Bass Forum Fads

[Akira]

I couldn't find an old thread like this, so I made a new one. Let's discuss various fads that have come over the forum. For instance, there was a period where everyone was convinced they were going to save up and get a Ritter. Now they are hardly ever mentioned. Similer fads ha ve occured with ERBs and fretlesses.

So how about discussing fads you remember.

[ebe9]

Extended range basses seem to be a pretty constant fad.


EDIT: I see you mentioned that already.

[Akira]

Well sometimes it is moreso than others. Sixers are big now, but for a while people really liked 7+.

[bottlerocket]

I remember the "if you can't slap, you can't play bass" fad.

I remember the "if you can't tap, you can't play bass" fad.

I remember the Schecter fad.

I remember the Sade fan boy fad.

I remember the Warwick fad.

I remember the "the mods all suck" fad.

I remember lots of fads.

-Gav

[PaulSimonon]

I remember the "if you can't slap, you can't play bass" fad.

I remember the "if you can't tap, you can't play bass" fad.

I remember the Schecter fad.

I remember the Sade fan boy fad.

I remember the Warwick fad.

I remember the "the mods all suck" fad.

I remember lots of fads.

-Gav
You had your own little fad going on for awhile.

[bottlerocket]

Nah, it wasn't a "Gavin fad," it was a "I want GPs because I think they're actually worth something" fad. No one actually liked me. :lol:

-Gav

[PaulSimonon]

But... but... it was the cool thing to do!

[bottlerocket]

Yeah, hence it was a fad. :lol:

There was the "Everyone wishes they were in Team Lightning" fad.

*clap*

-Gav

[PaulSimonon]

*clap*


And after that it was the "We're from the UK and we think our group is better than Team Lightning even though it's not" fad.

[bottlerocket]

Yeah, that fad sucked.

Team Lightning >>>> Team Sober

We'll fight you.

-Gav

[naut]

I remember the "the mods all suck" fad.

um, that's still quite prominent LOMYALE.

seriously though, in regard to what you stated about slapping and tapping...like you said, once, those techniques were praised. now it seems like if you do either, you're a show-off wanker with no musical direction.

an exaggeration of my observations, of course, but i still see that mentality exhibited frequently.

[Untitled]

The multipul Pinapple Crew thing fads :lol:

they was great.

[Wintermute]

The Fretless Fad was a good one. It should have stayed. There aren't enough fretless players in this world...

I picked one up about a year and a half ago, and now I barely touch my other basses.

[bottlerocket]

um, that's still quite prominent LOMYALE.

seriously though, in regard to what you stated about slapping and tapping...like you said, once, those techniques were praised. now it seems like if you do either, you're a show-off wanker with no musical direction.

an exaggeration of my observations, of course, but i still see that mentality exhibited frequently.

Yeah, it is, but not in here. I must admit, I found it very funny/ironic that within my first 3 months of being a mod I had people calling for my blood and asking for me to resign and stop posting on the forum...now, in the awards thread, I'm winning the "favorite mod" section and I'm a lot of people's fav. overall MXer.

I agree with that. Now it seems that fingerstyle grooving is the fad because it's simple and not overly technical (or at least doesn't appear to be at first glance when, in reality, it is).

-Gav

[BassVirtuoso]

The pineapple fad.

[AlmightyPancake]

I miss the Winters fad. For like, two award threads in a row, the Scarab was one of the most desired basses by other users.

[BassIsPrettyCool]

Picks vs fingers used to be a ridiculously over talked about subject.

[British Kid]

i remember the Gav points fad....

i'm gonna predict that there's gonna be a fad for, "boo ____ (insert company name, username, technique name, etc), hooray beer! (insert Red Stripe pic here)"

[HaVIC5]

The pineapple fad.
Both comings of the pineapple fad.

The "comic book" fad was a personal favorite of mine.

[neatobassman]

Scooped Mids

Boosted Mids

SWR

2x12

Fretless

Adding Pickups

X Factors

Tenor Tuning

NO PICKING!!!!!!

[bottlerocket]

Hahaha, I remember the tenor tuning...

"I have a 5 string tuned EADGC and..."

-Gav

[neatobassman]

Scooped Mids

Boosted Mids

SWR

2x12

Fretless

Adding Pickups

X Factors

Tenor Tuning

NO PICKING!!!!!!

just so my list isn't lost at the bottom of the first page

[naut]

the "hey take my advice although i really don't know **** about what i'm talking about, i'm really just reiterating a warped version of what someone else said" fad.

wait...that's still going strong...

[BassIsPrettyCool]

^That's me so badly.

[kev_trb1006]

um, that's still quite prominent LOMYALE.

seriously though, in regard to what you stated about slapping and tapping...like you said, once, those techniques were praised. now it seems like if you do either, you're a show-off wanker with no musical direction.

an exaggeration of my observations, of course, but i still see that mentality exhibited frequently.

Yeh I'm getting that vibe a lot some times...

And the GP fad... this is my 1,268th post, and I still haven't got even 1GP :upset:

[nicatterberry]

i remember the Gav points fad....

i'm gonna predict that there's gonna be a fad for, "boo ____ (insert company name, username, technique name, etc), hooray beer! (insert Red Stripe pic here)"


We all know who the mastermind behind that is...

