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01-23-2008, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by CrashClint  How about an Ex-Virginia Bassist? I was raised in Poquoson. | Nope! You've defected!  |
01-23-2008, 12:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern VA | | | Northern Virginia here. Haymarket/Gainesville area, but currently away at JMU in Harrisonburg.
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01-23-2008, 03:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Williamsburg/ Norolk, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by VTSlim Norfolk here. Anyone ever go to any of those bass club events at Alpha Music? I wanted to go this past Saturday because they were going to be demo-ing some effects but I had another obligation.
I wouldn't mind getting up with some other local bassists to jam a little bit or just play through some different instruments/amps/effects etc. |
Last time i was in Alpha the guy working there asked me if i wanted to come to the bass club meeting, but 1. he was kind of an ass to me before that (i asked to play a thunderbird and before he handed it to me he said "you know this is a seventeen hundred dollar bass" didnt sit well with me, and 2. I am awful at playing still |
01-23-2008, 03:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norfolk, Virginia | | I've still got an Alpha sticker on the back of my car, but I only go there on Fridays or to get stuff from the counter, i.e. strings, straps, tech support from the back... http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...25#post5106125
I've got a long story about that guy. |
01-23-2008, 03:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Staunton,VA USA | | | Staunton Virginia chiming in. |
01-23-2008, 03:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Northern Virginia | | | I'm in the big town of Berryville. |
01-23-2008, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Virginia | | | fairfax.
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01-23-2008, 05:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Alexandria, VA but 100% Breton | | | Alexandria |
01-23-2008, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom84d Last time i was in Alpha the guy working there asked me if i wanted to come to the bass club meeting, but 1. he was kind of an ass to me before that... | This can't be Dave H....right?
(He's off on Fridays...so that covers neurotic Tim's post).
I have yet to make any of the Bass Club events...my Saturdays are spent out of town (Man does not live by bass alone).
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01-23-2008, 06:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norfolk, Virginia | | | You nailed it. I didn't want to mention names, but I've never had a good experience in the bass dept there. Always treated like I was a second-class customer. |
01-23-2008, 06:11 PM
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01-23-2008, 06:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Great Neck Road / Virginia Beach.
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01-24-2008, 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by neurotictim ...but I've never had a good experience in the bass dept there. Always treated like I was a second-class customer. | ...you are aware of the 'No "Smoke On The Water" (or "Higher Ground")' understanding, right?
Anyways, sorry about how you're treated. For some reason, they like me...but I could give you a story about the time (1978) when Eddie the owner (worked at AL&M at the time)sold me my StingRay bass.
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01-24-2008, 05:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norfolk, Virginia | | | Yeah, and the "Anesthesia" and a few others. I honestly haven't gone in there to try out a bass in forever. Someone suggested talking to him for opinions about gear, and each time it's basically a sales pitch for Berg and Eden that demeans me at the same time. I can't get an honest opinion out of him to save my life.
The only good suggestion I've gotten from him involved coming here, and now I don't need his advice, so it's a moot point. I have spent over a grand this month on gear, and he didn't get a single sale from me. *shrug* His loss, not mine. |
01-24-2008, 06:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Can't say I've dealt with him on a regular basis. I usually go to Rich, Eddie, or Walter for repair work. Here's a rundown of others I've met over the past 17 years:
David P. (formerly of MARS and AL&M) - no nonsense and a little gruff in the eyes of some but he always gave me the best deals. Don't know where he is at the moment but I owe him a beer.
Wendell Johnson (AL&M) - also gone but a great guy and a helluva guitar player. His father, TJ, has been in several bands with your's truly.
Russ Scarborough (AL&M) - left and opened his own shop.
Kenny Marshall (AL&M) - one of the best techs out there. Does all my fret work. Loves to teach and will provide a 30 minute on-the-spot tutorial with little prompting.
Chuck (Moe's Music) - doesn't carry the high-end stuff like he used to but its still nice to drop by and nose around.
Guitar Center - I don't deal with them unless I need strings. Can you say "claustrophobia"? Too loud, too cramped, too many wankers. I do better on TalkBass.
Jim Winter (Winters Sound / Gloucester) - little shop in a podunk county but he has some gear (and prices) that make it one of my favorite stops while seeing patients.
I'm sure I've forgotten countless others.
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01-24-2008, 06:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norfolk, Virginia | | | Looks like I need to make my way out to AL&M... Never been.
How about luthiers? Know any in the area? |
01-24-2008, 07:01 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fairfax, VA | | | Wilser, where are you in Fairfax? I'm off Braddock Rd. across from GMU. |
01-24-2008, 07:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by neurotictim Looks like I need to make my way out to AL&M... Never been.
How about luthiers? Know any in the area? | When at AL&M, talk to Kenny Marshall.
BTW, AL&M doesn't carry much in the way of high-end bass anymore but its still nice to look.
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01-24-2008, 07:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Annapolis, Maryland | | | I defected to from Northern VA to MD about 4 years ago but I still gig in VA pretty often.
But I guess I can't be in the club. I suppose we'll just have to start a MD club. We could have Scott Ambush, Gary Grainger, and Anthony Wellington to start things off. |
01-24-2008, 07:20 AM
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