Posted on 09/17/2016 4:28:13 AM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
Edited on 09/19/2016 6:27:05 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Rock n'f'n ROOL !!!
I always said that the Bassist is the most normal person in the room .... the Lead Singer is always an exhibitionist jumping about like a spastic idot [sic] screaming some incoherent gibberish into some cheap $23 dollar microphone bought from some cheezy pawnshop located in the seediest part of town, while the posing Lead Guitarist flails about in spandex with legs spread wide, a raised fist in mock triumph to his lame power chord, stomping on a battalion of s***ty sounding effects pedals, each one sounding noisier and more obnoxious than the other ...
Sometimes the Lead Singer and Lead Guitarist are one and the same, and then it gets really scary !!
The Drummer is just simply 'The Drummer' ... the drummer is not really considered as a 'human being' at all in the classic sense ... similar to the Pitcher in baseball and the Goalie in ice-hockey, they do what they do and they do it well, but don't ever get too close to any of 'em because they're usually psychopathic otherwise.
And don't get me started on smugly 'superior' Keyboardists either!!! ... "Classically Trained", yeah right, studied Piano at the feet of some maniacal Nun since they were four years old, who sadistically smacked their hand with a yardstick if they played the wrong note, and who now smack their fellow bandmates with lightning bolt dirty looks if any one of 'em dare to deviate from the prescribed sheet music chart.
Yes indeedy, the Bassist is the most normal person in the band ... which is why I gave up guitar and now play bass in a band ... I am now the anchor link between rational and the insane asylum ....... but I ain't sayin' which is which.
~ MM ~
Interestingly, I've recently found out that the Fender Bassman amp was the basis for Jim Marshall's very first "Marshall" amplifier .. the JTM-45 .. circa 1962, otherwise known as the "Bluesbreaker" ...
I was never much of a fan of Marshall amps, to my ears they are all way too distorted and one dimensional sounding ... great tone in what they do, and they do it well, but that's all they have is that one great tone, nothing else. I've recently added a JTM-45 Bluesbreaker emulation from Universal Audio (UAD) to my DAW rig, and gotta say that it sounds *awesome* ... but it's just got that one great tone and no matter how much ya tweak it, that's the only sound that you get. To my ears a good ol' Fender Twin is far more versatile than anything that Marshall ever made.
~ MM ~
Before I started teaching, I made a promise to God that I would NEVER intentionally make a student cry.
I have been teaching now for going on twenty years, and I have kept my promise.
The Time Jumpers - "Texas On A Saturday Night"
;o)
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Man, you’re making me want to start playing again. There’s nothing finer than playing bass and falling into the groove with a good drummer.
SparkyBass concurs.
MusicMan Stingray 5
And others
Indeedy !!! Go fer it m'FRiend :)
~ MM ~
Another classic Leo Fender creation :)
~ MM ~
Indeed!
I've got a buddy with an early G&L... I've been trying to get it out of his hands for years!
BFL
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