[neatobassman]

Yeh I'm getting that vibe a lot some times...

And the GP fad... this is my 1,268th post, and I still haven't got even 1GP :upset:

I never got a GP until like a couple months ago, and look how long I've been here

[bottlerocket]

I should start giving out GPs more liberally. I haven't given out much lately.

-Gav

[Efrim]

Overrated Jaco/Wooten fad.
Short, but I remember it.

And pogs. Remember those?

[BassVirtuoso]

I should start giving out GPs more liberally. I haven't given out much lately.

-Gav

Bah, Liberals.

[Radiobass81]

Oh god, I HATED the 2x12 fad.

And the "BFAG is funny because he spams and is a worthless poster" fad.

The "Tommy the Cat/Primus" fad, "Ampeg" fad, "Sade for mod", "Cods for mod", "Cliff Burton is worthless", "Hoppus should die"... I've either hated or heavily disliked most fads in the bass forum.

[bottlerocket]

Bah, Liberals.

I'm liberal, hush. We own you.

Oh god, I HATED the 2x12 fad.

And the "BFAG is funny because he spams and is a worthless poster" fad.

The "Tommy the Cat/Primus" fad, "Ampeg" fad, "Sade for mod", "Cods for mod", "Cliff Burton is worthless", "Hoppus should die"... I've either hated or heavily disliked most fads in the bass forum.

Why did you hate Miles? I LOVED Miles. He owned so hard.

The Primus and Ampeg fads were harmless.

The fad I hated most was the Sade fad. He was worthless yet so many people on here LOVED him. I won't mention names, but it was pathetic, really.

-Gav

[Radiobass81]

The Sade fad I didn't hate, although I thought it was incredibly stupid. I almost left the forums on the Sade for Mod, though.

Miles... It was only Zender and me that found him annoying, worthless, and I hated the fact that everyone loved his spamming. Same with Pukeboy. Good grief...

Oh god... The Steve Harris craze, THAT was horrible.

The MIJ Fenders > MIA Fenders craze...

Precisions are crap fad... I hated that.

For the fad that was here when I joined, "Fenders are the suxxors, but I lurv and luff* my Ibanez, Alembic quality for $100! Go GSR100".

*Whoever gets the Lurv and Luff reference gets 5 Radio points, the evil twins if Gav points, starting now.

Remeber the week-long signature thread I started? There wasn't many of us, but I once started putting a signature, with a different quote each day at the bottom of every post, and I think a few MXers had followed, but I don't recall.

[naut]

The fad I hated most was the Sade fad. He was worthless yet so many people on here LOVED him. I won't mention names, but it was pathetic, really.

-Gav

man, you liked him at one point too.:lol:

i didn't like Sade much when i first came across him, but that was short-lived. he's one of the most intellectual, talented, and utterly creative users to have ever been a member here. this forum just couldn't handle his views, perspectives, or humor.

on a side note, the "i love Sade" fad can only be attributed to the fact that most people, while fearing his "wrath," figured if they'd suck his dick, he'd like them. which of course wasn't the case. regardless of how nice you act to him, it doesn't mean he's not gonna call you out when you're being dipshit.

[neatobassman]

The fad I hated most was the Sade fad. He was worthless yet so many people on here LOVED him. I won't mention names, but it was pathetic, really.

-Gav

fa sho, sade is a douche

[AlmightyPancake]

We should start an I <3 Pancake's Rig+Scarab fad.


Eh?

Eh?









:upset:

[Radiobass81]

"Mike Dirn is the best bassist because he doesn't overplay (which has nothing to do with the fact that he couldn't if he wanted to)" fad.

Metallica sucks

Heavy metal is the only good genre

Justin Chancellor is god

Matt Freeman is god

Spinal Tap is so hilarious I won't stop mentioning it in every post fad

I want a very long user title fad.

Let's all imitate new people online by saying UBEr, ROXXORS, 3l33t, etc, as much as we can.

Let's make the Casual a spamming community.

Let's hate Fenders because Squiers are bad.

Let's hate Deans becayse their begginer basses are bad.

Let us call any tone with a good amount of bass muddy (Precision basses, mainly)

etc.

[bottlerocket]

^ I never said I didn't dislike him back in the day. I used to think he was actually a good poster because he went through spurts of good posting (briefly).

This forum couldn't handle him because there's immature people that post here. He also clearly broke many many rules.

ITT: Radio vents.

I didn't know you hated pukeboy, Jorge. I know he spams but he's a good guy and he only really does it in the community thread...

-Gav

[neatobassman]

ha ha, I remember when me and Pancake were racing to get to 3,000 posts or was it 2,000?

Another Fad.....Always trying to get to like 4,000 or 11,000 posts

[Radiobass81]

man, you liked him at one point too.:lol:

i didn't like Sade much when i first came across him, but that was short-lived. he's one of the most intellectual, talented, and utterly creative users to have ever been a member here. this forum just couldn't handle his views, perspectives, or humor.

on a side note, the "i love Sade" fad can only be attributed to the fact that most people, while fearing his "wrath," figured if they'd suck his dick, he'd like them. which of course wasn't the case. regardless of how nice you act to him, it doesn't mean he's not gonna call you out when you're being dipshit.
Sade was a horrible poster at first. All the way through the "Gav is a new mod" period as well. After he got banned the two-thousandth time, then he lightened up, but every once in a while he made another comment (anyone remember the cancer comment).

