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getting a new student.

Zoot H Rollo

Zoot H Rollo

May 10, 2000
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#1
i used to teach years ago.

a woman i work with has a son that just ordered a Squire Bass Pack.

he's pretty excited about starting lessons.

fortunately for me (AND him), they live 2 minutes from me. otherwise i wouldn't have taken the "job".

i'm kinda lookin' forward to it myself!

i'm not gonna charge anything. they offered a trade with home cooked Vietnamese food!!!!

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#2
OK, step 1, it's Squier, not Squire. ;)

Step 2, check out the setup for the guy. My first setup was a Squier starter pack and the action was so high I could've parked a car between the frets and the strings. I'm thinking shipping from Indonesia doesn't do nice things to the wood. I had a setup done and it was like I had gotten a new bass back from the tech. Just to give you an idea, the truss rod eventually was turned almost 2 complete revolutions to get the strings even close to where they should be.
 
#3
Squier, Squire, WHATEVER! at that price/quality point, does it really matter?

he's getting a beginner's package.

now, if i had said Zahn or Sadowski, THEN i'd give this some weight!

:D

i'm kidding. thanks for pointing that out.

i expect to have to do some adjustments on his bass when he gets it.

that will give him a chance to see how he can do his own setups and not have to rely on someone else.

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#9
Ask her for soup
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i'm more of a Bun Tom Nuong kinda guy. but Pho is ALWAYS good.

And be very nice to her son.
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but, of course! why wouldn't i be?

:)

my step daughter is Vietnamese, i'm pretty "in-tune" with Vietnamese culture.

so, i appreciate your comment very much!!

You really can't beat free food.
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NEVER CAN!!!

i think i'm as excited as Eric (THE SON!) is. i haven't taught in a loooooooong while. we start tomorrow morning. this will probably be good for me too.

For some reason this thread reminds me of the movie "The Wedding singer" When the old lady pays for her lessons with meatballs.
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or Mi Bo Vien/Hu Tieu Bo Vien!!!

:cool:

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#15
well, the lesson happened yesterday.

sure was fun. went well.

fortunately, he had played violin and piano previously.

i corrected his left and right hand postioning first thing. showed him some "etude" workouts.

he picked it up pretty fast.

i talked to his mom here at work today, and he's excited.

i'll be using the PC to accelerate his learning. he has buddies that are in a band he wants to join.

so, that's my priority: get him playing in a band sitch ASAP!

hey, it got me practicing again too!

its all gud!

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#20
i haven't taken any of my basses over there yet.

he's definitely taking this seriously.

i'm throwing a BUNCH of stuff at him. i'm kind of the wacky teacher that paces the room and sings while he's working out an exercize.

i don't think he knows what to make of me.

BUT, he's making progress.

poor kid has 0 innate rhythm. which makes it even more fun for me to come up with new ways to communicate how to develop your internal clock.

i'm teaching him things i wish i knew earlier in my learning process.

i WILL get him in synch.

my main goal is to get him to FEEL. its almost like a zen session.

too much fun!

even his mom has noticed a difference in 4 short weeks.

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