Oregon Bassist's Club!

[KingRazor]

I will more than likely live in Hillsboro the rest of my life.

[Muddslide]

Originally Posted by Kinetic Shadow

No worries, just curious as it seems there's the Portland viewpoint of things, which pretty much determines which way things go in the elections, which then determines what the rest of Oregon has to live with. Not being political as I don't really take sides, just an observation.

I'm an Oregon newbie so I don't want to come off sounding like The Voice of Experience, but I think you make a great point here.

Really, politics in general disgust me and I've had issues with them in every state I've lived in (which is a lot.) I guess you are never going to be 100% happy and satisfied with any place or political circumstances.

I do see, however, how many other parts of the state might be a little resentful of Portland's huge voter base. From what I've seen, it would appear that many areas of Oregon don't necessarily share political ideologies with Portland in general.

That's not a judgement call on either "side" of the issue.

[KingRazor]

I choose not to get involved in politics. They just cause unnecessary stress.

[Kinetic Shadow]

I hear you on that, much more important things to fixate on like, I don't know, playing the bass! Yep, steered it right back to what we should be talking about.

[Muddslide]

Originally Posted by KingRazor

I choose not to get involved in politics. They just cause unnecessary stress.

Agreed. And I'll leave all future discussions about it at the door and not darken this thread with them!

I'm really apolitical anyway. As you and Kinetic Shadow say, they tend to detract from actually living and enjoying life when I think about them at any length.

Heck, I don't trust any politicians or parties really.

*zippers mouth shut on subject henceforth*

[ubersku]

Next thing is to figure out what to do about membership roll numbers and other club goings on!

Our self-proclaimed number-giver-outer has seemingly vanished! I don't even remember exactly what number he had given me - #27, I think. All his posts in thread are gone...

[KingRazor]

So, back to the topic of basses and bass-related material...

I plan on starting to construct my own fEARful bass cab.

[Stilettoprefer]

Originally Posted by KingRazor

I choose not to get involved in politics. They just cause unnecessary stress.

+1 to that. The world would be so much easier without, but totally chaos ridden, so there's a point to the madness.

And I see myself living in Oregon for the rest of my life. Maybe not Portland area though, the weather I crap around here:P southern Oregon looks pretty good.

[Stilettoprefer]

And back to music, I'm looking into getting a nice pedal board setup for guitar playing. Clean sound is starting to get kinda boring to my ears:P

[Kinetic Shadow]

Okay, now I'm not picking up the torch or anything, just trying to get us back on track as far as numbering goes. This is what I found, there are some definite gaps. For those that have been visiting recently and know your number, it would help if you could reply with your number so we (and I mean all of us that are still here) can work together to get going again. I will update this list as members post their info. Again, not taking over, just helping out the club. Thanks.

MIA CaseyTinsley - 1
MIA Hughes - 1
MIA BartmanPDX - 2
ACT rfclef - 3
ACT Knobby - 4
MIA Delta_Petra - 5
MIA Fish_Slapper - 6
ACT rllefebv - 7
MIA ryco - 8
MIA spaz21387 - 9
MIA MEKer - 10
MIA ScreamingSGs - 11
ACT scottice - 12
MIA Mojo-Man - 13
MIA RAZubieta - 14
MIA cheshirepig - 15
ACT Bassin` - 16
MIA DanScott - 17
MIA flydog21 - 18
MIA bassman_rob - 19
MIA kazuhank - 20
MIA Tin_Man - 21
MIA beta_442 - 22
MIA aspdevboy - 23
MIA Gordon_of_Eden - 24
ACT KingRazor - 25
ACT ubersku -27 - since no one else is claiming it here sounds about right
ACT Kinetic Shadow - 30

*I changed the DOA from the previous list to MIA - seemed more appropriate.

[rfclef]

Originally Posted by Kinetic Shadow

MIA CaseyTinsley - 1
MIA Hughes - 1
MIA BartmanPDX - 2
MIA rfclef - 3

*I changed the DOA from the previous list to MIA - seemed more appropriate.

ghost of rfclef: ACTIVATE!

[Muddslide]

Originally Posted by Stilettoprefer

And I see myself living in Oregon for the rest of my life. Maybe not Portland area though, the weather I crap around here:P southern Oregon looks pretty good.

I'm pretty interested in Grants Pass and Medford. I've been around the state to an extent, but I haven't hit these two towns yet. I hear good things about Medford.

I also want to check out the Wallowa Mountains up in the NE corner of Oregon. They are called the "Oregon Alps" and I hear they are breathtakingly beautiful. There's nothing but very small towns around that area though...Joseph and Enterprise are the main ones I believe. Not a lot of avenues for making a good living from a jobin the region but I hope to check it out someday. So far when we take a little trip, it's always to the coast...Rockaway or Lincoln City. We were landlocked for so long being at the ocean is like a spiritual colonic.