But really, he is a great guy. I talk to him on AIM all the time. Horrible poster, great guy.

E-Pizza Hut club <3.

[Radiobass81]

^ I never said I didn't dislike him back in the day. I used to think he was actually a good poster because he went through spurts of good posting (briefly).

This forum couldn't handle him because there's immature people that post here. He also clearly broke many many rules.

ITT: Radio vents.

I didn't know you hated pukeboy, Jorge. I know he spams but he's a good guy and he only really does it in the community thread...

-Gav
I hated pukeboy up until his 2,000th post, or whatever it was, where he actually decided to STOP spamming.

EDIT: Yeah, not a fan of spam. :(

[bottlerocket]

I still lol when there were threads made asking me to step down as mod and leave the forum because I was a "horrible mod." I didn't change my technique at all when, suddenly, about a year later, I'm an awesome mod.

The public is so fickle.

By the way, don't think I forget who didn't want me as mod in the first place. I still remember all of 'em...

-Gav

[Radiobass81]

I stepped down because I thought I was a horrible mod, and so did some people (Raiven... :().

[nicatterberry]

I still lol when there were threads made asking me to step down as mod and leave the forum because I was a "horrible mod." I didn't change my technique at all when, suddenly, about a year later, I'm an awesome mod.

The public is so fickle.

By the way, don't think I forget who didn't want me as mod in the first place. I still remember all of 'em...

-Gav


If that was me, my bad.

[neatobassman]

The hate pop-punk fad and then the hate emo fad were funny too.

[bottlerocket]

Pop-punk rules.

None of you know what real emo is so stop trying.

-Gav

[neatobassman]

Pop-punk rules.

None of you know what real emo is so stop trying.

-Gav

that's what I'm saying. I used to be like that, but than one day I said "why hate any form of music, there are always exceptions"

Plus...scene girls are hot.

[Misanthropic]

When I just became a "regular" here (I view these forums daily, don't post that much), I remeber seeing a "sade for mod" thread in which he slagged off all mods. I thought there were huge fights and stuff going on in here when it really was just one user...

[Mr. Pickle]

Let's all imitate new people online by saying UBEr, ROXXORS, 3l33t, etc, as much as we can.


that still happens and it's still really ****ing lame. even when it's meant to be funny or something, it's still really lame.


with the exception of uber, thats a good word.

[Efrim]

Pop-punk rules.

None of you know what real emo is so stop trying.

-Gav


Try me.

[bottlerocket]

^ You, Phil, Jarred, Doug (trumpeter), fathergoat (wherever he's been at), and I think sr800bk are the only ones that actually know what emo is.

The rest...:lol:

-Gav

[EADG]

How have we not mentioned the Maxwell Murder fad? Ugh


Also, the most annoying recently:


I heard Fender's have loose B's

Should I get a Schecter? (what a stupid question, of course you should.)

ERB's have too many strings, no one uses them all.

My Ampeg has white noise (O RLY?)

People bashing JP

Theory is useless (thanks a lot, Sade)

[Efrim]

I have worse problems....people who aren't even aware of the genre existing, but still call people "a emo"

Chuckle.

[bottlerocket]

How have we not mentioned the Maxwell Murder fad? Ugh


Also, the most annoying recently:


I heard Fender's have loose B's

Should I get a Schecter? (what a stupid question, of course you should.)

ERB's have too many strings, no one uses them all.

My Ampeg has white noise (O RLY?)

People bashing JP

Theory is useless (thanks a lot, Sade)

I still think Fenders DO have loose Bs. I've PLAYED MANY THAT HAVE. :lol:

lol @ "Should I get a Schecter" and "Ampeg is white noise."

-Gav

[British Kid]

^ You, Phil, Jarred, Doug (trumpeter), fathergoat (wherever he's been at), and I think sr800bk are the only ones that actually know what emo is.

The rest...:lol:

-Gav
that's untrue. i know what real emo is and listen to it on a daily basis. and no, i don't mean TBS. :lol:

[Radiobass81]

that still happens and it's still really ****ing lame. even when it's meant to be funny or something, it's still really lame.


with the exception of uber, thats a good word.
Yeah, that made me stop going to the Casual for so long...

Oh, this is another fad that made me mad.

The "I don't know anything about what you're talking about in this thread, but just wait for Edge to answer your question" fad. The fact that people actually posted "I don't really know, but wait for edge" repulses me.

[Radiobass81]

"I'm not a bassist, I'm a musician who just happens to play bass" (Josh...)

"I'm a better player because I'm faster than you, and can use THREE FINGERS"

[neatobassman]

I'm a better bassist because I can play bass 500 different ways (but suck at 499 of them)

[Mr. Pickle]

Oh, this is another fad that made me mad.

The "I don't know anything about what you're talking about in this thread, but just wait for Edge to answer your question" fad. The fact that people actually posted "I don't really know, but wait for edge" repulses me.


exactly.

"turns on edge spotlight."

