People that dont have a signature bass, but should have one...

[Ian]

I think Fender should make a Timmy C signature jazz bass. A jazz bass with a Precision neck with the block inlays, and with some kind of hot J pickups. The thing would sell like hotcakes since it would look and sound so nice, and between RATM and Audioslave...hes a well known player these days.

The thing is I doubt Timmy C would ever want to do such a thing...Any other ideas?

[nisakss]

Adam Clayton should have a signature p-bass or maybe a jazz bass made by lackland

[JBass]

Dirk Lance...if P-Nut has one he should too:smash:

[Linkinbassist]

Matt rubano (Taking back sunday) should get one, for being so awesome in an emo band...

[delinquent]

i think i should have one.

shaped like a skull and crossbones.

not because im good or anything. but just because.

[Phalanx]

Matt reuben (Taking back sunday) should get one, for being so awesome in an emo band...

That's Rubano :)

Man, Gav would be pissed, it was probably Gav who made Rubano famous here. Personally, i've never heard his stuff.

I dunno, perhaps Meshuggah's bassist Dick Lövgren needs a sig, he's gotta be pretty good to play those rhythms.

[FU.CKY.OU]

Matt reuben (Taking back sunday) should get one, for being so awesome in an emo band...

If he gets one then Jon Berry definatly needs one..

[Linkinbassist]

That's Rubano :)

Man, Gav would be pissed, it was probably Gav who made Rubano famous here. Personally, i've never heard his stuff.

I dunno, perhaps Meshuggah's bassist Dick Lövgren needs a sig, he's gotta be pretty good to play those rhythms.

Ah...yes...I've been listening to reuben a lot recently, so thats why i forgot his name!

[S-Tin-Gray]

Mark Hoppus.

Oh wait, I thought you said "People that do have a signature bass, but shouldn't have one". My mistake...

[Tryxx]

Mark Hoppus.

Oh wait, I thought you said "People that do have a signature bass, but shouldn't have one". My mistake...

That wasn't necessary in the slightest...

Anyway, I'd have to go with Ryan Martinie, Rex Brown, and Roger Waters.

[S-Tin-Gray]

That wasn't necessary in the slightest...

Anyway, I'd have to go with Ryan Martinie, Rex Brown, and Roger Waters.

Sorry. :(

Those are good choices... I was thinking a couple of the 'big names', but they basically have different basses anyway.

[Akira]

The idea of Timmy C with a sig bass makes me laugh.

[WHoRRID]

shavo, him and his bass go hand in hand as is so y not.
justin chancelor, hes just awsome!!!! shame it prolly be like $3000 if they did
make one

[Tryxx]

Sorry. :(

Those are good choices... I was thinking a couple of the 'big names', but they basically have different basses anyway.

It's fine, I think the board matured a little bit over that. It shouldn't be a proble, just don't like risking it, you understand? :thumb:

[Naveed Afzal]

I deserve one. because im black(or not) and play bass.

[Tryxx]

shavo, him and his bass go hand in hand as is so y not.
justin chancelor, hes just awsome!!!! shame it prolly be like $3000 if they did
make one

Technically you can buy the Wal he uses.

[WHoRRID]

i was gonna mention rex brown but there prolly not all that big a market for it now. not that he doesnt deserve it

[WHoRRID]

I deserve one. because im black(or not) and play bass.

haha u only get a check in being black. no check plus for u:p

[S-Tin-Gray]

haha u only get a check in being black. no check plus for u:p

I don't know... ebony board, white pearloid block inlays, white neck pickup on a black pickguard, black bridge and bridge pickup, white gloss body... that would look sweet. Call it the Naveed Special J.

[GeddyMe]

John Paul Jones.

[White_Summer]

I think claypool should have some sort of sig, tho he kinda does already with the rainbow

[thelowsoundofbass]

geddy lee should have a sig ric to go along with his sig jazz. i would buy it

lowsound

[GeddyMe]

Oo, Chris Squire

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

Jesus Needs A Sig

[Mr. Grill]

i was gonna mention rex brown but there prolly not all that big a market for it now. not that he doesnt deserve it
He already has a Spector sig.

http://www.bassline.ch/produkte/bilder/spector/ssd_rex_nn2y.jpg

[herrly]

I deserve one because I'm brown.:p

[EADG]

I don't agree with Roger Waters, you can get his tone with a regular P. I think a Timmy C is a good idea.

