CJ Noble

sorry mate but this all sounds really pretentious

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Sliide90027

How can it be CJ?

I admitted that I was a fool, as the guy said.

What part of my foolishness was pretentious? The wasting my life part, or the not getting paid anything for it?

I agreed with him.

I, unlike him who was born with all knowledge and nevertheless came to this site to ask questions of which he already knew the answer to because we all know that one generally gets what they pay for from reputable operations, had to do a lot of foolishness to get where I am in my life,a nd due to that foolishness is pretty much nowhere.

So, no I do not think it is pretentious at all CJ do tell?

other boards you get kicked off for not agreeing with people when they are abusive and report you to the PC Trolls.

.30over

There will always be people that will go against whatever is accepted. Thousands of years of musicians tinkering away at their instruments to learn how to make them better; what wood will give a better sound, what material makes a better bridge, nut, fingerboard, neck, what gear ratio allows for better tuning! And people today will still sit here on their pedestal and declare that the material in your instrument means nothing. Because they HAVE to go against the grain. Believing that ancient held truths might be right would hurt them somehow.

Get the instrument that you yourself can find something desirable in, try it out and see if it talks to you. If it does you have no need to ask anyone for their opinion. If it doesn't, you should of made a better choice.

Deliriumbassist

Concerning the whole 'Rondo advertiser' malarkey, Rondo/SX has been discussed, recommended and discouraged on this board for most of the six years I've been a member here, by the regulars. We have a number of regulars who own a Rondo/SX, and even more that have tried the instrument. You've been registered for a matter of months. Whilst that doesn't make you any less of a forum member, it does mean that you aren't aware of the 'landscape' of the forum, so to speak. And part of that landscape is that Rondo/SX is considered a good/decent beginner's brand by most, and problematic by others. The name is mentioned regularly in threads by regular members. In fact, a Rond 'plant' in this forum would probably be wasting his time.

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chatterbox272

I swear every time I see you post in a thread I think "shit, here we go again". Since you joined, what 2 months ago? you've posted various vague, generally unhelpful answers (there are a few exceptions); disagreed with about everything that is generally accepted on this (and other) forums as being good advice; and generally just been a PITA.
I have no clue what a blues guitarists opinion has to do with metal bass (even with an acceptable jazz tone). New instruments have their place, as do used ones. No-one cares that you went to music school, I've seen good musicians come from the worst of schools, and bad ones come from the best, it doesn't matter. TBH it just sounds like you want to blow your own horn about how great you are when nobody really cares. Take that attitude over to Talkbass, where there are many professional musicians and see how far you get.


Because you know, UG and Talkbass are the same thing .

Sliide90027

Hey! Thanks for your feeback Chatterbox.
I have had two or three people thank me for my thoughtful input, on reading, staff to Fretboard transpositin, amps, tone, etc. All things I wish someone had take the time to give me as I started out.

So I suppose you in your disatisfaction are in a minority.

Can't make everyone happy, even when admitting to be a fool.

I guess you need to do yourself favor and stop reading my posts and save money on Blood Pressure Medication, and time of all the score keeping that you appear to be doing following me around. (That is unless you have purpose in stalking me.)

That should be great since you can learn nothing from me.

You and much of what is now humanity cannot handle any level of controversy, nor contratian thought as I learned on another forum. Nevertheless, I have seen plenty of contrarian discourses erupt over here around speakers and their arrangment in cabinets, but I do not bother with that acedemic stuff, because people want to know what works off he shelf.

I am glad that this place has room for a controlled level of controversy, unlike the Troll Nazi Mods of the Bass world who would ban people for calling another a FOOL or making fun of people who spend thousnds on exotic tone wood and say that it does not effect tone (only the cute butterfly does).

Your TBH comment seems rather misguided as you mistaken my admission ofhaving been dragged around the block a couple of times, by the musical pickup truck, with some sort of delusion of greatness.

You seem filled with hate about something.

It appears that you have a serious problem with me exercising my First Amendment Rights.

Now why is that? Is it the tone of my voice, my heavy eyebrow?