[Radiobass81]

"I can play Classical Thumb, so I'm a good player"

"Classical Thumb, Classical Thumb, Classical Thumb!"

"HaVic is god"

"I've got stars under my name, so I'm cool"

[Misanthropic]

Haha. So true.

[trumpeter]

Wasn't there a huge spector fad?


OOOOH!


WHAT ABOUT YO-YOs


Wait, that wasn't on the forum, was it?

[Radiobass81]

"Bartolinis are the best pickups ever" craze is annoying as well. Jake and Jaco Jr. brought that up, and now, even Jake isn't a fan of them.

Oh, oh, the one that hurt me the most!

"Let's say RondoMusic has basses that are pro-quality, but let's stop RIGHT AFTER someone on MX buys them, and realizes they are actually crap, and everyone who loves them (the people talking) has never played one"

[Efrim]

Wasn't there a huge spector fad?


OOOOH!


WHAT ABOUT YO-YOs


Wait, that wasn't on the forum, was it?


I already brought up pogs, so don't worry about metioning them.

[Mr. Pickle]

"HaVic is god"

"I've got stars under my name, so I'm cool"


where these two before my time, or did i just miss them?

[neatobassman]

where these two before my time, or did i just miss them?

before your time

[neatobassman]

noobs suck so bash them fad

[Radiobass81]

where these two before my time, or did i just miss them?
The first one was before your time. I don't remember when rep was here originally, but the other one concerns rep; when you got to a certain number, you got stars, and people just went in the Casual, repped each other, and got the stars.

[Radiobass81]

"Stingrays are overrated, and only work for slap".

I used to be in that one, sadly. How ironic.

[Radiobass81]

The maple fretboard fad...

The Geddy sig fad

I'm running out

[Jimbobntnr]

(anyone remember the cancer comment).

yeah, i said my mother died of cancer, which she didn't - she's still alive and never was a cancer victim. Sade made a joke about it, and then all hell broke loose.

my favorite fad was the "I'm going to tear up my fingerboard by removing all the frets with a chainsaw and then post some really funny pics of it" fad.

and the short lived Bob for Mod craze. It sounds like a party game.

[Jamie]

Ohhhh! Gav Team Sober *FUB* could wipe the floor with Team Lightning *clap* :cool: We have knives!

And yes Gav, I think we all got the idea that no one except a few people on the forum knows what real emo is! That just puts us who are still learning down! :rolleyes:

The GIVE ME REP fad.

The GIVE ME REP AND I'LL GIVE YOU REP fad

The OMG, Fieldy suckz so badly!! fad

The Flea is t3h greatest fad

The Pah, I can play maxwell murder perfectly.. I just don't want to record it! fad

THE LEAVING FAD!!!! We had atleast 5-7 people make leaving threads.. and guess what? They all came back!

[Jamie]

Yim Jam fad!! There was a time a while ago when it was reeeeally popular and there was big jams going on for long times every night :)

[AlmightyPancake]

^ You, Phil, Jarred, Doug (trumpeter), fathergoat (wherever he's been at), and I think sr800bk are the only ones that actually know what emo is.

The rest...:lol:

-Gav
>_<


Just because I don't LISTEN to it doesn't mean I don't KNOW.

[Killer Fridge]

Im suprised this hasnt been mentioned yet

The "This forum isnt the way it used to be - lets all complain how it used to be better and all the n00bs suck" fads. Every week there was a new thread about how the forums sucks because the "veterens" were becoming less.

[naut]

cods for mod!!!

[Radiobass81]

Killer: It wasn't a fad, it was reality.

Super: Mentioned.

[naut]

Im suprised this hasnt been mentioned yet

The "This forum isnt the way it used to be - lets all complain how it used to be better and all the n00bs suck" fads. Every week there was a new thread about how the forums sucks because the "veterens" were becoming less.

ah yes, forgot about that one. funny thing is...the majority of people who made those threads had been members for less then a year, so they didn't even know what the hell they were talking about.

[e p]

it may not necessarily be a fad, but this forum seems to be obsessed with the word groove, which is most likely the lamest word in existence.

[Radiobass81]

Oh, there was a groove fad. Horrible, horrible fad.

[naut]

Super: Mentioned.

where?

:-/

[Radiobass81]

I did, somewhere. In one of my bigger posts here, same post as Sade For Mod.


EDIT: While we're here, what the hell is LOMYALE? I could never figure it out, haha.

[naut]

it may not necessarily be a fad, but this forum seems to be obsessed with the word groove, which is most likely the lamest word in existence.

oh dear god YES.

[katana_manatee]

The "I can't play much so I play with feel" fad.

[naut]

I did, somewhere. In one of my bigger posts here, same post as Sade For Mod.

still didn't see it. *shrug*

EDIT: While we're here, what the hell is LOMYALE? I could never figure it out, haha.

AND YOU NEVER WILL. shfgjgdhjghfdhghsjtjkyLOMYALE.

[naut]

the "katana_manatee is a big ole faggot" fad.

[Killer Fridge]

Radio, can I point you to a thread in 2005, where you asked Naut the exact same question, and you got an answer? (admittadly it was from phil, but thats not the point)

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=366883&styleid=18

*has a really good mind for stupid things, but never anything of use*

[Radiobass81]

still didn't see it. *shrug*
*ahem*...