[thelowsoundofbass]

I don't agree with Roger Waters, you can get his tone with a regular P. I think a Timmy C is a good idea.

tho timmy c would never go for it. the guy from muse, don't remember his name tho

lowsound

[EADG]

tho timmy c would never go for it. the guy from muse, don't remember his name tho

lowsound


I don't think people should have sigs unless they are really talented, they have a really unique tone, or both. The Mark Hoppus is a joke.

[muthafunkabass]

jessie keeler. he is from DFA 1979. he should have a sig ric. His tone is so unique with the synth and such.

[bassistuvdoom731]

Steve Bailey.

[muthafunkabass]

Steve Bailey.
already has one.

[thelowsoundofbass]

I don't think people should have sigs unless they are really talented, they have a really unique tone, or both. The Mark Hoppus is a joke.

are you refering to the guy from muse??? hes really good and has a sweet tone, but uses lots of effects

lowsound

[muthafunkabass]

jessie keeler. he is from DFA 1979. he should have a sig ric. His tone is so unique with the synth and such.
quoted because it was the last post on the page.

[bassistuvdoom731]

already has one.

really?

In that case, Brian Bromberg.

[Phalanx]

already had one.

upsettingly fixed :(














(wants a steve bailey sig)

[EADG]

are you refering to the guy from muse??? hes really good and has a sweet tone, but uses lots of effects

lowsound


No, Mark Hoppus. I know the guy from Muse is good.

[thelowsoundofbass]

jessie keeler. he is from DFA 1979. he should have a sig ric. His tone is so unique with the synth and such.

maybe in 5 or 10 years when the band is bigger

lowsound

[muthafunkabass]

upsettingly fixed :(














(wants a steve bailey sig)
had one? what? what happened?

[EADG]

jessie keeler. he is from DFA 1979. he should have a sig ric. His tone is so unique with the synth and such.


Hmm, funny how I didn't think of him. But his sig bass would probably only be useful if you wanted distortion, otherwise it would be useless.

[thelowsoundofbass]

No, Mark Hoppus. I know the guy from Muse is good.

ok, i thought that you were saying that the guy from muse didn't deserve one

lowsound

[muthafunkabass]

maybe in 5 or 10 years when the band is bigger

lowsound
i think their pretty big. give em 2 or 3 more albums, then he'll have one.

[EADG]

We should all buy Jean Baudin sigs.


$8000 nine-string.

[Phalanx]

had one? what? what happened?

they stop producing them years ago :upset:

[muthafunkabass]

Hmm, funny how I didn't think of him. But his sig bass would probably only be useful if you wanted distortion, otherwise it would be useless.
his job in DFA is very different from any other bassist in a band, so that might also be a difference in his sig.

[Mr. Grill]

We should all buy Jean Baudin sigs.


$8000 nine-string.
Mmm... Pacman.. :amaze:

[muthafunkabass]

they stop producing them years ago :upset:
oh yes, your right. i was thinking of the victor bailey sig.

[thelowsoundofbass]

i think their pretty big. give em 2 or 3 more albums, then he'll have one.

and they are from down the road from me (well about an hour). to tell you the truth they need one more album and that will be their breakthrough album. after that they need 2 more that are big hits then i would say that he could get a sig. does rickenbacker even to sigs???

lowsound

[muthafunkabass]

We should all buy Jean Baudin sigs.


$8000 nine-string.
yes, yes we should. pacman or hideous claw? or joust?

[IPolkaLikeThis!]

Mmm... Pacman.. :amaze:

his sig isnt pac man-ish

this is it http://www.jeanbaudin.com/images/retrode.jpg
http://www.jeanbaudin.com/images/retrode2.jpg

[muthafunkabass]

and they are from down the road from me (well about an hour). to tell you the truth they need one more album and that will be their breakthrough album. after that they need 2 more that are big hits then i would say that he could get a sig. does rickenbacker even to sigs???

lowsound
maybe the "new and revamped" rickenbacker will. they havent had any frequent player to do one with yet. i also beleive their next album will be their breakthrough, and that they would another one or two albums that are big hits.

[muthafunkabass]

^^^^^oh he really does have a sig. i had no idea.

[Phalanx]

i don't think anyone has bought it though

[muthafunkabass]

i cant even find it on the conklin website.

