgot about that.
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I actually like a lot of treble, so... :mrgreen:
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Okay, so a couple of guys who are on a forum in which anythings end in anal sex, cross dressing, WWII airplanes, nazi-propaganda posters and such, complain here about othter people on another forum? :mrgreen:
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Okay, so a couple of guys who are on a forum in which anythings end in anal sex, cross dressing, WWII airplanes, nazi-propaganda posters and such, complain here about othter people on another forum? :mrgreen:
Harrumph! (Yeah, I know, one of my favorites...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLO7VrRij_M
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I'd like any Hellcat's to be taken into consideration at my trial... and sheds... was that a squirrel...?
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I want the Warwickhoer banned!
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Okay, so a couple of guys who are on a forum in which anythings end in anal sex, cross dressing, WWII airplanes, nazi-propaganda posters and such, complain here about othter people on another forum? :mrgreen:
I thought Rob's complaint was about No Treble's FB page, not TB.
And besides, you neglected to mention Blackmore and Gwyneth. :P
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Not to mention we are probably the only bassist forum where it's routine to voice dislike of the P/J combination ;D
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I just signed up! Seems like everything wrong with a discussion forum with all the convenience of Facebook. :mrgreen:
Two minutes of scrolling and already way too much attention-seeking webcam videos.
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Not to mention we are probably the only bassist forum where it's routine to voice dislike of the P/J combination ;D
small favors
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Any chance The Outpost could mount a hostile takeover effort, armed with mudbuckers and vagina steamers?
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Alright, 24 hours in.... gosh that page is full of idiocy. Some lad had a buzzing problem at the nut on his Fenderoid bass. One useless piece of advice was "adjust your truss rod". I've not editted this down from a longer post, and the grammar is lifted intact from the post. Should one tighten or loosen the truss rod? How would it mitigate an E string buzzing in or around the saddle? Just go with "adjust rod" next time. Even greater economy with words, paired with an even more obscured meaning. Or maybe just go with "adjust".
Bassists have a reputation for being the thick, deeply dogmatic dudes in the band, propagating myths and dreadfully outdated ideas about equipment. This page is sorta proving this to be the case.
I think part of the problem is that these guys are terrible at posing proper questions. The same is true of Talkbass. People always ask totally loaded questions like "which Bart PJ set do I need?". Bartolini offer what, maybe 4 flavours of PJ pickups in total. The guy has already decided on which manufacturer he's hunting for, and just needs to fit a product to this decision. And then you get "Well Seymour Duncans sure made my P bass sound real purdy when I installed them in 1985". Aye? Thanks for that insight, Grandpa.
"Which Orange head should I use as a backup on my next gig?"
"Maple and rosewood sound the same?".
"Is my Genz head underpowering my cabs?"
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The level of literacy and ability to write with clarity on this forum is LEAGUES ahead of most online sites. I often can't even read the run-on sentences, punctuation-free and capital-free text posted on other forums by members who appear to be about age 12.
I have become somewhat impatient with that and occasionally ask them to try again with sentences. There is one car forum I moderate, and I'm not sympathetic to that kind of post when it appears.
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Two minutes of scrolling and already way too much attention-seeking webcam videos.
I hope people are at least CYNing.
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And besides, you neglected to mention Blackmore and Gwyneth. :P
You mentioned He who shall NOT be named... you must be very brave... :vader:
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You mentioned He who shall NOT be named... you must be very brave... :vader:
If Uwe joins the thread, it's bound to lead to Blackmore eventually.
Anyway, I had just looked at the page., that's all. If I join the No Treble closed group, then my FB feed will be clogged with posts. As it is, half of my feed is posts from my Norwegian Elkhound group. That's enjoyable, no need to balance it with irritating posts.
At least with Talkbass, or anything in a forum format, you can look at a thread's title and avoid it completely if you can see it's inane.
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And there is this John Falstom guy, who only posts about... John Falstom (third person singular). :o
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And there is this John Falstom guy, who only posts about... John Falstom (third person singular). :o
He occasionally posts in the Gibson bass guitars - vintage and modern group on FB too. Always about himself, his book or his gear. I really don't see a problem with self-promotion as long as it doesn't take over the group but it's odd that he doesn't participate in any other conversations.
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He also has a page on FB called Gibson Bass Guitar Club.
I think it's odd that he always talks about himself in the third person singular. But that's just Rob van den Broek, who always complains about anything. Silly Dutch bastard.
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And there is this John Falstom guy, who only posts about... John Falstom (third person singular). :o
Sounds like ...Carlos Liston! All third person, all self-important, all the time! (If you don't get it , you REALLY need to watch Major League 3, Back to the Minors. Hilarious movie! Major League and ML 3 are great, ML 2 is kinda meh.)