Post didn't show up. Must've been the one I was typing when the power went out. Or, I'm hallucinating :upset:.

[katana_manatee]

The "supernaut_1 is an outlaw" fad.

[Radiobass81]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pheonetically

:upset:

[naut]

*ahem*...

Post didn't show up. Must've been the one I was typing when the power went out. Or, I'm hallucinating :upset:.

YAH SHURE THANG, YOU ****IN'---///---

/power failure

[BassIsPrettyCool]

^ You, Phil, Jarred, Doug (trumpeter), fathergoat (wherever he's been at), and I think sr800bk are the only ones that actually know what emo is.

The rest...:lol:

-Gav


I'm pretty sure I know what emo is...

[naut]

The "supernaut_1 is an outlaw" fad.

it's still sportin'. too sexy.

[naut]

I'm pretty sure I know what emo is...

i'm pretty sure after his infinite rants we ALL know what emo is.:amaze:

[Killer Fridge]

trnalsates pheonetically to "LMAO" = laughing my as.s off

He couldnt spell translates either

[naut]

it's not too accurate of a translation either.

[Son of Magni]

Overrated Jaco/Wooten fad.
Short, but I remember it.

And pogs. Remember those?
Hey, I still play pogs every day!

The Fretless Fad was a good one. It should have stayed. There aren't enough fretless players in this world...

I picked one up about a year and a half ago, and now I barely touch my other basses.
I've always kept a fretted bass around, "just in case...". Whenever I try playing it, I realize I can't. Fraking speed bumps:p

[The Forgotten Bassist]

I still lol when there were threads made asking me to step down as mod and leave the forum because I was a "horrible mod." I didn't change my technique at all when, suddenly, about a year later, I'm an awesome mod.

The public is so fickle.

By the way, don't think I forget who didn't want me as mod in the first place. I still remember all of 'em...

-Gav

Iremember I went AWOL for about a couple of months, that was the time when you became a mod. Then I came back on and there was the whole "Gav is gay", "Giv should step down" etc etc and I was seriously confused as to why everyone was like this. I can't even remember one person who had problems with you. but since I tend to forgive and forget on internet forums I don't think it matter anyway.

[BassIsPrettyCool]

One time I played pogs for keeps with my friend and I won all his pogs and he cried and had his mom write me a note telling him to give him his pogs back.

[Son of Magni]

One time I played pogs for keeps with my friend and I won all his pogs and he cried and had his mom write me a note telling him to give him his pogs back.
What's the most you ever paid for a 'slammer'?

I can't remember, is that what it was called?

[BassIsPrettyCool]

Haha, yeah, it's called a slammer. I'm not sure, I haven't played since I was a kid but I used to love them so probably a lot.

[AlmightyPancake]

The "Pancake is pregnant with Supernaut's Child" Fad. How annoying.

[Akira]

It wasn't a fad really, but does anyone else feel like this forum has started talking less and less about famous bassists? It seems like there was a time when people were constantly making threads about various famous bassists, and there aren't that many anymore.

[Jamie]

^^^ Yeah, it seems more gear based now


In the UK, we called slammers "metallys" the rather big metal ones which really hurt when you throw at people? ;) Yeah, pogs got banned kind of because of me unfortunately at my primary school! Someone nicked my whole collection from my bag, I told the Head and instead of investigating and getting them back for me she just banned it! Same happened with Pokemon cards. This younger kid got his stolen so it just got banned.

I remember in my playground people used to kind of rent themselves out to go and win pogs for them! (the people that had none) like at the start of the day someone would give them 5, then if by the end of the day they had 15, they'd be allowed to keep 5 of them :p haha)


ANYWAY..

[Son of Magni]

Haha, yeah, it's called a slammer. I'm not sure, I haven't played since I was a kid but I used to love them so probably a lot.
Good memory for an old timer, eh? I don't remember if I ever actually played it. It was my kids, but they were willing to spend every cent they could for maybe 6 months.

MTG was way better :smoke:

[BassIsPrettyCool]

Haha. Yeah, I used to have that pog-maker machine thing. I used to make pogs with my face on them, it was amazing.

[peeted]

the allways moaning about mark hoppus and feildy fad. were did that go?

[Akira]

Yeah, for a while it was cool to slag bassists like Hoppus, Dirnt, and Fieldy.

[peeted]

nah not dirnt, for some reason everyone bumed dirnt and raged on matt freeman. what the **** were you fools thinking!?!?!?!?!

[Jamie]

Haha. Yeah, I used to have that pog-maker machine thing. I used to make pogs with my face on them, it was amazing.


I remember having one of them and making pogs out of pictures from the Argos Catalogue :p "See! I have the electric razor pog! And the 60 minute bread maker pog! I rule you!"

:lol: The good old days...


Then there was the days with Pokemon cards. we'd take a permanant marker and get a crappy card like a charmander (yep, I can remember the names!) doodle on a weapon and a hat or something on the picture, add a few 0's to the HP, and add a few 0's to the attacks, then swap them to dumb little kids :D harsh I know..

[Son of Magni]

but MTG was really the climax of the card fads, no?