[WHoRRID]

and they are from down the road from me (well about an hour). to tell you the truth they need one more album and that will be their breakthrough album. after that they need 2 more that are big hits then i would say that he could get a sig. does rickenbacker even to sigs???

lowsound

they made a chris squire sig, very limited production tho

[GeddyMe]

they made a chris squire sig, very limited production tho
really? didnt know that

[Low_End_Communications]

All of Jean's bass' are signature, cuz they're all handmade. They just called the 9-string jazz looking thing a Signature because they can.

Ric has had artist signatures. Lemmy and Chris Squire come to my mind. Geddy's Ric sig wouldn't be any different from a regular Ric, cuz his were stock.

Tim C would NEVER do a Fender sig. Just... no, you're an idiot to suggest it.

Bromberg has a signature with Dean, or at least they made the prototypes.

I think that Juan Alderete from The Mars Volta deserves two sig Precisions. One fretted, one fretless, styled after the basses he used to record Frances the Mute with.

I think a Ryan Martinie sig would be great. Black finish, Aguilar 18 volt 2-band preamp... it'd be tits.

[EADG]

All of Jean's bass' are signature, cuz they're all handmade. They just called the 9-string jazz looking thing a Signature because they can.

.


Well, his basses are custom, yes, but that one is considered the "official" Jean sig.

And no, I don't think anyone has ever bought one. Anyone with $8000 to spend on a bass is obviously going to customize it themselves.

[S-Tin-Gray]

Well, his basses are custom, yes, but that one is considered the "official" Jean sig.

And no, I don't think anyone has ever bought one. Anyone with $8000 to spend on a bass is obviously going to customize it themselves.

I don't know, maybe it's the same reason Fender make the Mark Hoppus Sig. People want to be like Mark Hoppus, so people wnat to be like Jean Baudin too. I guess that's the ultimate point of the Sig bass... and further to that, sure, with $8000 I'd probably buy something else, but some people would consider it like a car I mean. It's all there already, might as well buy it and sound like Jean Baudin. Don't worry about fingers or anything...

[hedgefudge420]

Randy Rhoads deserves one.....heh.....or Hendrix

[muthafunkabass]

randy rhoads has tons of them. he is not a bass player tho. hendrix isnt one either. now stop being stupid.

[WHoRRID]

really? didnt know that

http://www.basscentral.com/2003/rick.shtml


if only i had a spare $2500

[hedgefudge420]

randy rhoads has tons of them. he is not a bass player tho. hendrix isnt one either. now stop being stupid.

i know i know....but for real...there needs to be a Krist Noveselik or Novasellik or what ever bass.....he isnt an amazing bassist...but why should Kurt get all the crap made for him and Krist not???

[FU.CKY.OU]

i know i know....but for real...there needs to be a Krist Noveselik or Novasellik or what ever bass.....he isnt an amazing bassist...but why should Kurt get all the crap made for him and Krist not???

What exactly was made for Kurt?

[Jody LeCompte]

The Fender Jaqstang was designed by Kurt,

[thelowsoundofbass]

The Fender Jaqstang was designed by Kurt,

ya but that was never a production guitar, it was a custom shop guitar

lowsound

[hedgefudge420]

The Fender Jaqstang was designed by Kurt,
i own one...you think i dont know this....there should be a replica of one of krists basses....

[Yman]

i own one...you think i dont know this....there should be a replica of one of krists basses....

i bet a majority of people dont even know who played bass for nirvana.



but if he did have a sig, youd have to hit yourself in the head with it.

[SWR410]

I think Fender should make a Timmy C signature jazz bass. A jazz bass with a Precision neck with the block inlays, and with some kind of hot J pickups. The thing would sell like hotcakes since it would look and sound so nice, and between RATM and Audioslave...hes a well known player these days.

The thing is I doubt Timmy C would ever want to do such a thing...Any other ideas?
it'd also have a reverse headstock. that's how he rolls nowadays.:thumb:

[ViolenceBass]

and they are from down the road from me (well about an hour). to tell you the truth they need one more album and that will be their breakthrough album. after that they need 2 more that are big hits then i would say that he could get a sig. does rickenbacker even to sigs???

lowsound
Paul Mc. has one more or less, its confusing. THey used his Rick for the basis, but switched the body and left the neck left handed. I think...lemme check...

