Recent content by candiehappy

John Bonham never got his timing right either, if you feel it, just go with it like he did.

not a music man fan for some reason, something about the body shape, they sound great, the ones I have played have played great, just a me thing; but that one would make me one, I love boat flake finishes! congrats!

Google is a thing ...

Wait, reselling dead strings is a thing? I have been playing since 1987 and never heard of a "used string" market. What am I missing?

So just to be clear, you are anti-capitalism? Because that is what you are complaining about, Capitalism. nothing more.

I paid $300 for a brand new Gibson Triumph bass in 1986, beat up ones can be seen asking for $3400 what is your point? And everyone one of those brands/models you mention were already overpriced at "last year" prices you are pinning for.

Did he take the ad down as soon as he sold it? If not he probably got a better offer from someone else and has sellers remorse that he did not get as much as he could. If I were to entertain selling it back to him, and even for a millisecond I thought this guy was lying to me in any way I...

1986 18 yr old

yes because after I sold the first one (1970's Gibson Triumph) I bought new in 1986 for $300, to fix my car. I swore I would never sell another one. The second one was a partial trade for the first and it was a beat to hell T-40 that someone had defretted and drilled multiple 3" holes in the...

"Why you don't cheap out on gig bags and buy hard shell cases instead!" there fixed that for ya!

It is very simple, marketing markets to the demographic with the most money to spend on them. I bought a new car in 2019, nothing but 1980s music playing in the dealership. It was an upscale multi-brand dealership. Because those that have money for their brand and their data shows them that are...

The correct answer to "how many basses do you need?" is "one more than you have right now".

2019 I was tuning and the D string broke, it was the same one that had been on the bass since I bought it from a pawn shop in 1994. It was a 10 year old bass then and was probably the original strings, so do the math ...