[HaVIC5]

but MTG was really the climax of the card fads, no?
It was the original, and therefore the best. I hated Pokemon, and hate this "Yu-Gi-Oh" monstrosity. They don't hold a candle to MTG.

[BassIsPrettyCool]

I remember having one of them and making pogs out of pictures from the Argos Catalogue :p "See! I have the electric razor pog! And the 60 minute bread maker pog! I rule you!"

:lol: The good old days...


Hahahahaha, "60 minute bread maker pog". That's one of the best things I have heard.

[Son of Magni]

It was the original, and therefore the best. I hated Pokemon, and hate this "Yu-Gi-Oh" monstrosity. They don't hold a candle to MTG.
I remember playing MTG with my kid and his friends for hours, me drinking beer and them drinking pepsi, into the wee hours of the morning. Many arguments ensued :) :) :)

what fun...

[AlmightyPancake]

I still play. I'm good enough to place in some of the local tournaments---it's easy, fun money and an all around good time.

[MyFriendOfMisery]

I remember playing MTG with my kid and his friends for hours, me drinking beer and them drinking pepsi, into the wee hours of the morning. Many arguments ensued :) :) :)

what fun...
That's awesome SoM.

That thread on page 5 contained posts by sade that wasn't flaming! I'm amazed. Sade was funny for a while, then he took it too far.

Gav I still haven't forgotten that comment you made about For Whom the bell Tolls in one of the threads I made. I think about it everytime you complaining about people dissing on your music.

[naut]

The "Pancake is pregnant with Supernaut's Child" Fad. How annoying.

ewwww!!!

[BassVirtuoso]

It was the original, and therefore the best. I hated Pokemon, and hate this "Yu-Gi-Oh" monstrosity. They don't hold a candle to MTG.

Dude, don't ever bash Yu-Gi-Oh again.

[Criss Frantic]

Seems like every second thread these days is a "New Amp, help?" thread, and there's been a lot of new gear whoring threads lately.

There was a fad for making a new "OFFICIAL!" bass forum picture thread every week a while back.

[trumpeter]

ITT: SoM shows his fatherly side.

[Mr. Pickle]

the ITT thing had been a recent trend.


kind of lame.

[NavyBass]

People bashing JP



Yea, what's up with that one?

My theory on it is that, given the average age of most people on the forum, some of them don't like having an older person around.

[User Name]

the ITT thing had been a recent trend.


kind of lame.
I think it came from the guitar forum. I agree, it sucks.

[NavyBass]

I'm like the only person who does that, and everyone else just did it to make fun of me.

What is the ITT thing?

[BassVirtuoso]

It's short for In This Thread.

[EADG]

Yea, what's up with that one?

My theory on it is that, given the average age of most people on the forum, some of them don't like having an older person around.


No one seems to have a problem with SoM or Edge though.

[Thonk]

No one seems to have a problem with SoM or Edge though.
:p Edge is in his 20's, I think.

That's not old.

[MyFriendOfMisery]

I think it was because a lot of people was praising JP for his great work and some people decided to go against JP to fight the majority and be cool.

[sr800bkBassist]

02:
-hating blink182, HUGE wars if anyone mentioned Hoppus
-nobody really talked about anyone but Claypool and Flea

03:
-everyone hating Hoppus STILL
-lots of Dream Theatre fanboys
-suddenly there were 17657678 threads on Jaco and Wooten
-everyone started slapping and obsessing over it
-cliff Burton WORSHIPPERS, EW they were annoying!
-lots of wars between people who loved and hated Nirvana

04:
-everyone was obsessed with tapping
-more Cliff Burton worshippers
-still lots of Primus, and lots of Wooten as well

05:
i was gone for most of this, 05 was when i had my busiest time with music and friends, so not much time for MX hahahaha. i assume there was a lot of MTVcore(not hardcore) like As I Lay Dying and stuff, because all that music skyrocketted in 05.

06:
-YOUTUBE YOUTUBE YOUTUBE. EVERYWHERE. ALL OVER MX. ALWAYS YOUTUBE THREADS! SO MANYYYY!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!
-people being a lot more level-headed, less obsessive for the most part because i think we wore out most of the worst fads, but the year isn't done yet! we may seem some new fads.

[BassIsPrettyCool]

I think it came from the guitar forum. I agree, it sucks.

I saw an abundence of the "ITT" thing in the Pit. I will also agree that it sucks.

[myles]

i remember the ITT thred fads
,the ATTN fads,
i remember the 'everybody calling eachother n00bs fads
of course the Mark Hoppus fads
thats all i can think of atm.

oo lets not forget the emo/scene/ pop punk fad :rolleyes:

[NavyBass]

No one seems to have a problem with SoM or Edge though.

This is true.

I guess if no one wants me around, then I'll leave.

I have noticed that it seems that more people seem to be bashing me lately. I can't figure out why.

Have I offended anyone here? Did I ever degrade anyone? As far as I know, I haven't. I've always been willing to help and answer peoples questions. If I did offend anyone or get a bit harsh with someone, I would usually apologize.

I've helped quite a few people on this forum when they would IM me and ask questions, and have made a few friends on here.

This isn't self pitty, just pointing out something I've noticed lately, since it was brought up.

Heck, I've survived 39 years without this forum, I'm sure I could survive at least another 39 years without it.

