Recent content by Shiftkitty

Just got some 9050MLs on my bass and am very happy with them. I play oldies and these really helped me work my sound to that smooth, deep tone that made me fall in love with the bass in the first place. (Well, that and the cute guy who was playing the bass...)

Wow, everybody's got these uber-nice guitars... This is my 100$ Dean Edge (Yeah, I'm the poorer relations here!). It replaces a '74 Cahuenga that I worked my butt off at my first job to buy when I was 14, which got stolen a few years back. Anyway, it ain't much, but when you're scratching in...

That story just made me feel so much better. I've been having a rough time while my husband recovers from back surgery (He's finally doing better! Yay!), and I found an old pedal I've had for years. I plugged it in backwards, and when it didn't work I said "Hmm, did I hook it up right?" and...

I was on a 3/4 doghouse with a bunch of swing musicians who were trying to get it together, but our new bandleader was a bit, shall we say, "flighty". So I'm on an upright, my dad was on drums filling in for our regular drummer (he had actually played the real stuff back in the 40's), some...

Car-pool, split the costs,and you're good. Big thumbs up for making it, BTW.

Thanks for the input. I went from horizontal to vertical and honestly couldn't see what the big difference was. Your hand just had farther to travel from what I could tell. Of course, being 5'2, a 3/4 doghouse was pretty big to me, but I loved it. I hated having to get rid of it, but it went to...

Thanks. I like all kinds of music, but if you want to see me melt, play Ron Holden's "Love You So" or the Penguins' "Earth Angel". I'm told I was born in the wrong era! (80's teenager) :D

So I can play and upright and an electric. I know more than a few musicians, and they think that's great that I can play both. In fact, they seem genuinely impressed. Is it really that different of a beast? I didn't find it hard at all going from horizontal to vertical. Just curious.

Well, I did a 2.5 hour commute for a day job that barely paid the bills for about 5 years, but it was better than anything offered here. If I were you I'd ask myself what the income potential is and how bad you want it (and how often they practice). It's going to cost a fortune in gas and wear...

Part 2, 'Cuz the First One Got Interrupted By Work I play electric bass, upright bass, guitar, harmonica, Jew's Harp, autoharp, piano, keyboards, drums, trombone, fiddle, dulcimer, q'in, and I caterwaul like a cat with his privates caught in a vice. I'm a quiet, reserved person until you...

I work in a denture lab. When I first started here, I was like, "Oh, false teeth. Whoopee." Now I can't see people without really noticing their teeth! Gah! Some of them are like, :eek:. I know someone who had a wonky set of anteriors, so she had them removed and got partials. Oh, lordy, she...

First out of the gate, I'm no professional. I'm definitely a "front-porch picker" as my grandfather used to say. I play well enough to entertain myself and friends at a barbecue or some other such casual gathering. I've been in a few bands, all garage-type where we just jammed and annoyed the...

Really? Sweet! (Wonder if he could get me those tabs? *begins scheming*)

Heh-heh, here's a bass tab I'd love to have, Sha Na Na's "Born to Hand-Jive", from the Grease soundtrack.

Mostly Oldies, but I'll listen to anything that catches my ear.