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Post subject: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:58 pm
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Someone is selling a fender bassman 10 from 1978. I dig the tone and i hear it can get loud. But is it loud enough to compete with a fender twin reverb, the 65 reissue?


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Post subject: Re: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:51 am
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Someone is selling a fender bassman 10 from 1978. I dig the tone and i hear it can get loud. But is it loud enough to compete with a fender twin reverb, the 65 reissue?


Every time I read "but is it loud enough to compete with a......" it brings a chuckle. Such hyperbole invariably evokes a vision of big-haired bozos with their platform shoes, their glittered guitar straps, and their basswood BC Rich's, each flogging a symbolically-phallic Carvin stack as they wage a weenie-wagging contest to blow one another off of the stage.

If you like the Bassman 10, then enjoy it and politely ask the guitarist with the Twin Reverb to turn the sonofabitch down. There's no profit to be made in destroying one's ears simply to prove some nebulous point. Your audience with thank you and so will the owner of the venue who's "paying the freight".

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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:56 am
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Trust me I felt like a douche typing it, but we are somewhat of a shoegaze band and the point is to get really really loud. Could a fender bassman 10 compete with a twin on 3-4?


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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:10 am
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I suppose so......

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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:48 am
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+1 Retroverbial


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Post subject: Re: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:09 am
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Nothing wrong with being a shoe gaze band, but use the frigging PA and have the band mixed and loud vs. a bunch of loud guitar amps.

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Post subject: Re: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:42 pm
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Excuse my lameass ignorance (I'm a newbie after all :lol: ) but just WTF is a "shoe gaze band"???

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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:46 pm
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Excuse my lameass ignorance (I'm a newbie after all :lol: ) but just WTF is a "shoe gaze band"???

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+1 Your not lame or ignorant...unless we both are, because I was wondering the same thing?

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Post subject: Re: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:19 pm
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Here's what I know: characterized by loud distorted guitars, name comes from band members gazing down at their shoes and being introspective vs. looking up at the audience.

entry from Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoegaze

Regardless, would probably sound better with all amps/drums at the right level blasting the audience with uniform coverage - plus you won't need to get another amp. The other fellas are right - a 60 watt 4x10 is plenty loud - the other guy is just too loud.

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Post subject: Re: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:36 pm
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Shoegaze is music that features heavy use of effects pedals. Sometimes creating drones and soundscapes.


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Post subject: Re: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:45 pm
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I'm sure one can make a comfortable living playing it......

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sounds like the punkass chit my nephew-in-law plays. After four years at it he's never made a friggin' dime.

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Post subject: Re: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:38 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
I'm sure one can make a comfortable living playing it......

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sounds like the punkass chit my nephew-in-law plays. After four years at it he's never made a friggin' dime.

Arjay


Hmm you're right, money is the reason why i got into music in the first place.

Maybe I should I start a bar band and play blues traveler covers to 40 somethings.

Then it will be easier for me to be a pompous old man on a forum that uses way too many smileys.


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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:36 pm
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Whatever works for you, pal.

In this business, you're either making it or faking it.

The difference between a professional and a rank amateur is simple-yet-distinctive......people pay to hear me and my band play.

"Pompous"?

You bet your azz I am!

But as Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't braggin' if you can do it."

(here's some more smileys for you)

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Post subject: Re: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:48 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
Whatever works for you, pal.

In this business, you're either making it or faking it.

The difference between a professional and a rank amateur is simple-yet-distinctive......people pay to hear me and my band play.

"Pompous"?

You bet your azz I am!

But as Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't braggin' if you can do it."

(here's some more smileys for you)

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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That's nice, philosophy from a cartoon bear.

Having someone pay to hear you play doesn't make you a professional, playing weddings and bars and bar mitzvahs isn't exactly the big time. But if that's what you need to validate your life in your old age then so be it. I'd like a link to your music though. I'd love to hear what people are paying for.


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Post subject: Re: 1978 Fender Bassman 10
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:04 pm
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Yogi Bear - the Hanna Barbera cartoon bear.
Yogi Berra - former catcher for the NY Yankees who had a knack for saying odd yet funny things.

Nothing wrong with different styles, but if you ask someone to post their music, usually you post your own...

nedorama.com/toys - music should load in the videos section (http://www.nedorama.com/toys/The_Toys/Videos.html).

We're not great, but we get paid at bars and corporate events and have fun.

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