[BassIsPrettyCool]

I'm pretty sure no one has a problem with you or wants you to leave, I haven't noticed it at least.

[HaVIC5]

Dude, don't ever bash Yu-Gi-Oh again.
MTG>Yu-Gi-Oh by simple virtue of the fact that Yu-Gi-Oh is a steaming pile of horseshit and Magic the Gathering was, is, and forever will be the one true collectable card game.

[BassIsPrettyCool]

^:lol:

[BassVirtuoso]

MTG>Yu-Gi-Oh by simple virtue of the fact that Yu-Gi-Oh is a steaming pile of horseshit and Magic the Gathering was, is, and forever will be the one true collectable card game.

People fail to realize Yu-Gi-Oh is based on true events and MTG is just a game.

[HaVIC5]

People fail to realize Yu-Gi-Oh is based on true events and MTG is just a game.
People also fail to realize that those real life events on which Yu-Gi-Oh were based occured on April 25th, 1997, where a greasy, fat bald man named Tim was sodomized by a donkey.

[BassIsPrettyCool]

^:lol: :lol: :lol:

Edit: to Ignus'...you guys post fast.

[BassVirtuoso]

People also fail to realize that those real life events on which Yu-Gi-Oh were based occured on April 25th, 1997, where a greasy, fat bald man named Tim was sodomized by a donkey.

No no no, you see a few years ago YuGi Moto, young duelist, witnessed his grandfather absorbed by Pegasus. It is documented on the Tokyo news. He has video evidence of his travels through cyberspace, ancient egypt, and the future. It is also a well known fact that the cards DO have hearts and can come to life whenever they please.

[HaVIC5]

^:lol: :lol: :lol:

Edit: to Ignus'...you guys post fast.
No, you just don't click refresh fast enough.

[good rats]

CBF reading through the whole thread.

Remember when everyone said how easy Maxwell Murder was and no one could even came up with a recording of themselves playing it.

And..........remember the fad where everyone swapped avatars with other people, and I was a nub at the time and it confused the hell outta me.

And remember when....i got banned for posting 6000x6000px images.

And remember when...there were cocks and balls and chicks with dicks everywhere.

And remember when Squierbasser got banned for posting that nudez pic of me.

Good times...

[myles]

remember the whole "why was mx closed down fad ' OMG

[blizzard]

I remember when:

The Conklin GT7's were 'the' bass and you weren't a bass player without one.

The EMG's are the best pickups ever!!!! (really old like 2003)

The EMG's are the worst pickups ever!!!

The "emo" stage of the forums where everyone kept posting about how much they hate MX and how they are leaving for ever.

The OMFG have you heard Classical Thump? fad

[PainKiller8191]

There was a fad for making a new "OFFICIAL!" bass forum picture thread every week a while back.

I made one when there were 2 active ones already :lol:
I actually like gear whoring threads, but I also like the fact that unlike alot of other musician forums (harmony central mostly), we don't get like 10 of those a day

what I don't like about this forum is that we only get a "rate my tone" thread once in a million years, and usually when we do get 'em, they're good

I remember tryxx's rate my tone thread, god i wish he would re-YSI those recordings i had them on my old computer, great stuff

[funkyhoney]

most of what i would have said has already been said, but when i first came here (before i was even funkyhoney) there was a
"OMGFZ!!!!11!!one jaco is t3h best ever"
or some crap about wooten being the best ever because he can DT really fast

[PainKiller8191]

and now the cool thing to do is bash wooten because he plays so fast

[super deluxe]

Pop-punk rules.

None of you know what real emo is so stop trying.

-Gav


yawn

[super deluxe]

Radio is right on the money with a lot of the fads. Though I guess the one thing that will never go out of style is insisting that if you own it, it MUST BE the BEST EVAR!

[Thonk]

^ You, Phil, Jarred, Doug (trumpeter), fathergoat (wherever he's been at), and I think sr800bk are the only ones that actually know what emo is.

The rest...:lol:

-Gav
:upset:

[Wintermute]

^ You, Phil, Jarred, Doug (trumpeter), fathergoat (wherever he's been at), and I think sr800bk are the only ones that actually care what emo is.

The rest...:lol:

-Gav

Fixed. :thumb:

[BassVirtuoso]

The "You Don't Know What Real *Insert Genre* Is" fad.

[trumpeter]

This is true.

I guess if no one wants me around, then I'll leave.

I have noticed that it seems that more people seem to be bashing me lately. I can't figure out why.

Have I offended anyone here? Did I ever degrade anyone? As far as I know, I haven't. I've always been willing to help and answer peoples questions. If I did offend anyone or get a bit harsh with someone, I would usually apologize.

I've helped quite a few people on this forum when they would IM me and ask questions, and have made a few friends on here.

This isn't self pitty, just pointing out something I've noticed lately, since it was brought up.

Heck, I've survived 39 years without this forum, I'm sure I could survive at least another 39 years without it.

I respect you

You probably should stay.

[Radiobass81]

JP shouldn't leave. People are just idiots now, ignore them.

[British Kid]

i remember the YSI fad. it sucked, because all the downloads would already be taken by the time i could check them out.

[trumpeter]

i remember the YSI fad. it sucked, because all the downloads would already be taken by the time i could check them out.


