Things you've changed your mind about over time...

#161
10cc said:
I hear ya. But go done to pit and tell the musicians that you think they are a group of highly trained dedicated cover musicians. I'm sure it would really make them feel accomplished. Really.
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I had a neighbor who played flugelhorn with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. We'd gotten to be friends, I'd helped him with home improvement projects, he had helped me carry gear a few times.

One night a bunch of us in the neighborhood were sitting around a fire pit having a beer. I turned to him and said, "Musically we are not that far apart, after all, we both play in cover bands." He said that was the hardest that he had laughed in years, and that he never thought of it that way before. He also said that he admired those who can pick up an instrument and play anything without the music in front of them.
 
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#162
fhm555 said:
Same on the active thing. The only bass I had for a long time was active and it worked for every situation. I quit for about ten years then started back but the place I started back in was not the kind of place I wanted to take my favorite bass so I picked up a plain jane MIM J bass. At first I thought I needed an active so I went through several drop in preamps, and while they all had some good points, none of them really blew my dress up. I tried a few different sets of pups and after a few years of tinkering, I came to realize my little plain jane with a set of dimarzio model j's sounded better than anything else I'd tried and could be dialed in to work well in any place I played it. I've sill got my old active bass, but it lives at my brothers home studio and I still play it when I go over there, but everywhere else I go I drag my MIM J with some aftermarket pups and a guady babicz bridge, and I'm happy as a clam. Are you back or just dropping in?
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Have Model Js in my J as well (Indonesian). You said it...
 
#163
Joe Nerve said:
I was going to limit this to things bass related, but thought it could get interesting if I just left it open despite the fact that the things I'm going to list, are bass related.

There are a handful of things that I was pretty big mouthed about 10-15 years ago, that time has changed my opinion about.

The topics that keep presenting themselves here on Talkbass most are:

Pay to Play - used to get infuriated about it, and at times refused to do it. Today I'm realizing I got to play a lot of awesome shows paying to play, and bands that I know who never had any issues with it - are still playing the most awesome venues around.

Active and passive basses - always played active basses because I felt the tonal options and tweak-ability were absolutely necessary. Finding out only in the past couple of years that with most passive basses, those tonal options aren't necessary. My passive basses sit well in the mix no matter how I dial in the tone.

Fender - Hate, hate, hated Fender. Don't love them yet as I still think they're hit or miss, but my #2 most played bass these days is my Jazz.

And ah hem... uhh.... feel like the Fonz trying to say I was wrrooo.... wr.... OK...

Weight - I used to be very vocal about people just manning up, hitting the gym, and not crying over a 2 lb. difference in weight. That's what I did, dammit! And while I still do that, I have started to experience some lower back pain at times (which I am determined to and WILL heal). Running around a stage with a 7 lb bass for 2 hours is much, MUCH, different than running around with a 9 lb bass if yer back is messing with you.

There. I fessed up. It's a bit freeing, and humbling at the same time :).

Your turn.
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Glad to see you coming my way.... :-)

The biggest thing I changed about is the P-bass. I had one WAY back in the day because I thought I was expected to have one, but I hated it. I didn't touch one for probably 25 years. Then all of a sudden, the sound in my head changed to - you guessed it - P-bass. I don't know how it escaped me, that all the mods I made to basses along the way were mostly to make whatever I had more P-like. Still don't like the P-neck, though.

Re: Fender - I'm with you, still dislike them a lot. Never had one I didn't sell within a year. But then there's that P-bass. So I build my own. But make no mistake, what I am building is essentially a P-J with a Jazz neck.

I think it's a function of age, but these realizations are good. P-bass. Rounds. Tort. Perfect.
 
#167
I used to play 4's exclusively, for over 25 years,was against 5's... until a couple years ago, bought a Modulus Q-5, now all I play is 5's.
I listen to more melodic, softer music, used to love metal from the 80's, can't stand most of it now.
I used to love loud amps & stage volume, now I much prefer going ampless & Iem's, with little to minimal stage volume.
 
