Recent content by scottmabe

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    Does anyone live double lives (work/music)?

    Mild mannered Dealership Parts Advisor during the week ... Sexy Pot Bellied Bass Warrior on the weekends ... :bassist:
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    Load-out Song

    Does anybody have a favorite Load-out song? The obvious Jackson Browne but ....
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    Making a Change

    Good suggestion.... I'll try to lay some down tonight for tomorrow afternoon.. Thanks !!
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    Making a Change

    Has anybody had to switch from bass to guitar? I'm sure that most of us play guitar at some level. Ive been the guitard before. But always come back to the lower regions. I now pretty much use the guitar as a tool for songwriting, chord structures etc... Now here is the dilemma...
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    Question for people with wide experience with 15" cabs

    Well, it kind of depends on what tone you really want. I play 4 string Fender Jazz Active ( Candy Apple Red) with a Behringer rig. 1-4x10..1-single 15 sub. 300w Head... The 15 is a (shudder to say it..) Peavy Black Widow ... I LOVE the sound of this cab by itself. Used it alone for...
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    Broke my first ever bass string on Saturday

    Hey it happens... Broke an E about 3 gigs ago... the biggest pause was me pulling the remnants out of the way. Now the rest of the band understand why I bring 2 basses to every gig. The guitarist NEVER CHANGES HIS STRINGS UNTIL THEY BREAK. Then he changes just the one string. I told him I...
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    Basement bands with managers?????

    Been there before... but with a twist. The man and his wife and her brother had a Production Company. Name droppers OMG... so we go the office/house. I watched the man eat a handful of pills, washed down with some cool malt liquor. I winked and nodded to the other guys in the band... wait...
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    CRATE BT350 OLD/NEW TOPIC

    Thanks for all the help folks....I believe my mind is made up. I'll stick with my rather tame but awesome sounding Behringer rig. Never had a problem and messes with peoples chromosomes on the dance floor. I guess this just solidifies my theory that "Looking cool is a question...
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    CRATE BT350 OLD/NEW TOPIC

    un reliable....hhmmm.... now we are getting somewhere. I don't REALLY need it... it looks cool.... I dunno... Maybe I'm getting AAS ( Amp Acquisition Syndrome ) :rollno:
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    CRATE BT350 OLD/NEW TOPIC

    Its a rack mount...two handles in the front with the compressor mounted above it. All mounted in an Anvil looking case....
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    CRATE BT350 OLD/NEW TOPIC

    I have seen this topic in here before...but....its old. So here goes... I have seen a Crate BT350 and an Alesis 3630 compressor in a pawn shop for 300.00. My question is this.. anybody still have one and do they like it?
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    What covers make the women swoon?

    Ironically its " Walking the dog" ... slow and mean. Not the Aerosmith version either !! On particularly drunken nights I end up singing this twice ..
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    Covers you LOVE playing (but no one wants to hear)

    I aint got you..Yardbirds Last night ..Los Lobos Alison ... Elvis Costello When the night comes falling.... Jeff Healy/Bobster and of course these are all songs that I sing...but nobody can stand...
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    Car Colors to Bass Colors

    I painted a bass Patriot Blue paint code PB7 for a Jeep. Since I work at a Jeep dealer it was an obvious choice. The paint went well, the clear coat looked great, it all went back together fine. Then the truss rod broke in the neck... so it sits ...looking pretty.