That was so good.

[nicatterberry]

i remember the YSI fad. it sucked, because all the downloads would already be taken by the time i could check them out.


It wasn't a fad.

*cough* http://www.ysiforums.net/ *cough*

[Radiobass81]

remember the whole "why was mx closed down fad ' OMG
That's... not a fad.

Or atlest, not to me.

[mastrrbasser]

...requesting tabs on the main forum.

[bottlerocket]

I remember when recalling past fads in a "Bass Forum Fads" thread was a fad.

-Gav

[mastrrbasser]

i also remember the whole dream theater phase. It was terrible. People would always rant about how good they were, so i downloaded a copy of each of their albums and listened and kept saying"okay i think the good stuff is going to come up soon" and it never did. It was about 8 straight hours of boring music. I'm the type of person to research thinks before i dismiss them as being lame. I've actually read the philosophy of scientology before i called it stupid(i'm not a religious person at all, and would never consider scientology).

[trumpeter]

I remember when recalling past fads in a "Bass Forum Fads" thread was a fad.

-Gav

shut up


learn2mod

;)

[Akira]

I remember when recalling past fads in a "Bass Forum Fads" thread was a fad.

-Gav
OMG u suk at modin u shud resine.

[PainKiller8191]

i remember when obvious misspellings were used to demonstrate sarcasm

[bottlerocket]

I remember when being from Israel was a fad...

>.>
<.<

Haha, another fad was the "Gav with Warwick" picture. :p

-Gav

[Akira]

I remember when being from Israel was a fad...

>.>
<.<

Haha, another fad was the "Gav with Warwick" picture. :p

-Gav
That was really funny.

[Criss Frantic]

Has anyone mentioned the "ftw" fad, that's still kicking around?

[myles]

ya i think it is /\

[HaVIC5]

Has anyone mentioned the "ftw" fad, that's still kicking around?
"Ftw" ftw.

[Misanthropic]

The 123 thing. I hate it.

[Radiobass81]

The 123 thing. I hate it.
Yeah, it wouldn't hurt to type in:

I agree
I feel the same
Ditto
I concur

etc.

[AlmightyPancake]

Yeah, it wouldn't hurt to type in:

I agree
I feel the same
Ditto
I concur

etc.
123


















I actually love it. I was one of the first pioneers.

[Radiobass81]

Way back when, it used to be "12345" because there couldn't be any posts with less than 5 'spaces'.

Anyone remember that?

[AlmightyPancake]

Way back when, it used to be "12345" because there couldn't be any posts with less than 5 'spaces'.

Anyone remember that?
I thought that was now. I remember it used to be 123 because you needed three.

[sr800bkBassist]

"Bartolinis are the best pickups ever" craze is annoying as well. Jake and Jaco Jr. brought that up, and now, even Jake isn't a fan of them.

Oh, oh, the one that hurt me the most!

"Let's say RondoMusic has basses that are pro-quality, but let's stop RIGHT AFTER someone on MX buys them, and realizes they are actually crap, and everyone who loves them (the people talking) has never played one"
:lol: yeah, everyone keeps saying the Rondo basses are amazing, yet i never see anyone mention that they have one. like litterally anyone. unless i forgot.

[naut]

...requesting tabs on the main forum.


..?

[Wintermute]

I remember the bloody annoying fad where anyone who'd been on the site over about six months starting complaining that they weren't a mod yet. Wooh, that one was fun. :)

[naut]

not to mention all those ****ing threads in which people nominated other users for the position of mod, then voted on them. i remember i was in one of the polls.

that just goes to show you how rational people are here.

[Mr. Pickle]

i like 123 and ftw. ftw was used quite a bit in the past, but isn't as bad now.

[naut]

yeah but saying "123" is a fad is like saying bypassing the swear filter is a fad.

[Mr. Pickle]

shut the **** up.

























































ROFL?

[Jimbobntnr]

shut the **** up.

123(45)

[sr800bkBassist]

shut the **** up.



ROFL?
****.
bypassing it entirely, like that, is much more effective.

anyone remember when we were first able to move the mouse over threads to preview them?
suddenly EVERYBODY started putting this:
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at the begining of their threads so they could keep you guessing until you clicked it. it was so dumb.

[naut]

remember when everyone started volunteering at daycares so they could ejaculate on the faces of young black kids?

i <3 my baby boi.

[Mr. Pickle]

****.
bypassing it entirely, like that, is much more effective.


that kind of takes away from what my post was supposed to mean.

[sr800bkBassist]

yeah just keep wishing you were me. just snort a line of coke off the ground i walk on, it's the closest you'll get.

remember when everyone started volunteering at daycares so they could ejaculate on the faces of young black kids?

i <3 my baby boi.
i'm just really good at starting fads, i guess.

[Mr. Pickle]

yeah just keep wishing you were me. just snort a line of coke off the ground i walk on, it's the closest you'll get.


no, that's not what i meant.

[sr800bkBassist]

you're still wishing. just give up.

[sr800bkBassist]

new avatar by the way.
double the fun.

[trumpeter]

new avatar by the way.
double the fun.

oh my god

Thats amazing.

[naut]

new avatar by the way.
double the fun.

reminds me of my first group communion at sunday school.