In light of the recent trageies of our Nation, I hope for safety of those around you that you can get the help you need.

vIsIbleNoIsE

hey Sliide! i don't mean to bring down the level of conversation, but...you started it (by accusing me of being a Rondo plant...if you don't recall anymore...).

i think if you would just stop taking everything so seriously and come back down to Earth where everyone else here is (mostly), everyone would get along much better.

anyway, thanks to the people who did give helpful advice!

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on another note, playing through an amp sim is no fun. look at getting a used bass amp if you're low on cash or don't want to spend a ton.

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chatterbox272

Unfortunately I have to read your posts to be a productive member of these forums, so as not to continuously restate what has been said. And just because I frequent the bass forum (and have for longer than you've been a member here) doesn't mean I'm following you.


That's because the way you've written it makes you come off as a sarcastic dickhead, whether that was intentional or not I don't know but that's the way it seems to me and seemingly a few others here.


If you want to see my response for that open the spoiler tag. It's not very nice.



No, I have a problem with how you're using those rights.

Brilliant example of why you're coming off as a sarcastic dickhead.


My opinions on your nation has absolutely no place here in Bass, and probably no place on UG, so I will keep it out of this. But I'd suggest you don't make the assumption that we are all American, because just because this is an English speaking forum doesn't mean we're all from America (logically, England should be more likely for an English speaking forum. But whatever).

Also do not bring my friends/family into this 'discussion'. That's quite obviously an attempt to provoke me.

Alucard817

@ Slide:
I agree with Chatterbox here. You are coming off as a sarcastic asshole.

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BassTapp

Agreed.

Sliide90027

Well Chat, you seem to be a very unhappy and judgmental type of character, filled with rage, who demands that all people speak as you do, and think as you do, or there is something wrong with them.

That is very sad.

Unanimity is something very familiar to most of the world, but not Americans educated before Political Correctness of the 1990's.

Its attributes are foreign to most of the world, along with Independent thought and free enterprise uninterrrupted by Aristocracies and Monarchies, and fostered the culture of Rock (Rejects, Misfits, Rebels, and Ruffians).

Sad you say regarding your own words. Your opinions, even restating knowledge of others (as Tabb and Alu here have stated regarding myself) is still of value as you re-enforce a truth learned by your own experience. Believe it or not that is helpful to people, because you will state it in a way that others will not, and that will connect to someone.

That is why there are multiple methods of teaching, like when I taught a dyslexic Colelge student how to pass the Test on the Bossa Nova beat in College Percussion Class. (She did better than I)

So no, you do not have to read anything I write, especially since you know that you will never say nor repeat anything that I will.

Tapp and Alu, I suppose that is why there was at one time long ago a free market place of ideas.

So far this place has been one.

For ou two, I am not sure where feeling a level of confidence in ones position became reason for ad hominum attacks and name calling. It used to be that people would say things like "well, that was rather harsh", perhaps even "I think that you killed the patient", even "you do not suffer ignorance very well do you", or "I do not think your sarcasim is really called for in this circumstance" or on off chance "You really seem spirited about this subject, tell us how you really feel", but Fool, and dickhead and any other number of the ad hominum adjectives that we can use to call one another usally reflects more so on the user than the issuer.

I suppose that the disagreement of registered users with my style and knowledge will determine that I will be the first to see if this place ceases to be so in the near future.

If my knowledge of things is so useless, why do I get hired on First Auditions regularly?

If my style is so objectionable, why do people keep gathering around it while I am mostly introverted.

I do look at and see things outside the box, and looking at this, I do not think that any of this is me, but that you guys, who have called me out using ad hominum attacks, have nothing. Otherwise, as Chat says, why does anything I say matter?

JAHellraiser

all that typing and I didn't read

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vIsIbleNoIsE

what a shame, it was utterly gripping!

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Reaper.

So,is that a yes or a no on the Fender Hoppus?

anarkee

If I were you, I'd start my own thread. This one has gotten buried in someones poor attempt at pretentious polemics.

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