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11-13-2011, 10:49 AM
|  | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | | New gear is nice...a solid gig is better!
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I like new stuff. I'd love To own a Precision in all of my favorite colors but, without the rehearsal- gig environment to really learn & understand an instrument's capabilities (let's also include amps, cabs, devices) I can only get mildly excited or interested in acquiring stuff.
Anyone else in this camp?
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11-13-2011, 01:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N.H. | | | Great gear is nice but a regular bass will get you thru most gigs.
Gigging is what it's all about. |
11-14-2011, 01:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: northeast Ohio | | | I like my stuff to sound good, but cosmetically I can kinda care less. anyone who gigs knows that cabs and heads get beat up from being moved around, and the way I beat on my bass and slam it into things (walls, mic stands, etc) it defeats the purpose of something that looks nice. Yes, this is why I can't have nice things.
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11-15-2011, 01:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | Quote:
Originally Posted by runmikeyrun  ...anyone who gigs knows that cabs and heads get beat up from being moved around, and the way I beat on my bass and slam it into things (walls, mic stands, etc) it defeats the purpose of something that looks nice. Yes, this is why I can't have nice things. | Amp/cab covers really do keep your stuff looking good. They are cheap insurance. I don't really care to see beat up equipment on stage when I know how easy it is to keep your equipment looking good. If your amp/cab is black, all the nicks and such can be covered with a black marker.
As far as basses go, sure mine gets nicked a bit here and there but after 5 years of gigging, it looks pretty much the same. Cleaning it regularly and keep the fretboard oiled everyone once in awhile takes so little time, why not do it.
These are tools of our trade. Same as mechanics and their tools. Can't fix a car if your tools are all effed up.
Just sayin'.... |
11-15-2011, 07:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Jersey | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Stumbo Amp/cab covers really do keep your stuff looking good. They are cheap insurance. I don't really care to see beat up equipment on stage when I know how easy it is to keep your equipment looking good. If your amp/cab is black, all the nicks and such can be covered with a black marker.
As far as basses go, sure mine gets nicked a bit here and there but after 5 years of gigging, it looks pretty much the same. Cleaning it regularly and keep the fretboard oiled everyone once in awhile takes so little time, why not do it.
These are tools of our trade. Same as mechanics and their tools. Can't fix a car if your tools are all effed up.
Just sayin'.... | Yup!
Also I picked up a used black Fender MIJ fretless that has benefitted very well with some black fingernail polish! You have to look real hard to see the dings! 
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11-15-2011, 07:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tampa | | what is this thing you call "a solid gig"? |
11-15-2011, 07:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca. | | | I'm totally with you.
In my opinion, one hour playing with the band is equal to ten hours playing alone.
So I would rather be in a great band and have marginal equipment than have great equipment and no band! |
11-15-2011, 07:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Gaithersburg, MD | | | A solid gig IMO... Keep in mind I have a regular day job.
1. Within a 1-2 hour drive of my house
2. Two or Three one hour sets
3. The bar is packed and makes plenty of $$$
4. We each walk away with $100+ cash at the end of the evening after the sound man gets his take. |
11-15-2011, 08:01 AM
| | | | I've got a pretty substantial collection of gear which I amassed over many years, but sometime in the last 3 or 4 years I made a very concious realization that it would be pointless and unrewarding --and possibly even foolish -- to aquire any more until the gig warranted it.
You'd be amazed at how little gear you actually need to get the gig done.
And so other than strings and 9V batteries, I don't think I've bought a single piece of gear since having that epiphany. |
11-15-2011, 08:06 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NYC | | | Getting new gear you want is def awesome . . . but nothing is better than getting gear because you NEED it!! |
11-15-2011, 08:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tampa | | | Oh, I know what a solid gig IS. The trick is getting 'em - a whole 'nother subject. |
11-15-2011, 11:52 AM
| | Basement Clef | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Below Ground, Detroit area | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tampabass Oh, I know what a solid gig IS. The trick is getting 'em - a whole 'nother subject. | Exactly!
What I was wondering was: does anyone else here only get GAS when they are gigging regularly with an act?
I like getting gear but, only through steady work do I really find out what I want or wish I could get.
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