Since the time he obtained his Bass in 1965, Paul McCartney’s original Rickenbacker 4001S bass (actually made in 1964) has “evolved” through Numerous modifications. Using the 4001C64 starting point, the 4001C64S fast forwards to incorporate these changes to replicate his Bass as it finally exists today. Most evident is the reshaped body, zero-fret Fingerboard, pickup type, and tailpiece detail. A satin sealer-only finish helps protect The natural Maple body and neck, as well as the Rosewood fingerboard.



http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/4001C64S.jpg

http://www.rickenbacker.com/model.asp?model=4001C64S


OH YEAH...Lemmy and Chris Squire (yes, he already got one.)

They had sigs a while back, and they were supposed to be super heavy, but i dont mind that.

[The Powdered Milk Man]

A Matt Freeman model would be cool, I think.

[muthafunkabass]

Paul Mc. has one more or less, its confusing. THey used his Rick for the basis, but switched the body and left the neck left handed. I think...lemme check...



http://www.rickenbacker.com/images/4001C64S.jpg

http://www.rickenbacker.com/model.asp?model=4001C64S


OH YEAH...Lemmy and Chris Squire (yes, he already got one.)

They had sigs a while back, and they were supposed to be super heavy, but i dont mind that.
lowsound was talking about DFA 1979 bassist Jessie F. Keeler

[Potatoe]

jonh norwood fisher needs a warwick sig!!!!

fishbone ftw

[Mailman]

tho timmy c would never go for it. the guy from muse, don't remember his name tho

lowsound
guy from muse? What has he done? Hysteria, and that's it. WTF does he deserve a signature for?

I think a Jamerson sig Precision would be good, and maybe a John Paul Jones sig J. Don't know what would be special about it though.

[Mailman]

maybe in 5 or 10 years when the band is bigger

lowsound
and you suggested muse? You don't even know his name. How can you possibly suggest a sig bass?

[hedgefudge420]

i bet a majority of people dont even know who played bass for nirvana.



but if he did have a sig, youd have to hit yourself in the head with it.

heheh....yeh i saw that video of him throwin the bass in the air and it falling on him.....he is in Washington politics or something now...that not DC...thats the state.

[:amaze:]

and you suggested muse? You don't even know his name. How can you possibly suggest a sig bass?


because he's good ... obviously. :rolleyes:




:amaze:

[Your Tourniquet]

Hunter (AFI)- Some sorta jazz bass
Jerry Only- Mass-produce the Devastator and I'd buy one!

[Mailman]

because he's good ... obviously. :rolleyes:




:amaze:
:rofl:

[TheMachineRagesOn]

Mark Hoppus sig bass = marketing ploy



Ryno with his own sig warwick would be hella cool but how do you imrove a warwick?


Frank Bello (anthrax) has a new sig fender too, has anyone heard or played this, its called the angry man, just a pj config, and i think it only has 2 controls (wtf)

[Esp Griffyn]

That wasn't necessary in the slightest...

Anyway, I'd have to go with Ryan Martinie, Rex Brown, and Roger Waters.

Rex Brown had a 5 string Spector Signature.

This is my list

Ryan Martinie - Warwick thumb 6 string with Martinies spin on it
jean Baudin - Conklin GT style 9 string

[kev_trb1006]

hmm can't really think of anyone apart from Adam Clayton

[rik]

Steve Digiorio. Unless that green 6 string fretless is his sig?

[Chris K]

really?

In that case, Brian Bromberg.


he already has one...Peavey don't make it anymore, so now he gets the shape custom made...

But here are some of the Peavey basses...


The Peavey models often featured graphite necks, in a composite style that has led people to mistake them for Modulus basses, Piezos and a stereo/mono swtich. Check the used section on basscentral if you want to see the back of the neck, since I can't post pics of it.

http://brianbromberg.net/images/basses/BRIANBASS17.jpg
http://brianbromberg.net/images/basses/BRIANBASS09.jpg

I'm not sure if he still uses them (i'll need to check) but he has also had Dean make him a Signature model.

http://brianbromberg.net/images/basses/BRIANBASS03.jpg

[muthafunkabass]

ewwww....

[Jody LeCompte]

guy from muse? What has he done? Hysteria, and that's it. WTF does he deserve a signature for?

I think a Jamerson sig Precision would be good, and maybe a John Paul Jones sig J. Don't know what would be special about it though.
Um

Hysteria was good, but theres 5 or 6 albums somewhere along the road...

