Recent content by RootAndFifth

Anecdotally, I have found that different colors sound similar but taste different. I like mine raw even with the risks.

How is your cervical spine?

I've got a PA system hooked to my office/practice room computer. I suppose it would probably melt face. On the other side of the room I have my old Adcom mid-fi stack for playing albums, CDs, and listening to the radio and just general nostalgia I often miss the calls from the boss when I'm...

Not much rain in those parts and a long way from the ocean (despite the theme). Why does it look like you need a tetanus shot before working on the bridge?

My uncle was Highway Patrol for 30 years. He always says "I never unbuckled a dead man". What a terrible loss. Very sorry.

Oh man. I was working in a movie theater serving drinks and popcorn for that product launch. Almost got me killed.

Follow-up: I really was not expecting such a tremendous response. Awesome! There are a lot of common themes in here for sure. I took the advice to heart and was able to use a lot of it and felt as prepared as possible. I am going to review this thread for a while in hopes of gleaning more...

I am blown away by the responses. Thanks so much for your time and support. I'll keep reading and re-reading. Rather than type, I am going to practice.....limited time. I will follow-up, especially since I feel like I am taking you along now :)

This jumped out at me. Thank you. Appreciate your entire response. I also had not considered that the term may be more geared toward actual live performance...…the social aspects outside of just those you are playing with. Interesting. This is a good list. Thank you. I hope I can cover most...

Scenario: middle aged-dude nearing retirement. Been farting around with guitar for decades. Have occasionally gathered together and strummed with friends, or amused myself and annoyed others around the campfire. Started with bass about a year ago. Love it. A neighbor for the past several...

I am going to put in the Klein mini-humbuckers. Just got them. Beware of a long lead. Mine took months. Sign of the times, I guess.

Thank you

20220411_154156 by RootAndFifth posted Apr 11, 2022 at 3:46 PM So I picked up the Rumblekat a few months ago to have something to try mods on. The Supertone bridge is already installed and I have some new mini humbuckers ready to go. Some new much needed tuners are on the way. Where is a...

Let's see, the past 4 years: 20+ surgeries from spinal fusion to cancer. Progressive auto-immune. Political tensions. Pandemic. Death. Playing bass and making music with friends is awesome though. I love it. Lots of great stuff to be found here. So I will go with that.

Friend: Sounds to me like Brad needed to try again. I do not know your story and just recently joined this community, but feel compelled to respond to this post. I am suffering from progressive neurological decline due to a rare auto-immune condition. If fact, it is the reason I took up the...