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Buy Me A Bass?!?

#149
Killing Floor said:
Background for your assignment:

I have basses and amps and guitars and P and J and fretless and fretted and ABG and 4 and 5 string and semi hollow and active and passive. And a ton of pedals.
I have no debt aside from mortgage and that’s almost finished too. Kids college is covered and thanks to 1 academic and 1 athletic scholarship I didn’t even use what we saved for education. My car is paid for. Point is, don’t come back with savings or investment advice or you’ll receive a C-.

In September I’m getting $10,000 that’s not a commission, not a paycheck or any part of my salary. Nice problem to have, sure. And my wife doesn’t even like “stuff” let alone bass stuff. I don’t need to spend it all but I have been thinking it would be fun to get a bass that I don’t have or necessarily need but something kinda cool.

So hit me up. What should I get for No Reason?

And if y’all don’t give me any great ideas I’ll just get a Kenny Wayne Shepherd Stratocaster, bound and blocked, looks like a Jazz bass sort of. So technically it’s up to you to maintain the bass/guitar universal balance.

GO!
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Get your wife something.
 
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#150
Sweetwater.com Roland AX-Edge 49-key Keytar Synthesizer - White

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the rest on coke.

And flowers for the Lady.
 
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Killing Floor said:
In September I’m getting $10,000 that’s not a commission, not a paycheck or any part of my salary. Nice problem to have, sure. And my wife doesn’t even like “stuff” let alone bass stuff. I don’t need to spend it all but I have been thinking it would be fun to get a bass that I don’t have or necessarily need but something kinda cool.
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OK, so first, congratulations, that's just super fun.

Second, I haven't read the other responses because I'm a college professor, so I'm a bit anal about plagiarism. I'll read them after I post.

My immediate thoughts:

* A Wal. Should kill the entire $10k in one go. Every time I listen to Tool I think about how great Chancellor's tone is, and how I've never heard anyone sound quite like him. Probably need to spend another $1k on strings so you have that just-out-of-the-pack sound every time you pick it up. At least he plays cheap strings.

* An Alembic or a Fodera, which could potentially leave you with like $4k left. With that $4k you should attempt to buy one of every different fuzz pedal on the market. You might be able to actually do this with $4k because you already own like 50% of them, right?
 
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#156
SunByrne said:
OK, so first, congratulations, that's just super fun.

Second, I haven't read the other responses because I'm a college professor, so I'm a bit anal about plagiarism. I'll read them after I post.

My immediate thoughts:

* A Wal. Should kill the entire $10k in one go. Every time I listen to Tool I think about how great Chancellor's tone is, and how I've never heard anyone sound quite like him. Probably need to spend another $1k on strings so you have that just-out-of-the-pack sound every time you pick it up. At least he plays cheap strings.

* An Alembic or a Fodera, which could potentially leave you with like $4k left. With that $4k you should attempt to buy one of every different fuzz pedal on the market. You might be able to actually do this with $4k because you already own like 50% of them, right?
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I do have more fuzz pedals than I should.
 

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