Recent content by Vara La Fey

You've made yourself clear twice now. I'm not interested in discussing it further with you.

Really? You disagree with that stuff? Then thank you for announcing that no one can trust anything you've ever said, or will ever say.

We should cry for you. And not just you, but for all poor trod-upon bassists with inferiority complexes. Like Steve Harris. And Chris Squire. Nikki Sixx. Gene Simmons. Geddy Lee. Kip Winger (well, he wore a bass and pretended to play it). Stanley Clarke. Geezer. Flea. Jaco. One of my bands when...

Sometimes. And what you just told Ironbar is what people say to justify lies, schmooze, general insincerity, and moral cowardice. Sometimes. Only the truth can set you free, and only when it's a) appropriate and b) put forth respectfully. Ironbar's comment was appropriate (tho I personally...

Not grumpy; you seem nice enough. A picture has been emerging across your posts in this thread: you are lonely and you have gotten needy about it. That's why you try so hard to re-connect with so many people after so much time had passed (during which you had your own life and thus you didn't...

BEAD. Totally BEAD. Been doing it a couple years now (and I thought I was the only one for a while - somewhere on TB is my "will-BEAD-hurt-my-bass?" question). I'm not much of a bassist and can't handle 5 strings anyway, and since I generally try to play bass rather than mid, BEAD is the perfect...

Can anyone actually just hear an electric bass and discern those things? I doubt it. But wood type for acoustic basses would likely be discernible, where the wood functions like drum shells. And having been a drummer, I always laughed at people who said things like, "my sells are 7-ply birch...

Since neck contact on a neck-thru allows the wood type to have more effect, I presume the wood has less effect when playing open strings. At least on a neck-thru. Now I'm wondering if the wood type has greater effect when playing the highest frets than when playing the lowest.... Wouldn't that...

Thank you. I've wondered exactly the same thing as the OP, and yours is the first real answer. If I understand it right, it is: 1) pickups are not microphones, they are strictly electromagnets which pick up frequencies only from the metal string and metal hardware (thus even tho they can...

Thank you. I've wondered exactly the same thing.

Your "own worst enemy" title didn't make a lot of sense initially, but I don't see where you said anything out of line. Everyone should gig with the gear that they want if it a) fits the band sound, b) fits on the stage, c) fits in the practice room, and c) fits in whatever you haul gear in. If...

Maybe they'll get a real drummer and get their bassist back....?

NR Bird? Believe me, my Bird flies south even after I moved the stage-left strap pin. But it can look cool that way for brief periods. Nothing about Splorers? I can't demo one right now - and I work at GC. My store just doesn't have them. :-(

OMG lawn dart. Even my Bird wouldn't be that bad, and it dives like Greg Louganis. So far only 1 mention of a 'Splorer. I want one of those, but the Bird-like shape has always worried me. I'll put up with the Bird diving for field mice, but I also want something that looks as cool and stays in...

I had a thought: if you think watching hands to get through a song is acceptable outside the practice room, then I bet you are the video game generations. It's all RockBand, where you watch the dots hit the line. If you don't see it, it's not important. Your ears just aren't very important for...