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11-25-2012, 10:33 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Williamsburg, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ric5  Your bass is now the more expensive reliced version. It will play better and sound better now as well.  | For sure. In fact, I recently developed new tone-enhancing methods that I'll happily put to use on the bass for free... pass me the lighter fluid.
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11-25-2012, 10:40 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Genz Benz | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rutherford, NJ | | | Yep, stuff happens. Get over it, it means nothing!
People are always taking about Mojo, you just made some of your own.
One should always care for and respect their property, not just instruments. Pride of ownership is wonderful but.... life happens, stuff gets used, stuff gets worn. The idea that boutique instrument should only be played in sterile conditions is crap. You love the bass, play the heck out of it!
You can relax now that you have the first one. More on the way. You will grow to understand the wisdom of this philosophy as you get older and older. Don't sweat the small stuff!
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11-25-2012, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Plays Bass I live in New York City and seems to me that none of the rehearsal studios I've been in in Manhattan have guitar stands. I figure it's because anything that isn't nailed to the floor has a tendency to walk away in this town. When I rehearse in Westchester (a northern suburb) the studios have guitar stands.
Anyway, I had to leave the room and I didn't put the bass back in the case as I now wish I had. I had leaned the bass against a wall, cradled with a cab. I thought it was secure, but I was wrong. | Not like I'm above it all! Far from it. I've actually had a bass (my only one at the time) run over by a truck. That was a tough day!  I'm pretty sure every bass I own has a love tap or two. Except for the Dingwall. I'm still dreading that day, but it probably happen.
Anyway, even if you're getting to gigs/rehearsals by cab or subway, get a stand of some sort. Even these will most likely fit in the case or in the pocket of a gig bag: http://www.fender.com/products/fender-mini-stands
My first choice for gig stands are the K&M stands, but for a rehearsal stands that's manageable with limited carrying space, the Fender does okay.
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11-25-2012, 10:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY | | | Every single one of my basses has a love tap or two.
My only pristine instrument is my Les Paul. I don't play out on guitar.
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11-25-2012, 10:52 AM
|  | Hip No Ties | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dbassmon The idea that boutique instrument should only be played in sterile conditions is crap. | Well, that's very much a matter of the individual's own values & standards, now isn't it? 
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11-25-2012, 10:52 AM
|  | Organism | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Illinois | | | I always layed my bass on top of my case on the floor when one day a band mate tripped over it and left a big scrape on the back where it slid on the concrete, I have 2 big chips on my Fender also, reminders of when I used to drink, I also let someone play it who dropped it when the strap slipped off. My Yamaha had it the worst, I ran over it with a car and all it had was a cheap gig bag to protect it. I put my basses in their cases now If I have to leave the room and I don't let anyone play them anymore and am much more careful.
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11-25-2012, 10:56 AM
|  | Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | | | Ouch that sucks, but don't worry they get easier, or maybe just for me since I am a bit of a clutz some times.
I dinged my Dingwall ABZ on the body less than a week after owning it, I was choked but nothing I could do about it now.
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11-25-2012, 11:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Queens, NY | | Maybe you'd feel better if you could get it filled in and "fixed"? It would probably be expensive, but one of the things that helps me is knowing that sometimes it is possible to reverse accidental damage on a piece of gear by sanding, refinishing, filling the wood...
My bass is a 35" scale neck and I have the spatial awareness/depth perception of a drugged rodent or something. I'm kinda waiting to bang the neck into something someday.  I banged the edge of the body against my desk and put a ding in it, but it's so close to the back of the instrument that thankfully it's not noticeable.
I live in New York City too and if you're at all like me, you probably also experience a fair amount of anxiety taking your bass on the subway, especially in those stupid Roadrunner gig bags that cause it to sit up really high and instantly turn the wearer into a bull in a china shop. I have no advice except to say that I feel your pain.
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11-25-2012, 11:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: MEXICANADAMERICA | | | most basses are built like tanks. they take a lickin' and keep on tickin'! the back of the neck is the only part i worry about, though.