Sorry to keep getting off the topic of music. I just have a love affair going on with Oregon.

I know--I need a small practice amp! What do you think--one of those little Acoustic brand 10-watters or the Ampeg BA-108?

[ubersku]

Shadow, thanks. I really think we can do this as a group. No one person need to "take over" a club that is meant for all of us Oregonians.

Glad you had a list.

[ubersku]

Originally Posted by Muddslide

I'm pretty interested in Grants Pass and Medford. I've been around the state to an extent, but I haven't hit these two towns yet. I hear good things about Medford.

I also want to check out the Wallowa Mountains up in the NE corner of Oregon. They are called the "Oregon Alps" and I hear they are breathtakingly beautiful. There's nothing but very small towns around that area though...Joseph and Enterprise are the main ones I believe. Not a lot of avenues for making a good living from a jobin the region but I hope to check it out someday. So far when we take a little trip, it's always to the coast...Rockaway or Lincoln City. We were landlocked for so long being at the ocean is like a spiritual colonic.

Sorry to keep getting off the topic of music. I just have a love affair going on with Oregon.

I know--I need a small practice amp! What do you think--one of those little Acoustic brand 10-watters or the Ampeg BA-108?

Muddslide,

Maybe you and I can sit down and talk about Oregon someday. Been here all my life and know nearly every corner of this state. I have stories and sights I can share.

[Stilettoprefer]

Originally Posted by Muddslide

I'm pretty interested in Grants Pass and Medford. I've been around the state to an extent, but I haven't hit these two towns yet. I hear good things about Medford.

I also want to check out the Wallowa Mountains up in the NE corner of Oregon. They are called the "Oregon Alps" and I hear they are breathtakingly beautiful. There's nothing but very small towns around that area though...Joseph and Enterprise are the main ones I believe. Not a lot of avenues for making a good living from a jobin the region but I hope to check it out someday. So far when we take a little trip, it's always to the coast...Rockaway or Lincoln City. We were landlocked for so long being at the ocean is like a spiritual colonic.

Sorry to keep getting off the topic of music. I just have a love affair going on with Oregon.

I know--I need a small practice amp! What do you think--one of those little Acoustic brand 10-watters or the Ampeg BA-108?

Yeah I love the mountains to no end (avid mountain biker and photographer) but the weather bugs the crap outta me. If it was constant rain (for a majority of the year) I'd be fine. If it was constant sun (for more a majority of the year) I'd be fine. But changing weather every 10 minutes gets annoying to me. Although, I adopted the "oregonians don't use umbrellas" policy early on haha.

And we visit the coast a lot. My grandma lives in Florence, so we have an excuse to go to the beach often absolutely beautiful coastlines in this state.



And what do you guys suggest in terms of flatwound strings? I've only ever owned fender flats and want to experiment a little bit. I play rock, worship and jazz on my Schecter stiletto (2 humbuckers active electronics).

[rfclef]

Originally Posted by Muddslide

I also want to check out the Wallowa Mountains up in the NE corner of Oregon. They are called the "Oregon Alps" and I hear they are breathtakingly beautiful. There's nothing but very small towns around that area though...Joseph and Enterprise are the main ones I believe. Not a lot of avenues for making a good living from a jobin the region but I hope to check it out someday. 108?

I lived out in Halfway for 3 years. I go up to Wallowa Lake twice a summer for a Brass camp and a Woodwind camp I have been a part of for almost 10 years... Absolutely sunningly breathtakingly beautiful. And yeah, hard to make a living out there... Joseph is a cool little town... I love the drive out each time.

[scottice]

Get into the foundry trade and you can find work in Joseph.

[ubersku]

Originally Posted by rfclef

... Absolutely sunningly breathtakingly beautiful. And yeah, hard to make a living out there... Joseph is a cool little town... I love the drive out each time.

+1 to the whole Wallowa/Union/Baker Counties area

[Kinetic Shadow]

Need a little help here, picking up a post 2010 American Fender Deluxe Jazz and need to find a place online to order a new pickguard. Having a heck of a time locating this particular configuration and hoping I don't have to go the custom route. Thanks.

[ubersku]

Originally Posted by Kinetic Shadow

Need a little help here, picking up a post 2010 American Fender Deluxe Jazz and need to find a place online to order a new pickguard. Having a heck of a time locating this particular configuration and hoping I don't have to go the custom route. Thanks.

WD Music has a ton. Not sure if they are post 2010. If they don't have them they may know where to get 'em.

Good luck.