Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[bobyoung53]

Going back to my, very young days at the time, the only important factors for a bass were things like the knobs working, sound actually went from the bass to the amp and keeping in tune. Tuning was the only thing I had to learn. A "Set Up" was an unknown to me, except as it would apply in a social situation!

I wasted a lot of hard earned money back then. I bought and sold an Eko (new) and a Hofner (used) because certain notes on the fretboard were "dead". Looking back, they could have been fixed by a set up or repair. The Fender Bassman that I bought used sounded terrible so I sold it at a loss. Looking back, it probably just needed new speaker(s).

Long story short, I was young and just wanted to play. That's why I consider myself as a dinosaur with a bit of education, thanks to all of you at TB.

I have an Eko Beatle bass right now, it sounds really good but needs to be restored, I had a Hofner at one time but was not real crazy about it, especially coming from a big Japanese solid body long scale bass, it felt like a toy. The Audition was a guitar. My first bass was very similar but it had no name on it.

 

[GonePlaid]

Sorry if I'm late for roll call. @SoulReflection's Bassists of the '60's Club. has been blowing up with so many good stories it's taken all my time lately.

Oh, yeah, roll call. Here!

I been here.

I'll prolly continue to be here.
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Yeah, also here. ( Whereinahell am I gonna go?) Bemoaning the loss of at least 15 gigs, some of which most likely won't reopen.

 

[InhumanResource]

Yes! He does have a music tie. His name was Nipper. That little dog was on more records than they can count. Label around the world used to logo. In 1931, RCA helped form EMI in England and they controlled the trademark in that country. EMI was the Beatles record company which is why I adopted the avatar.

Nipper - Wikipedia

His Master's Voice - Wikipedia

Thought so! I work near the original plant in NJ and I see this guy all the time on the Victor building (used to be known as the cabinet factory). A few of the old RCA buildings still stand around Camden and one of them has the original board room with furniture in it!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Good thing you weren't around back in the day.

Living a life well lived here in the future. Because they would have killed me for the same life in there the pasture. We call this episode Cut them off at the past [cue Nick Danger, Third Eye]

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Saturday morning and I'm making us a couple ham and cheese omelettes. Left over from Easter--the ham that is. Then some home spring cleaning.

Later today I'm going to work on one of my cheapo Ibanez lefty's. It has a MM style pickup. It achieves somewhat of a MM sound-- close enough for my ears-- a barky midrange tone that's aggressive. I was going to upgrade the pickup but the OEM pickup sounds good to my ears. I might have stripped the truss rod! Going to do some google research on the exact size of the truss rod nut. None of my English or Metric hex's work.

I'm actually considering buying a mid-maybe $1500 bass. I've played most of my life and always considered musical instruments industrial equipment. Now that I'm creeping to 70, I'm thinking maybe I should have one nice bass. I'm unsure at this time but it needs to be lefty and maybe a hippy sandwich bass. I don't want top of the line-- just something really nice.

Has anyone tried the new Kiesel bass guitars? They have one headless model in hippy sandwich that looks nice to me. Lightweight, pleasant finish. Either dual J pickups or one J and one P. There is a refurb Music Man Sterling on Reverb I believe for $1899 but that's a lot of clams for me. I can afford it-- I've just never put out that much on a bass before.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Saturday morning and I'm making us a couple ham and cheese omelettes. Left over from Easter--the ham that is. Then some home spring cleaning.

Later today I'm going to work on one of my cheapo Ibanez lefty's. It has a MM style pickup. It achieves somewhat of a MM sound-- close enough for my ears-- a barky midrange tone that's aggressive. I was going to upgrade the pickup but the OEM pickup sounds good to my ears. I might have stripped the truss rod! Going to do some google research on the exact size of the truss rod nut. None of my English or Metric hex's work.

I'm actually considering buying a mid-maybe $1500 bass. I've played most of my life and always considered musical instruments industrial equipment. Now that I'm creeping to 70, I'm thinking maybe I should have one nice bass. I'm unsure at this time but it needs to be lefty and maybe a hippy sandwich bass. I don't want top of the line-- just something really nice.

Has anyone tried the new Kiesel bass guitars? They have one headless model in hippy sandwich that looks nice to me. Lightweight, pleasant finish. Either dual J pickups or one J and one P. There is a refurb Music Man Sterling on Reverb I believe for $1899 but that's a lot of clams for me. I can afford it-- I've just never put out that much on a bass before.

Ancient joke:

Definition of "forever" is you, me, and the ham.

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Lefty bass to your dream spec for US $1500? Link Removed
the $1500 part is up to you. I just built a perfect FSO in sparkle lake placid blue with Thunderbird pickups for a bit more than that.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

Ancient joke:

Definition of "forever" is you, me, and the ham.

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Lefty bass to your dream spec for US $1500? Link Removed
the $1500 part is up to you. I just built a perfect FSO in sparkle lake placid blue with Thunderbird pickups for a bit more than that.

Nice basses. Your tastes are a bit richer than mine.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

If I won the lottery this one would be a candidate...

 

[GwenOnBass]

Nice basses. Your tastes are a bit richer than mine.

The P-bass-shaped short scale with all the trimmings worked out to about US $1700 (not including tax). And mind you, I spec'd mine with all the trimmings

 

[SoulReflection]

Sorry if I'm late for roll call. @SoulReflection's Bassists of the '60's Club. has been blowing up with so many good stories it's taken all my time lately.

Oh, yeah, roll call. Here!

I been here.

I'll prolly continue to be here.
.

Oh, sure, now you are blaming me.