The Jaqstang is availablea at most fender dealers...I doubt a custom shop model would be mass produced.

[d-basser]

timmy C sig wouldn't happen cos as soon as you got it he'd come round an kill you so no one copied his 'secret tone'.
i quite like Krist's playing with nirvana, nothing fancy but that is no sin. anyone else see the pic of him playing a Warwick Dolphin bass for some of their final recordings, that seemed a bit unusual to me as it aint his normal type of bass. any hoo. .
I'd love to get a Les Claypool one that'd be gr8

[bottlerocket]

Matt rubano (Taking back sunday) should get one, for being so awesome in an emo band...

They're not emo. They're pop-punk

Good emo bassist = Saetia

http://www.myspace.com/saetia

Dirk Lance desereves one, since he's so famous.

-Gav

[kev_trb1006]

Dirk Lance desereves one, since he's so famous.

-Gav

I agree he deserves one, but not because he's so famous because that would justify Mark Hoppus having a sig bass.... where as it really doesn't. Lance should get one purely because he's **** awesome :thumb:

[Sade]

Roland Deschain, son of Steven, of Gilead that was.

[Low_End_Communications]

Conklin should bring back the GT series and produce 6-9 strings, available fretted and fretless.

I already discussed the Ryan M. sig Warwick. It'd basically be a Thumb, but with the gloss black finish of his bass, string GCGCF from factory, with an Aguilar 2-band, 18-volt preamp. And it'd come with a dbx compressor like the ones he uses.

[Low_End_Communications]

Oh, and a Tony Levin sig would be cool, but if it were a realy MusicMan and not just an OLP like the one they have now.

Steve Digiorgio sig from ESP (a metallic green fretless 5 string in the F-series shape).

[fatbandit]

Does Dave Ellefson already have a 5 string Modulus sig, or is it my imagination?

:smash:

[Mr. JazzMaster]

Matt rubano (Taking back sunday) should get one, for being so awesome in an emo band...

He used a Marcus miller 5 string on "where you want to be" so technically he already uses a sig.

Speaking of Rubano holy ****! He used all these different bass amps and basses for recording the new album among then some 8 string bass.

[Jody LeCompte]

Sade, been on a power metal binge, have you?

[bottlerocket]

I agree he deserves one, but not because he's so famous because that would justify Mark Hoppus having a sig bass.... where as it really doesn't. Lance should get one purely because he's **** awesome :thumb:

Hoppus deserves one because he inspired thousands, and will inspire millions, of young kids to play bass by showing them how fun it is.

If inspiring a generation is not grounds to bestow a sig bass upon someone, the system is extremely flawed.

-Gav

[bottlerocket]

He used a Marcus miller 5 string on "where you want to be" so technically he already uses a sig.

Speaking of Rubano holy ****! He used all these different bass amps and basses for recording the new album among then some 8 string bass.

He's used that sig for almost all his gigs, and yeah, I told you guys he was amazing.

-Gav

[katana_manatee]

i know i know....but for real...there needs to be a Krist Noveselik or Novasellik or what ever bass.....he isnt an amazing bassist...but why should Kurt get all the crap made for him and Krist not???

Because Kurt was becoming an icon and Krist was not. It is rare for a player to be given a signature unless they are really pushing the boundaries or are extremely popular. But anyway, had the band continued to this day he might have got one, but for a band that had only been truly caught in the public eye for about four years it is doubtful that Krist would have got one.

[kev_trb1006]

Hoppus deserves one because he inspired thousands, and will inspire millions, of young kids to play bass by showing them how fun it is.

If inspiring a generation is not grounds to bestow a sig bass upon someone, the system is extremely flawed.

-Gav

He inspires kids to do stuff which involves no talent. Serious inspiration would be bass players like Bill Wyman, John Entwistle, Paul McCartney, or people like Nathan East and Marcus Miller, James Jamerson. Ok they might be more complex players, but take Adam Clayton for eg still plays basic stuff but at least U2 is more thoughtful, intelligent music. Blink 182 is for 13 year old kids who don't wash or brush their teeth and dont understand decent song writing. They need to discover bob dylan.

[Mr. Pickle]

matt sharp should have his own jazz/'51 combo bass made into a sig.

