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    Please explain the origin of your user name

    no one ever remembers my name..hence they always ask were is that frigging alarm guy....so i dropped the r to be ah you know and 15 years it sticks.... oh yea name is bill so you see how much the world pays attention.
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    Double Bass Choosing my first bass... why is it so hard...

    guess the question is out of the three, calls you when you sleeping in your dreams to be played? or you drive home a little faster to hold.. it's all personal feel, my wife asks how do i connect with a piece of wood and steel, but when i play she dances round the floor. so guess that is by two...
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    Funny CL ad: "bassist available. without a bass"

    umm...singers show with out, mic, cables, mixer, stands, did i miss something oh yea p.a speakers, amp.. have ads here in n.h. and ma on cl just bring bass or use ours showed up to a few auditions were bass amp everything there like the guy who was there left one night and fell off the face of...
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    Not sure where to ask this

    Have tried the Toby bass and found it to be unbalanced for me. Starter kits are what they are, put together so a cost effective way for kids so that if they give it up not a huge lose of money. Try a small shop when u get home and ask about used and if they buy back as u upgrade Thanks for your...
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    Vertical, sealed, 2x12 build?

    hi what i have done with a small pair cab. first i build a tilt back for a pair of 10's and ran it with a hartke 140 head. "mike it the pa if you need the volume" it was very punchy for me ears so i built and square stand up box and vented it out the sides with and inch and a half all the way...
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    Help with first decent bass amp

    in my view hartke best bang for the buck, simple 4by 10 with 350 or 550 head. 1000 will find you some used cords, pedals.or if this is an investment on what you plan to do long term find a "smaller" local music shop and ask them about trade back in value. layaway plans. If you can stay away...
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    As a bassist, who are your favorite guitarists?

    jeff beck, wayne stoddard, c.j.
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    1ST GIG AFTER 30 YEARS

    HI ALL been awhile playing my "first gig" after thirty years today, no i haven't been in jail or ect.... man am i nervous......playing last band at a birthday bash headlining there i guess you would call it. two other local band who have been together for years. only got back into playing...