Recent content by DirkFunk

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    Seriously what bass do you use?

    1997 American Standard P-Bass - Daphne Blue.
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    Songs You're Embarassed You Like ....

    For a certain period of time I was really into Kylie Minogue. I was asked if I was "Gay" several times. . . First of all, there is nothing wrong with being gay. Secondly, musical preference doesn't mean a thing. If music makes you feel good, don't worry about it. I'm not embarrassed about a...
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    An annoying customer service experience

    It definitely makes it all the worse that they were like, "Hey, buy strings from us or you're SOL." The only customer service experience I had was with Mesa and they answered all the questions I had in a fashion that I could understand and didn't make me pay them for anything. . . And I wasn't...
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    How many basses do you take to a gig?

    I always just took one. I toured with one. Sure, I had to use some other bands crappy backups sometimes (twice to be exact, which is very few considering the amount of shows I played) due to string breakage, yeah, I used to be pretty tough. Every tour I was ever a part of had a...
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    What Are You Listening To (now)?

    Mogwai - The Sun is Too Loud
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    Is your band a democracy? or the opposite?

    Every band I've ever played in started from scratch. We wrote all new material. In other words: I've never joined a band, I've always formed bands with people. Every one of those has been very democratic. The last band i was in worked like this. The singer did his own lyrics and ran them by...
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    Recommend me some 7-string bands

    The Blinding Light - I love this band. Link Removed [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] I wish they had more tracks up to listen to. They heavily drop tune Six Strings. Great "underground" (I hate using that term) band. and. . . After the Burial uses 8's. Link Removed
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    MB2 500 GALLIEN KRUEGER 3.75 lbs.

    I tried this, this weekend. Completely floored. Coolrunner is 100% right about the SS overdrive. It's a beautiful thing.
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    Who Has a Bass No One Else on this Board Has?? (Part 2)

    It's a standard Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray. Bird's Eye Neck Weird Color - It was more green than the photo suggests. I've personally never seen one like it before. . . .So I was a moron and sold it. . . I thought i was done playing forever. . . that was not the case. Anyone have...
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    new gibson and epiphone basses coming out

    I would love to see a slightly modernized Ripper. Love those basses. . . would they do that though? Of course not. Why? Because it isn't an SG or LP redesign. . . Gibson pretty much blows on the bass front . . .
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    New & Improved "Show us you action shots" (or 'BUFF Guys Do Gigs') v2.0

    I wore those bibs for an entire month long tour. Show in a North Dakota barn. . . freezing.