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05-12-2009, 06:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Willimantic, CT | | | My girl is buying me a bass! I think.
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Like the title says I think my girl friend is buying me a bass. But this might not be a bad thing. I know some people are probably cringing right now just because this situation could turn out quite terrifying but I think I trained her well.
It seems that none of my friends listen when I get over excited about new bass equipment and the only person that does is my girl friend. I have had long discussion with guitar player friends of mine about gear and when it goes to bass gear they tune out. I just figured that my girl who is musically and mechanically retarded wouldn't know how to pick out a bass.
I still don't know if she did get me one but if she did I'll keep you posted. But for now, has any one had a bass bought for them by some one els? If so how much did they know about basses.
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05-12-2009, 06:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southern New Jersey | | | Sorry, I've bought my own basses. Husband still isn't real sure on the difference between guitars & basses, so I[m just as glad he's not buying ... I can just see him bringing home a set of guitar strings for me as a surprise gift...
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05-12-2009, 06:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Grand Prairie, Texas | | | My girl got me a Squier CV Jazz.... because it was pretty. lol. It's a pretty awesome bass though. My bandmates thought it was a fender until they noticed the headstock. I love the tone. She does listen when I ramble about bass gear though because the other day she pointed at the exact bass amp I wanted and she knew it was the one I wanted. lol.
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05-12-2009, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Lady Kayri  Sorry, I've bought my own basses. Husband still isn't real sure on the difference between guitars & basses, so I[m just as glad he's not buying ... I can just see him bringing home a set of guitar strings for me as a surprise gift... | My mother-in-law bought me a set of guitar strings acouple of weeks ago as thanks for setting her new laptop. It was a nice gesture but ....... and, on top of that, they were acoustic guitar strings.  I didn't say anything though. Even though I haven't played it in about 5 years or so, I do have an acoustic guitar so technically I can still use them.
My wife and son worked out a deal with Santa a few years back and I got my first ever fretless for Christmas that year. It was "only" an SX but it did give me an reason to try something new, which was pretty cool.
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05-12-2009, 05:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southern New Jersey | | | Well, at least if husband says something about not 'wasting money' on another guitar, I can always, truthfully, say that I have no intention of buying a guitar in the future...heh! (We won't mention the 5 string Dingwall Combustion I'm currently GASing for..won't be available until Sept and probably won't have $$ saved up for it until well after that, anyway; my "Dingwall Fund" keeps getting robbed to pay for various house repairs (I should have become a plumber!) or replacing vital appliances when they die, like the water heater, water pump, etc.)
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05-12-2009, 05:27 PM
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05-12-2009, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Lady Kayri Sorry, I've bought my own basses. Husband still isn't real sure on the difference between guitars & basses, so I[m just as glad he's not buying ... I can just see him bringing home a set of guitar strings for me as a surprise gift... | Fiance bought me a set of strings, right brand, GHS right type, Boomers.Wrong set set of 5 for a 4 string bass.
Didnt want to hurt her feelings, so i tuned BEAD and gave the G to my bands guitar player, who now mooches extra C strings off of me now too.
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05-12-2009, 05:46 PM
| | | | If she loves you, she'll buy you a new fender 70s jazz! |
05-13-2009, 05:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Willimantic, CT | | | She gets so upset because nothing she does could make me as happy as getting new bass gear. So she figures that buying me a bass would mean that she is responsible for me being beyond happy.
She's getting me an SX PJ with a maple neck by the way.
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05-13-2009, 10:41 PM
| | | | ^ thats cool. Someday I'll try an SX. I'm trying to get my girlfriend to learn guitar so that she isn't completely worthless in a jam session. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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