[Jody LeCompte]

He inspires kids to do stuff which involves no talent. Serious inspiration would be bass players like Bill Wyman, John Entwistle, Paul McCartney, or people like Nathan East and Marcus Miller, James Jamerson. Ok they might be more complex players, but take Adam Clayton for eg still plays basic stuff but at least U2 is more thoughtful, intelligent music. Blink 182 is for 13 year old kids who don't wash or brush their teeth and dont understand decent song writing. They need to discover bob dylan.
Most of the members here were into Hoppus before any of those people you mentioned. Inspiration doesnt equal talent.

[kev_trb1006]

Most of the members here were into Hoppus before any of those people you mentioned. Inspiration doesnt equal talent.

but im sure if it weren't for you people being inspired by good players, you'd still be playing crappy pop-punk music

[katana_manatee]

He inspires kids to do stuff which involves no talent. Serious inspiration would be bass players like Bill Wyman, John Entwistle, Paul McCartney, or people like Nathan East and Marcus Miller, James Jamerson. Ok they might be more complex players, but take Adam Clayton for eg still plays basic stuff but at least U2 is more thoughtful, intelligent music. Blink 182 is for 13 year old kids who don't wash or brush their teeth and dont understand decent song writing. They need to discover bob dylan.


Why have such a snobby view about it? Music is music, just because it is not particularly adult or is aimed at teens, what is the problem? I think they have written some very memorable tunes, although I don't particularly like them. Hoppus has a lot of charisma, and fans are attracted to him more as a person than a musician.

The fact that he is jumping around with a bass having a good time inspires kids to pick up the bass and do it themselves, which can't be a bad thing can it? Besides, most of these kids will move on from that style of music but still carry their bass through their musical change and be glad they play it.

[Jody LeCompte]

but im sure if it weren't for you people being inspired by good players, you'd still be playing crappy pop-punk music
I think of it this way. Even if your inspired to play by Hoppus, your not going to pick straight chord progressions forever. Eventually your going to figure something out...

Hoppus fans will also hear bass from other bands they want to learn.

[Deacy]

I think of it this way. Even if your inspired to play by Hoppus, your not going to pick straight chord progressions forever. Eventually your going to figure something out...

Hoppus fans will also hear bass from other bands they want to learn.
Well...Hoppus must have been inspired by at least one person and he still picks straight chord progressions...

[katana_manatee]

Well...Hoppus must have been inspired by at least one person and he still picks straight chord progressions...

And so what if someone did? What is the harm? At least they are enjoying themselves. Just because it is basic bass it shouldn't be frowned on. I'm sick of all this ****ing elitism that exists in the music world.

Btw this isn't an attack on you Deacy, I know you are simply pointing out that not everyone moves on but a lot of people would jump on that like it is a terrible thing and I am just showing my view on those circumstances.

[PaulR]

4 pages and only one person has said "Me, because I'm cool".

I'm shocked, where are all the morons today?

[Specialsauce]

i think the guy from rancid could have a sig.... (dont flame).... hes very underrated.... although you can get his tone through aloat of p-basses, and it isnt a very unique sound.... i dont know.... maybe i dont know anything and im talking out my ***


and there WILL be at least one person to reply and quote 'maybe i dont know anything and im talking out my ***' and say 'ill go with that'. its just a necessary thing.

[tim_commerfordism]

4 pages and only one person has said "Me, because I'm cool".

I'm shocked, where are all the morons today?

:lol:

A Timmy C sig would own, but he would never do it.
I dont really know who needs one atm.

[Akira]

He inspires kids to do stuff which involves no talent. Serious inspiration would be bass players like Bill Wyman, John Entwistle, Paul McCartney, or people like Nathan East and Marcus Miller, James Jamerson. Ok they might be more complex players, but take Adam Clayton for eg still plays basic stuff but at least U2 is more thoughtful, intelligent music. Blink 182 is for 13 year old kids who don't wash or brush their teeth and dont understand decent song writing. They need to discover bob dylan.
Dude, just no. Every thought people change? People grow up? The first songs I learned on bass were Carousel (intro only) and 1985. Do you think that is all I play? No. I started like that, then a grew and changed. Now I still play simply pop-punk in band situations, but I have moved on in terms of idols. My idols might have been people like Hoppus at one time, now they are people like Baudin or Wooten or Miller.

So please, cut the pretentious crap.

