Talk:Billy Sheehan

message: This article has a rather fawning tone to it - it almost sounds like it was lifted wholesale from a fansite or guitar magazine or something.  I'll come back later and fix it up a bit if I have time and somebody else hasn't already done it...
- Alex
I agree with you, Alex. There are quite some "fanboy"-like stuff here. I disagree with the part that says that "Perhaps his most innovative modification is multiple output jacks, which help him to separate the frequencies into separate amplifiers. This helps him achieve a distinctive and clear sound that few other bass players have been able to come close to". This is quite erroneous, since the company Rickenbacker made bass models like the 4001 and 4003, which had multiple output jacks for stereo signals, and bass players like Geddy Lee were already using that kind of set-ups in the 1970s...
- Papo
Agreed that the article needs a NPOV re-write. I don't believe that I can contribute much to any re-write, so I'm just marking the article for now. Hopefully someone with more interest/knowlege can rewrite to be less "fanboy"ish. --Mcpusc 12:26, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "razzle-dazzle", "bottom line", "...in addition to his usual bass acrobatics". Yuck yuck POVness. I remember seeing this article a few weeks or months back and it really wasn't as POV though Lambyuk 19:08, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: POV?

message: A while back (maybe 10 years or so) Sheehan collaborated on his own line of bass strings. I'm hesitant to add that to the article though, because I don't think the strings are still being made, and there's very little mention of them anywhere (best I could find was about a quarter down the page of this interview: http://www.vintageguitar.com/artists/details.asp?ID=212 and some small message board chat at http://www.talkbass.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-27940.html). Opinions? --Laura S 02:39, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bass strings 

message: all that fun stuff!! i removed the statement that Mitch Perry left due to "alcohol problems," as it's potentially libelous unless cited. overall, what would really help this article is for all the anecdotal material to be cited -- because it really does read like a fan article. cheers.  --  Denstat 19:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation and libel

message: I think Billy only uses his fingers, but I can't find confirmation of this offhand. It'd be great to see in this article if anyone can find a source to link to it.198.203.175.175 12:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fingers vs Pick

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message: ...There's no discography.... wtf? It says it right here someone just has to copy it. I'm lazy. -Winter123 06:20, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Discography

message: This section should not be labled "inovater" at best embelisher, you will find that his so called custom bass setup is very similar to that of Geddy Lee's from Rush and Billy has even badly covered Rush's song the trees. yes this is me expressing my hate for the man who is ripping off my idol, I hope he burns. dont let that make you take my claim less seriously though Fists (talk) 11:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Inovater shminovater

message: What's the point of having a link to "Talas (Band)" which points to... the Billy Sheehan page.212.137.27.116 (talk) 13:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Links

message: The awards from the "readers" of certain magazines seem a little suspicious as they seem to be the same magazines which BS was providing transcriptions for... can anyone look into this and confirm? 212.137.27.116 (talk) 13:52, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Awards

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message: Due to the sometimes transient nature of Youtube videos and because they're hard to archive in any reasonable manner I created a Notes section with auto-generated transcripts and timestamps. See this edit for more information.
I'm aware of the the guidelines and I spent some time researching if my way is the way to go. However, having Mr. Sheehan actually addressing some of the factual claims specifically in connection to this article is a good way to improve upon it. That's my opinion. I might have gone overboard with the transcriptions, but I do find them helpful even if they're crude. If there's a better/more correct way to go about it I'll be happy to do some reading. Kxxvii (talk) 17:54, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Loudwire interview, transcripts.