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09-05-2011, 05:10 AM
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Hi all,
With the collapse of the paper-man Irish economy in recent years, there's been an increase in crime in my local city, much of it related to the influx of heroin junkies from the capital city into my own town. Yesterday while out for a stroll, to drop some films etc to a housebound (cycling accident) musician friend of mine, I was attacked by junkies on two different occasions. Started out looking for money but almost devolved into all-out muggings.
So..I often have a bass with me when out walking around. Which is the best one to break a junkie's skull in two with? My Geddy Lee jazz has a very thin neck but is Japanese and will possibly endow me with ninja powers. My sturdiest workhorse is a 2008 American Standard precision...I'm leaning towards the P...is nicely balanced. Lastly I have a 25 old aria pro 2 which weighs half a tonne...but I don't want to wind up on manslaughter charges...
Feedback appreciated, preferably from those with experience.
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09-05-2011, 05:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Albury, Australia | | | A B.C. Rich. Point them away.
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09-05-2011, 05:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Tampa, Florida | | | I vote the legendary Mothman |
09-05-2011, 05:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Singapore | | | Steinbergers will probably be the easiest to swing. A Hohner licensed copy would be easier on your pocket if you need to do it twice a day.
One of them long aluminium torches that take 4 D sized batteries have a nice heft, and be actually useful on dark stages. I know people who have them under their car seats always.
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09-05-2011, 05:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Switzerland | | | I think a Steinberger will be the easiest to swing like a Louisville Slugger.
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09-05-2011, 05:18 AM
|  | Drops mad bombs. | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Brookline, NH | | ^^^ beat me to it... 
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09-05-2011, 05:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Missouri | | | Lotus headless Steinberber copy. Doubles as best bass for emergency canoe paddle.
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09-05-2011, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Mound of Sound ^^^ beat me to it...
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09-05-2011, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Mound of Sound  ^^^ beat me to it... | I'm about 6 foot 4 / 200 pounds...I'll need some sort of upscaled mothman to strap, caseless, to my back when walking around..whatever the cost, guaranteed personal safety will be mine...
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09-05-2011, 05:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | | | Any cheap P bass copy... barracuda brand is what I had. My old one weighs a bumload and it's crazy sturdy. Man, I hit my brother in his rear with it once... It dropped him. And he's more than 6 feet tall haha |
09-05-2011, 05:25 AM
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Originally Posted by schmig Hi all,
My Geddy Lee jazz has a very thin neck but is Japanese and will possibly endow me with ninja powers. |  +1
If you could get it to work as an actual rifle I'd say this:
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09-05-2011, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by schmig I'm about 6 foot 4 / 200 pounds...I'll need some sort of upscaled mothman to strap, caseless, to my back when walking around..whatever the cost, guaranteed personal safety will be mine... | Rather wasting energy carrying it around, hire a tough guy to carry it for you. That way, people will be too intimidated to approach you. Worst comes to worst, take the bass and attack them.
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09-05-2011, 05:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | | | And the reason I say you should use a copy is because you can pick them up for super cheap and if you just intend to smash them over a perp.... of course, the Warwick 5 strings I've handled would be A for it. Totally bossly put together. Yeah, bossly is an adjective. What now?? |
09-05-2011, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by schmig I'm about 6 foot 4 / 200 pounds...I'll need some sort of upscaled mothman to strap, caseless, to my back when walking around..whatever the cost, guaranteed personal safety will be mine... | Put on a few more pounds and I would be surprised if you need a bass at all. How is it people are trying to mug a big fella like you?
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09-05-2011, 05:29 AM
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09-05-2011, 05:32 AM
| | | What a most peculiar thread... I recommend acquiring something barely functional that you have no sentimental attachment to. My Squier P-bass has a nice round baseball bat neck.
Alternatively,
Have you ever tried stringing up a machine gun? 
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09-05-2011, 05:36 AM
| | | | a les Paul....that way you wouldn't break your bass |
09-05-2011, 05:36 AM
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09-05-2011, 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Saxn Put on a few more pounds and I would be surprised if you need a bass at all. How is it people are trying to mug a big fella like you? | Small man syndrome...very popular in Ireland..you know the whole "fighting Irish" thing? It's no mere stereotype..and it's got nothing to do with throwing off the yoke of British occupation etc...basically the Irish like to beat the **** out of each other in the streets. Since nobody carries weapons here, everybody is a valid target.
As for my own size/appearance...I can make a precision look like a guitar: 
Am a pacifist/bassist/nerd/software engineer but am built big...in the last 4 years I've been beaten into the head so hard I lost proper use of my right hand for a week (at random, in the countryside), been mugged at an ATM machine and accidentally almost killed the guy, been kicked up the ass lifting gear into a countryside gig by a drunk stranger, had a death threat from a junkie about 6 months ago, attacked by two of them yesterday, been thrown down a flight of stairs at a nightclub for sitting on the wrong seat..the list goes on. Violence is hard to avoid in Irish life, especially if you're over 6 foot in a country of relatively small people.
I lived outside Ireland for my entire twenties and never accosted ONCE..
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09-05-2011, 05:41 AM
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