 

[G-Dog]

Oh, sure, now you are blaming me.

Blame/credit, tomato/potato, . . . . .
.

 

[SoulReflection]

I have an Eko Beatle bass right now, it sounds really good but needs to be restored, I had a Hofner at one time but was not real crazy about it, especially coming from a big Japanese solid body long scale bass, it felt like a toy. The Audition was a guitar. My first bass was very similar but it had no name on it.

I fell in love with that Eko, especially the scroll headstock. I had a friend of mine drive me 200 miles to a store to pick it up. It was a huge disappointment when it didn't pay nice. Like you, I prefer solid body bass but, just for the heck (and looks of it), I bought a new Rogue violin bass this year. I was surprised how good it sounded but my Mustang is my main player.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Saturday morning and I'm making us a couple ham and cheese omelettes. Left over from Easter--the ham that is. Then some home spring cleaning.

Later today I'm going to work on one of my cheapo Ibanez lefty's. It has a MM style pickup. It achieves somewhat of a MM sound-- close enough for my ears-- a barky midrange tone that's aggressive. I was going to upgrade the pickup but the OEM pickup sounds good to my ears. I might have stripped the truss rod! Going to do some google research on the exact size of the truss rod nut. None of my English or Metric hex's work.

I'm actually considering buying a mid-maybe $1500 bass. I've played most of my life and always considered musical instruments industrial equipment. Now that I'm creeping to 70, I'm thinking maybe I should have one nice bass. I'm unsure at this time but it needs to be lefty and maybe a hippy sandwich bass. I don't want top of the line-- just something really nice.

Has anyone tried the new Kiesel bass guitars? They have one headless model in hippy sandwich that looks nice to me. Lightweight, pleasant finish. Either dual J pickups or one J and one P. There is a refurb Music Man Sterling on Reverb I believe for $1899 but that's a lot of clams for me. I can afford it-- I've just never put out that much on a bass before.

If I lived in Sitka, I'd have to have an acoustic bass with a Sitka Spruce top. A great tonewood with a tight straight grain, it's used in better acoustic instruments.

An interesting source, Home - Alaska Specialty Woods

As for the money, now is the time to pat yourself on the back for a life well lived.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

If I lived in Sitka, I'd have to have an acoustic bass with a Sitka Spruce top. A great tonewood with a tight straight grain, it's used in better acoustic instruments.

An interesting source, Home - Alaska Specialty Woods

As for the money, now is the time to pat yourself on the back for a life well lived.

Thank you beans.
@Morrighan I would love a short scale MM style bass. I think I should revisit the website...

 

[GwenOnBass]

[IncomingGrump]

I have an amazing, four star dinner planned. Moroccan spiced lamb, couscous with fresh mushrooms, fresh asparagus. Guests (who are completely aware of my cooking skills) ask for rat-grade spaghetti and rat-grade spaghetti-sauce-from-a-jar. What to do? Fix rat-grade spaghetti and decline to eat any.

This seems to happen to me a lot. (no, no guests here in quarantine, just saying)

[/IncomingGrump]

 

[Jeff Scott]

I might have stripped the truss rod! Going to do some google research on the exact size of the truss rod nut. None of my English or Metric hex's work.

Try a spell on it, instead.

The P-bass-shaped short scale with all the trimmings worked out to about US $1700 (not including tax). And mind you, I spec'd mine with all the trimmings

Ah, so you prefer Jake over Elwood, eh?

[IncomingGrump]

I have an amazing, four star dinner planned. Moroccan spiced lamb, couscous with fresh mushrooms, fresh asparagus. Guests (who are completely aware of my cooking skills) ask for rat-grade spaghetti and rat-grade spaghetti-sauce-from-a-jar. What to do? Fix rat-grade spaghetti and decline to eat any.

This seems to happen to me a lot. (no, no guests here in quarantine, just saying)

[/IncomingGrump]

Have to the 4-star dinner, yourself, and give the "guests" the food-line spaghetti.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Try a spell on it, instead.

Ah, so you prefer Jake over Elwood, eh?

Have to the 4-star dinner, yourself, and give the "guests" the food-line spaghetti.

The Jake C "TB" model comes with Thunderbird pickups. That sounds like a lot of fun in an FSO. "As is" comes out to € 1390.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Try a spell on it, instead.

Ah, so you prefer Jake over Elwood, eh?

Have to the 4-star dinner, yourself, and give the "guests" the food-line spaghetti.

What it appears to me is restaurants are the best possible answer to these deep philosophical questions. So long as we agree to something better than a rat-grade restaurant, everyone's happy. We all order what makes us happy and call it good.

One of the hidden benefits of a restaurant (for me) observing how people treat the waitstaff. (secret's out) The way my date treats our server is the way he will treat me in a couple months .... And while I may not understand why people do that, it at least gives me a clear picture on who to hold beyond a two meter radius.

That we may dine in restaurants again in good company

 

[beans-on-toast]

I don't eat in restrauants. I can do way better at home.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I don't eat in restrauants. I can do way better at home.

Oh no doubt.

Saying with company, a restaurant is a solid social option. Before they wished to impress upon us that other people are dangerous. (well, they certainly can be, but not typically over dinner)

Of course there can be no accounting for people who believe rat-grade food from a rat-grade restaurant is good. And may possibly be true, depending on what is served at home. Many a Cousin Eddie out there.

Jack Kerouac wrote if you are ever in a restaurant and have doubts about the menu, order apple pie. I find this is good advice. Certainly I order dolce for my meal when nothing on the menu looks edible to me.