How to explain?

Started by Chris P., May 09, 2012, 02:59:24 AM

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exiledarchangel

#15
May 12, 2012, 04:54:05 PM
Lemme check.....

...after 15 seconds....

Nop, no black basses around here, sorry! :D

I always hated how white pickguards look on black colored instruments, they make em look awfully cheesy.
I guess thats not a bad thing for fenders, but it is for Tbirds IMHO!
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drbassman

#16
May 14, 2012, 05:08:36 AM
I used to hate black basses, now I have three!  They just started to grow on me.  It all started with a black TB.  I do have to say that I love the look of a black Fender bass with a maple neck.  Very cool.
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godofthunder

#17
May 14, 2012, 06:57:32 AM
 Like this  ;D Or maybe this? Then there is always this
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uwe

#18
May 14, 2012, 01:03:08 PM Last Edit: May 14, 2012, 01:08:53 PM by uwe
Black is a shape and surface absorber, that is the only thing I don't like about it. And that you never know what's underneath.

The RW Sig is a tool and meant to look like one - its originator always had that relationship to it. I don't think Roger Waters considers himself a bass player, he sees himself as a songwriter, lyricist, musician and multi-instrumentalist first. That is not to knock him, I lke his playing. Watching him live, he hits the strings quite hard and a bit angularly, but whatever he plays has attack and bite.

Of all the black basses in this thread, I like the Peavey T-40 best.

PS: Just as Bob Ezrin invented Simmons' iconic bass run to Detroit Rock City (lifted from a Stax recording, Gene Simmons rehearsed all night to get it right, you can tell by early live versions of DRC that he was not yet quite comfortable playing it), he is also responsible for the similarly immediately recognizable bass line on Another Brick in the Wall (surely stolen from another black player too!). The pre-demos to ABITW (now available on the remaster of The Wall) contain nothing of the sort as regards the bass part. That is not to say that Roger's initial bass lines were bad, but more in the classic seventish British blues rock mode and quite a bit busier.

And speaking of Bob Ezrin: A dream of mine has come true, he will actually produce the next Deep Purple album!!!  :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
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Iome

#19
May 15, 2012, 02:28:39 AM
Quote from: uwe on May 14, 2012, 01:03:08 PM
And speaking of Bob Ezrin: A dream of mine has come true, he will actually produce the next Deep Purple album!!!  :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

"Made in Nursing Home" ?   ;D

Just kidding, i love D.P., seen them 3 times over the years and even catched Glovers pick  :rimshot:
....but damn, they're getting old...and Gillans voice is long gone

nofi

#20
May 15, 2012, 05:40:28 AM
that kiss bassline always sounded very un gene (good) to me. now i know why.
"life is a blur of republicans and meat"- zippy the pinhead

gearHed289

#21
May 15, 2012, 08:52:14 AM
Quote from: Iome on May 15, 2012, 02:28:39 AM
"Made in Nursing Home" ?   ;D

Just kidding, i love D.P., seen them 3 times over the years and even catched Glovers pick  :rimshot:
....but damn, they're getting old...and Gillans voice is long gone

Haven't seen them live since the Perfect Strangers tour, but I'll take your word for it. Seems to still work well in the studio though!


uwe

#22
May 15, 2012, 09:10:46 AM
Iome has hit the nail on the head. Gillan still has a good night now and then, but they are getting fewer and farther in between. But then Ezrin has lots of experience with singers who have their limitations - neither Roger Waters, nor Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks), nor Gene Simmons nor Alice Cooper are Pavarottis. His production tends to overshadow all that. He is a bit of a Phil Spector grand production type without all the echo! And DP basically have never had grand producers but only (able) engineers like Martin Birch and Roger Glover.
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
From techno seeds we first planted ... evolved a mind of its own ...

gweimer

#23
May 16, 2012, 09:25:21 AM
The workhorse bass in my pro years was a '64 Precision. I did a refin and went with black on black.


Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

nofi

#24
May 16, 2012, 09:46:38 AM
going from gibson to fender is part of the evolutionary process. don't fight it. surrender!
"life is a blur of republicans and meat"- zippy the pinhead

gweimer

#25
May 16, 2012, 10:20:37 AM
Quote from: nofi on May 16, 2012, 09:46:38 AM
going from gibson to fender is part of the evolutionary process. don't fight it. surrender!

Sorry, but it goes the other way around.  In my pic, you'll see the Embassy on the stand.  When it came time, guess which bass got sold?   :mrgreen:
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty

nofi

#26
May 16, 2012, 10:25:23 AM
of course some results will vary.
"life is a blur of republicans and meat"- zippy the pinhead

hieronymous

#27
May 16, 2012, 12:31:39 PM
Might as well complete the triumvirate - Fender/Gibson/Rickenbacker!

Dave W

#28
May 16, 2012, 10:01:03 PM
Quote from: nofi on May 16, 2012, 09:46:38 AM
going from gibson to fender is part of the evolutionary process. don't fight it. surrender!

Or you can be even more highly evolved.  :P

You know, there's really not enough black in this pic. Better get my paintbrushes out.  ;)

Chris P.

#29
May 17, 2012, 02:06:32 AM
Cool!

Always nice: A black Ricky, especially with bindings, wants me to wear a tux and play it on a wedding, in church or in an all-suits sixties bands, while those MMs are more dooooooooom metal:)

All black Rickies are rock 'n roll!
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