Recent content by Muddslide

Came across a listing for this Ibanez lawsuit-era copy of some model of Burns bass. Looks interesting. I could try it before buying to check the neck and all...the electronics I could clean up or replace if need be. I'm thinking it's pretty cool. Anyone know anything about them? I've played...

Shouldn't they all be?

Still holding at one. Been playing since 1978 and at times have owned many simultaneously, but y'know...life. Really considering getting either an early 80s MIJ Squier P or a new Fender Player Series P. I seriously miss having a P.

Saw this yesterday in a pawn shop. I didn't test it out. It's one of the older models with the knobs on top rather than in front. I think they had $120 on it, but I expect I could talk them down some. Should I pull that trigger or is there something else in that general price range that would...

And you look badass doing it! The responses here have been heartening. I still have hope I'll land a good gig or start up something of my own. Still thinking 80s new wave...little disco...some radio hits... But it would be cool to be in a covers band dedicated to just one group like you do...

That is gorgeous. Honestly thinking about the fretless version of this. My only guitar is an acoustic from the Ibanez PN series and it is a great player for under 2 bklls.

Mr. Zemaitis made a few basses. I saw a pic of a gorgeous fretless ABG he built. I really love his work, just aesthetically if nothing else, though I'm sure the quality is high, and consistently so.

Good lordy. That is a Thing of Beauty. Thank you!

Hey, you're not wrong, and I'm not trying to fling poo. Even The Damned from the UK (arguably having released England's first "punk" single in 1976) thirsted to play CBGBs, and as you suggest, The Cramps and Rocket from the Tombs (who split into two bands-- Pere Ubu and The Dead Boys) all had to...

Ya gots a point (and I am The Huge Stooges Fan.) But NYC also had the Velvets. Also, the Cramps, Rocket from the Tombs and Devo were all doing their thing in Ohio by 1974-75. Another, to me, proto-punk band from the 60s that often fails to get name-checked in these discussions is The Sonics...

As a decades-long Zemaitis fan boy (but never to be an owner) can I please, please beg you for a pic of this?

I haven't been in a gigging band since 2002. Why is it now that I'm pushing 50 whenever I look at ads for musicians wanted/trying to form a band, suddenly everyone in my age group is a pasty, tubby dude in cargo shorts, Hawaiian shirt, sunglasses and a damn fedora wanting to play middle of the...

...or you can take 2.5 seconds to dial up some EQ changes, adjust your hand placement/technique or a couple minutes to do a string swap and completely eradicate any minor quibbles about this or that tonewood, sympathetic vibrations and other crud that will never be resolved and which doesn't...

They are indeed the weak link on this thing.

Hey, different strokes. 3 would be excessive for me, 3 dozen might be just right for someone else. According to the poll results, most people fall into the "5 to 9" category, so you're well within the curve.