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Anyne else have a neck snap off at the headstock? I've seen a few pics

Purchased a slightly used and beautiful Casady Signature bass. Impulse purchase, then I had surgery and realized I could not continue playing so I sold it and during shipping the neck spontaneously snapped at the headstock. Now I am out $800 I has a Gibson SG years ago, the neck snapped at...

Purchased a slightly used and beautiful Casady Signature bass. Impulse purchase, then I had surgery and realized I could not continue playing so I sold it and during shipping the neck spontaneously snapped at the headstock. Now I am out $800 I has a Gibson SG years ago, the neck snapped at...

I purchased a maple TR bass neck from Ebay that I put on an Epiphone jazz body {2 jazz PUs) I had to router the Epiphone neck pocket a bit to lengthen it for the neck The neck is very good, Like all maple /maple it's solid, stable, truss rod setup responsive, not much resonance on the High C (G...

Modern emulators can create the entire drum part and dispense with the vicissitudes and the personality issues. Probably easier than any other instrument, drums are replaceable.

I find the opposite. The drummer is the volume knob for the band. As a bassist I have to match volume with the drums. Some drummers force me to invest in monster amps & speaker cabs just to hear myself. I have played gigs where I stopped playing bass & no one even noticed bec the drums &...

Me best experiences as a bassist are when the drummer lets me be the time keeper and he stays in charge of the beat patterns. As a bassist I have much better tempo control than almost any drummer I have worked with. I'm not trying to coordinate 5 or six pieces of machinery at the same time...

Similar experince. Drummer said "They HAVE to follow my tempo" Drummers that push the tempo are worse than useless. I like to play bass with some style. With a tempo pusher, it becomes robotic. Exhausting. Many drummers are like lead guitarists - ego-driven, selfish, inconsiderate. And...