#171
Bass Dents & Dings
I used to be a lot more concerned with keeping my instrument(s) pristine. While I don't go out of my way to be careless with my basses, a little ding here and there doesn't bother me too much as long is it's not on the back of the neck. That being said, my basses don't have many dings!
 
#172
Fresh strings

i didnt think it mattered if the strings were a little old or crummy, after all the pedals, Eq'ing, compression, amps, mic'ing, different cabinets. How much difference would fresh strings make?

lots. lots and lots.
 
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#174
Music - I was very closed minded and only wanted to play punk, the way I wanted it to be and nothing else. Broadening what I play has actually been fun and expanded my writing and my creativity so it was a huge gain. Still going to remain the pumpkin king and only really love horror punk<333, but mixing it up certainly has made life more interesting and provided more playing opportunities.

Fender - Still hate the Fender headstock. I would rather have the 2+2 tuner setup as I find it more pleasing aesthetically, and easier for setups (IMO). But I now own Fenderish basses and love them, but none of them are all Fender parts and most are extremely franken to make them happier for me. But I'll never change my mind on inline 4's or 5's.
 
#176
Joe Nerve said:
I was going to limit this to things bass related, but thought it could get interesting if I just left it open despite the fact that the things I'm going to list, are bass related.

There are a handful of things that I was pretty big mouthed about 10-15 years ago, that time has changed my opinion about.

The topics that keep presenting themselves here on Talkbass most are:

Pay to Play - used to get infuriated about it, and at times refused to do it. Today I'm realizing I got to play a lot of awesome shows paying to play, and bands that I know who never had any issues with it - are still playing the most awesome venues around.

Active and passive basses - always played active basses because I felt the tonal options and tweak-ability were absolutely necessary. Finding out only in the past couple of years that with most passive basses, those tonal options aren't necessary. My passive basses sit well in the mix no matter how I dial in the tone.

Fender - Hate, hate, hated Fender. Don't love them yet as I still think they're hit or miss, but my #2 most played bass these days is my Jazz.

And ah hem... uhh.... feel like the Fonz trying to say I was wrrooo.... wr.... OK...

Weight - I used to be very vocal about people just manning up, hitting the gym, and not crying over a 2 lb. difference in weight. That's what I did, dammit! And while I still do that, I have started to experience some lower back pain at times (which I am determined to and WILL heal). Running around a stage with a 7 lb bass for 2 hours is much, MUCH, different than running around with a 9 lb bass if yer back is messing with you.

There. I fessed up. It's a bit freeing, and humbling at the same time :).

Your turn.
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Good post. Uncanny how closely your changes resemble mine. On Fenders - check ( to a point, anyway. ) On weight of basses & gear - check. Active vs. passive - check. Pay to play - well, maybe this one not so much.
 
#178
rtslinger said:
Okay jeez I hate to keep hijacking this thread sorry Joe
John Cage, In a Landscape composer
compare please though he is a composer




do you think he scratches the surface of this one



When I said step up I mean take me on a musical journey the swirls and moves me at my very core. whose musical genius has your jaw drop in awe.
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See everybody's different. I'd take Cage over Mozart any day.
 
#179
P-basses. I used to say, I'll never buy a P-bass! Now they're my favorite type of bass. Currently searching for a 5-string P-bass and my life will be complete.

Ukuleles. Not U-basses, but the traditional ones. I used to see them as annoying and overused, generic Youtube commercial instruments. Now I own a concert ukulele and I can't get enough of it! They're so fun, even easier to learn than bass and portable so I can take it anywhere! Also my wife loves the sound of it :roflmao:
 
#180
That there are still good people in the world...

... you just have to look a little harder, these days.

Your kids know more than you think they do...

... and hopefully, you can thank yourself for that.

Diet Dr. Pepper really does taste like regular Dr. Pepper...

... I've got nothing, for the latter.
 
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