Recent content by Shorelinegold

Ha, this should be an exchange that happens more often in life. Sorry to hear of your frustrating experience, but I'm not terribly surprised with some outfits--makes me think a cut-out of a bass player on stage would probably be more to their liking. :meh:

Sorry for lengthy reply, but I'm coming into this late. tl;dr: LBS, you be you! Nor should you change. I have to say, LBS, that I've been reading your comments for quite some time now, and even when you seem agitated or upset about something (which isn't often) you are always thoughtful in...

Do you mean not everything on the internet is as it seems??? :laugh: Trick question. Of course it is. I just said so. Which makes it self-authenticating.

I can't speak to that. I haven't bought a new set of DTFs, and I'd never had a set of LTFs. The latter sounded odd and not what I expected out of the box (certainly not like the DTFs out of the box), but they've settled in a bit and sound a bit better. I was mostly alarmed at what seemed...

Assuming that it was an authentic account for La Bella strings, evidently, the responsible someone (if not La Bella itself) decided that deleting the account and hiding away was better or easier than addressing the concerns or at least questions. Kind of amazing. As easy as it is to make a...

Wow. You mean the LaBella strings account is gone? I never saw a reply, certainly.

Well, it sounds at least from the sound standpoint that GHS are the way to go for me, for now. I love flatwounds but even TIs are not quite bright or articulate enough for what I'm looking for. I'm just looking for a little more bite--if I really wanted true brightness I'd just play rounds and...

Thank you all for your replies. I think these are next on my string experiment journey!

I haven't found too many posts about the specific comparison I've made above: GHS Pressourewounds vs. Rotosound Pressurewounds. This is about the sound difference between them principally but also feel, longevity, etc. I have extensive experience with the GHS ones and love them. I saw that...

You're trying to be a supportive friend. You feel bad, and that's a testament that your heart is in the right place. And it's because it's in the right place that you need to tell him the truth: that he has become (for whatever reason--you don't have to single out the drinking) unreliable...

Yeah, if it was a bluff on OP's part, it worked but you're right, it doesn't work like that in any jurisdiction I'm familiar with. You would need to get a judgment against her (them?) for conversion or the like, and then attempt to collect on it. No sheriff (or marshal or the like) is going to...

This was my situation until recently. My cheap-a** ways were hamstringing me and I was eventually spending more than I needed to. I just needed to get the right thing right off the bat. Now, I've ditched my Fender Rumbles and have a Mesa D-800+ and Subway 1x12 and 1x15 cabs. Soooo much...

I recently turned 59, and the arthritis is starting to make things challenging. That, and other orthopedic problems means I'm an even more immobile bass player, and I only accept really light equipment now. Music is a lifetime sport. :) Even marathons have age groups. No shame in slowing...

"I have learned one thing. As Woody [Allen] says, ‘Showing up is 80 percent of life.’ Sometimes it’s easier to hide home in bed. I’ve done both." --Marshall Brickman, co-writer of Annie Hall.