Why bother saying anything about this... Buddy Guy sums it up nicely.
Check this prodigy out!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
More of the master!
Friday, April 9, 2010
The Brian Baker Rules of punk guitar:
* Treat your guitar like shit and it will respect you.
* To get that mean fuckin' low end and still retain some highs in your sound, use only Gibson guitars. SG's and Les Pauls are the ultimate punk rock tools.
* Use only downstrokes. Downstrokes are the key to unlocking all punk rhythms.
* Plaster your guitars with stickers to prove that you're an individual. Remember, being uncool is cool, so one Van Halen is worth three Sex Pistols stickers.
* The Marshall JMP 100-Watt master volume head is the Holy Grail of amps. Other people get all hot and bothered about what kind of speakers and cabinets they use, but that's all bullshit. You can plug the JMP into virtually anything and it's going to sound wonderful.
* No open tunings. Grunge is not punk rock.
* Don't be self-indulgent. Limit your guitar solos to eight bars or less. Otherwise, you're playing metal.
* Never, ever play a show with a cigarette hanging out of your mouth. It's incredibly painful when a stage diver pushes off your face and smashes the red-hot cherry into your cheek.
* It may be punk to be fucked up at your day job, but when you take the stage you should be straight. It's hard to play music with intensity and speed when you're drunk.
* Do not stack Marshall cabinets. That's not punk, it's arena rock. The Ramones are the only band exempted from this rule.
* Treat your guitar like shit and it will respect you.
* To get that mean fuckin' low end and still retain some highs in your sound, use only Gibson guitars. SG's and Les Pauls are the ultimate punk rock tools.
* Use only downstrokes. Downstrokes are the key to unlocking all punk rhythms.
* Plaster your guitars with stickers to prove that you're an individual. Remember, being uncool is cool, so one Van Halen is worth three Sex Pistols stickers.
* The Marshall JMP 100-Watt master volume head is the Holy Grail of amps. Other people get all hot and bothered about what kind of speakers and cabinets they use, but that's all bullshit. You can plug the JMP into virtually anything and it's going to sound wonderful.
* No open tunings. Grunge is not punk rock.
* Don't be self-indulgent. Limit your guitar solos to eight bars or less. Otherwise, you're playing metal.
* Never, ever play a show with a cigarette hanging out of your mouth. It's incredibly painful when a stage diver pushes off your face and smashes the red-hot cherry into your cheek.
* It may be punk to be fucked up at your day job, but when you take the stage you should be straight. It's hard to play music with intensity and speed when you're drunk.
* Do not stack Marshall cabinets. That's not punk, it's arena rock. The Ramones are the only band exempted from this rule.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Explanation
Ok,
So I think an explanation is in order here so nobody gets the wrong ideas...
Yes, that is ONE of my bass cabs. It is a 210 Peavey TVX that I decided to "pimp". I figure that so many musicians take life seriously so why not make a leopard skin cab?! I mean really F--it, why not?
Listen, I am a bassist... its like anyone care what my shizzle looks like, right? I say, let it roll... I would really like one in astroturf though.
To let ya'll know a little about me:
I am the bassist for the widly popular Wannabeens (www.wannabeens.com) out of Atlanta, GA. I have a crapload (<-- is that a word?) of gear, including:
Gigging setup:
Peavey Dyna5 bass (primary)
Peavey TL5 (backup)
Markbass TA501
Avatar 410
Sansamp Paradriver (backup DI for all the sound guys...)
Practice Setup:
Peavey Firebass 700
Peavey 412
Other Toys:
Peavey 212
Peavey Bassist preamp
Ashdown 210 micro stack
Trace Elliott 250 W 12 band head (ok... I forgot the the name...)
Peavey 212
"pimped" Peavey 210
Ibanez RD500 bass (4 banger)
Ibanez ATK300 (4 banger) - custom thumb rest form luthier
'79 Peavey T40
'79 Peavey T40 (yup 2 of them!)
I prefer D'Addario strings.
I play:
5 String:
130, 100, 80, 65, 45
4 String:
105, 85, 65, 45
Questions? Post them!
MJarus
(talkbass.com sig: OxJohnson)
So I think an explanation is in order here so nobody gets the wrong ideas...
Yes, that is ONE of my bass cabs. It is a 210 Peavey TVX that I decided to "pimp". I figure that so many musicians take life seriously so why not make a leopard skin cab?! I mean really F--it, why not?
Listen, I am a bassist... its like anyone care what my shizzle looks like, right? I say, let it roll... I would really like one in astroturf though.
To let ya'll know a little about me:
I am the bassist for the widly popular Wannabeens (www.wannabeens.com) out of Atlanta, GA. I have a crapload (<-- is that a word?) of gear, including:
Gigging setup:
Peavey Dyna5 bass (primary)
Peavey TL5 (backup)
Markbass TA501
Avatar 410
Sansamp Paradriver (backup DI for all the sound guys...)
Practice Setup:
Peavey Firebass 700
Peavey 412
Other Toys:
Peavey 212
Peavey Bassist preamp
Ashdown 210 micro stack
Trace Elliott 250 W 12 band head (ok... I forgot the the name...)
Peavey 212
"pimped" Peavey 210
Ibanez RD500 bass (4 banger)
Ibanez ATK300 (4 banger) - custom thumb rest form luthier
'79 Peavey T40
'79 Peavey T40 (yup 2 of them!)
I prefer D'Addario strings.
I play:
5 String:
130, 100, 80, 65, 45
4 String:
105, 85, 65, 45
Questions? Post them!
MJarus
(talkbass.com sig: OxJohnson)
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