(http://uruniverse.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/0/3/48036469/1452534933.png)
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And there is this John Falstom guy, who only posts about... John Falstom (third person singular). :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apa0nG1OfUc&ab_channel=dumbledoreseverus
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And there is this John Falstom guy, who only posts about... John Falstom (third person singular). :o
People that refer to themselves in the third person singular usually have a bit of egomania on the go. I looked this guy up, and I saw four minutes of him playing a Uriah Heep song and them him talking about the bass he played it on. Ok I guess, but he is hardly a master of technique and hardly a master of teaching either. Thumb over the top of the neck is alright, if a bit oldschool, but I wouldn't be teaching that sort of stuff. His right hand technique is also pretty hard and imprecise as well. Ok I guess, but hardly exemplary playing. Beyond that he isn't really brilliantly up to speed on the tech of the basses he 'reviews'. Plus, the video is shot on a wee handycam or similar, so the audio is mono, unmixed and pretty raw.
There is a broadly similar guy on Talkbass that keeps uploading mobile phone videos of him playing basses in guitar shops. I don't get that either. I'm learning very little about how the bass performs.
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It has a name: illeism
Best known practitioner in recent years: The Rock. But at least he was doing it in his wrestling role, I don't think he does it otherwise.
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Did anybody call me here?
(http://assets.teamrock.com/image/dd2082f0-466a-4a2a-b03e-b0a468147045?w=1280)
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About two hours after Dave's last post, Dave noticed that John Falstrom had posted a John Falstrom video to the Gibson bass guitars group on FB. Dave was not surprised. Dave was amused, not bothered.
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Everybody run over right now and read the thread on short scale vs long scale. The OP is confused as to what the difference is, beyond the obvious. The responses couldn't be more obvious.
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Looks like you have to request membership to see the posts? No thanks.
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(knock knock)
Who is it...?
Dave...
Dave's not here...
No, it's Dave...
Dave's not here man... :mrgreen:
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Looks like you have to request membership to see the posts? No thanks.
They really go gung-ho on the requesting membership thing. What a pain in the ass. If you're not a member, they'll find a way to make you suffer for it. Just minutes ago, I had to go through the jumping through the hoops trying to find info on a singer I was getting interested in. Finally, I decided it really wasn't worth it.
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Dave doesn't want to look at the posts there. Dave would rather be amused from afar.
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(knock knock)
Who is it...?
Dave...
Dave's not here...
No, it's Dave...
Dave's not here man... :mrgreen:
Great quotes #35 or so....love it!
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During a period of unemployment in 82 (called "professional musician" :-\) I borrowed "Up In Smoke" and watched it with my mum, who thought it was really funny... mum was a real prude so most out of character... ;)
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During a period of unemployment in 82 (called "professional musician" :-\) I borrowed "Up In Smoke" and watched it with my mum, who thought it was really funny... mum was a real prude so most out of character... ;)
On the contrary, I find that conservative/moral authority types enjoy C&C; it reinforces their belief system with the lazy, useless, depraved bum, stoner stereotype.
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Latest thread:
"You admins need to take a hold of the reigns,this group is utter shit."
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Latest thread:
"You admins need to take a hold of the reigns,this group is utter shit."
:mrgreen:
The French citizens took hold of the "reigns."
The Long Ranger took hold of the "reins."
O literacy, where is thy sting?
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The French citizens took hold of the "reigns."
The Long Ranger took hold of the "reins."
But you can cut off both.
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[this space for rent]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJS51d1Fzg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk47saogI8o
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Now I only have to work out whether the "Long Ranger" in our literat's post and the more commonly known "Lone Ranger" are somehow related. :rimshot:
"Long Ranger" sounds kinda male porn star'ish to me ... :rolleyes:
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Now I only have to work out whether the "Long Ranger" in our literat's post and the more commonly known "Lone Ranger" are somehow related. :rimshot:
"Long Ranger" sounds kinda male porn star'ish to me ... :rolleyes:
I corrected that, but not before it was quoted and the "Long" was immortalized.
I wish my keyboard was smarter and would just type what I think, rather than what I actually type.
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Spellcheck is even worse, my new BlackBerry insists on turning "dear" into "dead" which has already caused some hilarious situations, "dead client" alright ...
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Don't forget Long Dong Silver. His name became famous during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings.
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Dead client...? Your a litigator, Mr H... you'll sort it... ;)
Maybe, when it comes to typos, that restaurant in London imortalised in the Warren Zevon song, Lee Ho Fook... something may have got lost in translation...?
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Don't forget Long Dong Silver. His name became famous during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings.
Also Long Duck Dong
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Isn't that a Doobies song...? Or was it CSNY...? :mrgreen:
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Ouch - long pain coming!