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Unread post by i like tictacs » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:56 pm

i am sam2 wrote:if you need 8 strings to make yourself sound good, then you need to go back to the basics. and if i want someone with more than 5 strings, ill hire a guitar player. i hate 5+ strings
that's very ignorant
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:04 pm

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i am sam2 wrote:if you need 8 strings to make yourself sound good, then you need to go back to the basics. and if i want someone with more than 5 strings, ill hire a guitar player. i hate 5+ strings
that's very ignorant
no it's not, it's just an opinion. he likes the feel of a 4.

if i'm gonna go more than 4 i wanna go 6 and just bang it.

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Unread post by bassman462 » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:13 pm

is that from your show?
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:15 pm

bitch you didn't see my thread? mad pics.

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Unread post by i like tictacs » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:23 pm

saying 'if you need more than four strings to sound good you should go back to the basics' is ignorant. although i don't care for extended range basses, some of those guys could play circles around all of us. they do'nt need them to sound good, they use them to sound better or fill a niche in bass playing. you can't tap Tiger Rag on a four string bass.
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Unread post by bassman462 » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:40 pm

john myung from dream theater says he likes the ability to do full chords, and there just not the same if ur doing them on guitar.
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Unread post by i am sam2 » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:43 pm

i like tictacs wrote:saying 'if you need more than four strings to sound good you should go back to the basics' is ignorant. although i don't care for extended range basses, some of those guys could play circles around all of us. they do'nt need them to sound good, they use them to sound better or fill a niche in bass playing. you can't tap Tiger Rag on a four string bass.
i completely agree. those people dont need those extra strings to sound good. id put a bill dickens in that category (if you guys havent seen/heard him, check him out... http://www.billthebuddhadickens.com/ )

i was saying that if you (you in general) need extra strings to sound good, then in my opinion, you should go back to four and sound good there first. to me, thats still where i am, and id bet most of us are (4/5 range id say is the same).
i guess its not really a great expression of what i think, but i really just dont like when someone pulls out a 6 string bass and can barely even use the middle 4. and as gsr said, i personally dont like anything more than 5. but some guys need those extra strings for what theyre playing and thats fine.
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:53 pm

i've never thought of buying a 5 or 6 until recently... because i didn't think i was good enough for one. I've been playing for years though... and something new would just make me want to play more.
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Unread post by i am sam2 » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:55 pm

GSRLessard14 wrote:i've never thought of buying a 5 or 6 until recently... because i didn't think i was good enough for one. I've been playing for years though... and something new would just make me want to play more.
theres nothing wrong with that (just to clear up my point cuz tic tacs is gonna bash me some more)
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Unread post by i am sam2 » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:09 pm

i like the look of the first one better
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Unread post by GSR » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:29 pm

i feel like i should grab that first Q6... the maple one. :? :!:

bassman, i dunno anything about DPs so i'd be wary about them... i know what a quantum sounds like though.
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Unread post by i like tictacs » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:39 pm

i am sam2 wrote:
GSRLessard14 wrote:i've never thought of buying a 5 or 6 until recently... because i didn't think i was good enough for one. I've been playing for years though... and something new would just make me want to play more.
theres nothing wrong with that (just to clear up my point cuz tic tacs is gonna bash me some more)
no, you just did a poor job explaining yourself. now i understand what you were saying. <3
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Unread post by i am sam2 » Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:50 pm

i like tictacs wrote:
i am sam2 wrote:
GSRLessard14 wrote:i've never thought of buying a 5 or 6 until recently... because i didn't think i was good enough for one. I've been playing for years though... and something new would just make me want to play more.
theres nothing wrong with that (just to clear up my point cuz tic tacs is gonna bash me some more)
no, you just did a poor job explaining yourself. now i understand what you were saying. <3
yeah i gotcha...

on a side note, i really want a fretless but dont know what kind of song id play it in....
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