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11-25-2012, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Plays Bass Thanks for your quick support and feedback everyone. I really appreciate it. It actually is making me feel much better to hear from you all. | Ahhh Don't worry we all do it !!!! |
11-25-2012, 11:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Prescott, AZ & Hollywood, CA | | | When ever I get anything new I want to keep nice, I intentionally put a knick in the finish somewhere unseen.... on a bass, under the pick guard or neck plate. On a car I choose under the door, under the hood or under the trunk.
It doesn't help.
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11-25-2012, 11:28 AM
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11-25-2012, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by MysticMichael Well, that's very much a matter of the individual's own values & standards, now isn't it?
MM | Instruments are meant to be played by players and enjoyed by listeners. Everyone is entitled to do what they like. To spend a boat load of money on an instrument that will not be played in front of people is a choice that I feel is misguided. My opinion of course. Short life, basses should not be worshiped, they should be played passionately. If you are playing passionately, eventually the bass will show signs of wear, dings, scratches, worn frets, sweat will get on the bass.... all good.
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11-25-2012, 11:41 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: White Salmon, WA | | | Seems like some of those wall hangers would be just the ticket for rented spaces. They won't walk away.
Stands offer the illusion of safety, better than nothing but, hardly idiot, dog, or kid proof.
I've seen an vintage SG yanked out of it's stand by the cable, and the headstock snapped right off. Guy took it pretty well, considering. The fight was broken up with no police involvement.
Kramer aluminum necks rule for dive bars. Fending off drunks is easy with 13 pounds of forked head bass.
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11-25-2012, 11:44 AM
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Endorsing Artist :Alleva-Coppolo Basses |Genz-Benz |REDDI|Westone IEM | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin,TX- New York,NY | | | I say its a good thing that is fell.. Now you can just play it without worrying about little dings....
Unless it is a pristine vintage bass that is museum quality and you want to maintain it for future sales etc.. I never worry about a new bass getting dented...
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11-25-2012, 11:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WI | | | Dang, well, live and learn. Your lucky though , the new bass wasn't screwed up.
I have about 12 basses that I gig with, one is a 91 Gibson TBird if it falls it's done. It's either around my neck, in it's case or locked in a stand.
I started playing bass guitar back in the 60s, I can't honestly say I remember any of us owning or using stands. You leaned your bass guitar up against your amp.
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11-25-2012, 11:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: PTX | | | Think that's bad? Wait until someone you don't know just picks it up and starts playing. I was a little more shocked than when it fell. |
11-25-2012, 11:58 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MysticMichael For this reason, there's a case to be made for limiting one's boutique basses (i.e. Alembic, Fodera, MTD, Ritter, etc.) exclusively to studio use - no live gigging whatsoever - while saving your MusicMans, your Peaveys, your Fenders, etc. for the stage - especially if "the stage" means "little dive bars" with cramped performance spaces.
As we've seen, no space is entirely safe. But the relatively controlled space of a recording studio or rehearsal studio is practically a museum exhibit behind glass - compared with the completely uncontrolled conditions prevalent in many typical gig environments... 
MM | The OP was in a studio.............
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11-25-2012, 12:39 PM
| | Hip No Ties | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by guy n. cognito The OP was in a studio............. | I'm aware of that. Which is why I qualified my remarks by stating that "no space is entirely safe", and then going on to point out to the OP that playing conditions in a typical gigging environment are usually far more dangerous than even in a studio.
The upshot? Ya takes yer chances each time ya takes your instrument out of its case - regardless of where you play. But if the OP isn't prepared to subject his precious MTD to the rigors of the road, or even to the rigors of the club scene, there is something he can do about that - if he wishes to...
Capiche?
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11-25-2012, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by singlemalt Kramer aluminum necks rule for dive bars. Fending off drunks is easy with 13 pounds of forked head bass. | That answers a few old questions... 
+100 on the wall-hangers.
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