Recent content by new2bassguitar

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    micro managing the kid's band...

    did they have fun? did you watch the video, Mark? i am trying to figure out the disconnect here is with you guys but not having much luck. basically, i wanted to let you guys know how this story ended and the realm of responses i figured i would get would be along the lines of: 1.) hey...
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    micro managing the kid's band...

    we should have played the Hives! i beat somebody to the punch on that one :-)
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    micro managing the kid's band...

    Well, guys, if anyone cares, here is what finally happened on the micro-managing the kids story.... We got the flu right after xmas and the band didn't practice for about 11 days before the talent show try-outs... Also, due to scheduling constraints with one of the band members (basketball...
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    micro managing the kid's band...

    Well micro-managing didn't hurt the White Stripes!
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    micro managing the kid's band...

    here's the first pass: and no that's not me playing conductor, that is the Mighty Zane!
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    micro managing the kid's band...

    One Drop (and to all): my apologies, my bad, sorry. I don't want to seem like a bigger *dork* than I already am, but it's probably too late for that, right? :-) Again, my apologies. All right the two songs (and man i hate to give these away)... Both are not exact covers, i.e. we the...
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    micro managing the kid's band...

    Let me say this: I love you guys, thanks for all the responses and some of them are about as funny as you can get with the written word :-) Also I will see your honey boo-boo and raise you a randy jackson... Anyhow let me throw some more facts and figures out, because a lot of this discussion...
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    micro managing the kid's band...

    Well it's not the Hives... but a couple points before i go into that. first off, i am glad i could unite the entire talkbass forum against me, not sure how that got started, if you read my original post, it is written light-heartedly and definitely self aware... come on, a title called "micro...
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    micro managing the kid's band...

    thanks for any responses.
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    micro managing the kid's band...

    allright guys, thought i would throw this out here to see what you guys think, and you probably wont think much about this at all :-) so i vicariously live my rock star fantasies through my son, and what is cool about this is at age 47, i can now play a little bit on the bass and i think it...
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    i'm not a bass player and don't play one on tv...

    Hey guys long time no talk to! Hey we did end up getting that Hartke 140 combo amp and really like it, it's a lot better than the ones at school. Anyhow, junior is still playing and since you guys enjoyed the last video so much :-) here is their latest one in which they play their greatest...
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    i'm not a bass player and don't play one on tv...

    so a combo is the electronic amplifier combined with the speaker and cabinet. and some things out there are one or the other, got it.
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    i'm not a bass player and don't play one on tv...

    hey there are a couple of hartke amp related things on the local craigslist: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] any winners? we aren't in a super hurry either, a nice to have but...
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    i'm not a bass player and don't play one on tv...

    hi guys. hey i don't know anything about basses or guitars or amps or anything... and i actually had to google the bass strings to get the info to get into this forum, but we bought junior (11) a used fender p-bass for xmas and now probably need to get him an amp of some sort... yeah i know...