[:amaze:]

He inspires kids to do stuff which involves no talent. Serious inspiration would be bass players like Bill Wyman, John Entwistle, Paul McCartney, or people like Nathan East and Marcus Miller, James Jamerson. Ok they might be more complex players, but take Adam Clayton for eg still plays basic stuff but at least U2 is more thoughtful, intelligent music. Blink 182 is for 13 year old kids who don't wash or brush their teeth and dont understand decent song writing. They need to discover bob dylan.


Obvuously blink182 knows something about decent songwriting. and you'll never get anywhere with your head so far up your *** as it was when you typed that post.




:amaze:

[bottlerocket]

Thanks to the guys who backed up my position.

This forum is getting snobbier by the day. :rolleyes:

-Gav

[:amaze:]

Thanks to the guys who backed up my position.

This forum is getting snobbier by the day. :rolleyes:

-Gav


i just hope that it doesnt turn into another talkbass.




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[katana_manatee]

Thanks to the guys who backed up my position.

This forum is getting snobbier by the day. :rolleyes:

-Gav

Yeah... Elitism should have no place in music.

[Akira]

Thanks to the guys who backed up my position.

This forum is getting snobbier by the day. :rolleyes:

-Gav
I don't know if this just because I was new and stupid, but the forums seemed much more elitist when I first came across these forums. At that point it seemed that anyone who mentioned anything related to pop-punk was annihilated.

[:amaze:]

I don't know if this just because I was new and stupid, but the forums seemed much more elitist when I first came across these forums. At that point it seemed that anyone who mentioned anything related to pop-punk was annihilated.


I guess it just depends who is around when you say it.




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[Pinhead13]

Dude, just no. Every thought people change? People grow up? The first songs I learned on bass were Carousel (intro only) and 1985. Do you think that is all I play? No. I started like that, then a grew and changed. Now I still play simply pop-punk in band situations, but I have moved on in terms of idols. My idols might have been people like Hoppus at one time, now they are people like Baudin or Wooten or Miller.

So please, cut the pretentious crap.


I'm not fan of Hoppus' music but I like to play the intro of that song with a wah. I envy everyone that owns a Geddy Lee sig, saw one sometime ago but it was worth $900.00 :(.

[Akira]

I guess it just depends who is around when you say it.




:amaze:
Probably.
Music is about comradery, not elitism. Just because someone doesn't play percussive harmonic DT/tap polyrhythms on a 34 string bass at 700 bpm in 74/61.4 time does not make that person any less of a human being.

[Ian]

Tim C would NEVER do a Fender sig. Just... no, you're an idiot to suggest it.


I was just using that as an "I wish" example to get the thread started. So dont call me an idiot you dick. You'll notice how I stated in my post that he wouldnt go for it anyway.

[Luchesi]

Mike Gordan from Phish?

[Chris K]

i just hope that it doesnt turn into another talkbass.


yeah, god forbid this place ever gets that good.

[Low_End_Communications]

I was just using that as an "I wish" example to get the thread started. So dont call me an idiot you dick. You'll notice how I stated in my post that he wouldnt go for it anyway.

I don't think defending by calling me a dick was a good plan, but it doesn't really bother me. My calling you an idiot was out of place, but trying to defend yourself with slanderous comments just isn't right.

As for the Hoppus debate... he doesn't deserve a sig on his technical prowess. As for inspiration, sure. Tons of kids started playing cuz of him. And hey, that's cool. There are tons of inspirational players out there, but I guess someone could argue both sides. But hey, it's a way for Fender to make money.

Just like $3000 'relic' Jaco signatures, and 'relic'd' basses. Don't get me started there. I think Gav can quote me on what I think about the Jaco sig.

A Geezer Butler sig would rule.

[:amaze:]

yeah, god forbid this place ever gets that good.

that place is so stale ... MX has much better character.




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[muthafunkabass]

Probably.
Music is about comradery, not elitism. Just because someone doesn't play percussive harmonic DT/tap polyrhythms on a 34 string bass at 700 bpm in 74/61.4 time does not make that person any less of a human being.
ha! 34 strings? thats nothin. what a puss.:)

[Mr. Pickle]

guy from muse? What has he done? Hysteria, and that's it. WTF does he deserve a signature for?

watch some of their live stuff before you make an ignorant statement like that. also, theres more to getting a sig bass then their playing skills...

[The Maggot]

steve digiorgio needs a sig, that guy is one nasty bass player

[Sade]

MX has character?

Never.

I still say Roland Deschain.