she's already here but i don't think she posts very often...
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I'm in trouble Ya'll
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she's already here but i don't think she posts very often...
Yeah, that would be decidedly bad for me... spending time with my wife is my escape from all of these long-standing TB debates...
Yeah I mostly just do this on conference calls. Sometimes I tell her about crazy discussions I'm having, but she sorta just smiles and agrees with whatever I am ranting about.
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The wife who has been a clarinet and piano player has decided to take on bass...I don't know whether to be scared or excited...
on one hand it could open up new shopping opportunities...on the other hand she might end up being better than me...
well at least i have drums...lol
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Make sure you explain your loaner policy asap!
Mine taught me to play, that's how I became a bassist, because I was the weakest guitarist in the bunch, so "you'd better learn to play bass".
Sounds like our living room when she was still with us. Two pianos (upright and baby grand), several keyboards including a Fender Rhodes and a DX7, an electronic drum kit (that I designed and built), a half dozen electric and similar number of acoustic guitars plus mic stands, music stands amps and other stuff. And there was a little spot in the corner for my XL2, my only bass through most of this period.
In the garage was the PA, staging and lighting. The cars lived outside.
My wife was a concert grade pianist, having taken it up at 3 and having a Russian tiger mum pushing her. She was the musician in the family, had perfect pitch, and after a gig would tell you that you were flat on one note in a particular song out of the 100 we performed that night.
You should really be glad that you'll get to play together. I miss that so much. It was every single day.
Right on. Best teach her early on not to stick the neck away from her at an angle, not to finger the notes at such an angle, and to play right behind the frets, not between them. Hard to unlearn that crap later on.
The "right behind the fret" thing was a total game changer for my sister-in-law, when I was teaching her bass. She was totally struggling with moving around the neck, and getting a clean, in-tune sound before. Things "clicked" instantly upon showing her that. Then she was free to focus on other things that are more important, i.e. meter, intervals, the fact that controlling the end of a note is just as important as controlling the beginning of it, etc.
The "right behind the fret" thing was a total game changer for my sister-in-law, when I was teaching her bass. She was totally struggling with moving around the neck, and getting a clean, in-tune sound before. Things "clicked" instantly upon showing her that. Then she was free to focus on other things that are more important, i.e. meter, intervals, the fact that controlling the end of a note is just as important as controlling the beginning of it, etc.
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If you don’t want a woman to play bass just tell them that they need to cut their nails down really short. That usually sends them heading for the exits 
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Seems she already knows the shoe off secret. Yeah buddy, you better work on your drumming.The wife who has been a clarinet and piano player has decided to take on bass...I don't know whether to be scared or excited...
on one hand it could open up new shopping opportunities...on the other hand she might end up being better than me...
well at least i have drums...lol
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It won't get weird until you both show up at an audition.
My wife of 35 years was a brilliant pianist when I met her, and while dating she decided that she too wanted to play bass. She bought a 72 P bass and within a couple of years was gigging with successful bands. We had different styles and tastes, and while I ended up with the more "successful " career, I knew there were a few serious people in the local scene who preferred her playing to mine. Didn't bother my ego much although it was tough when both of us had tour dates with a young son at home.
We made it work and I think it makes a musician's life much easier if your significant other is a musician too. I've seen too many relationships end when one person is a non-musician and jealous of the other's musical career. And it does make GAS a bit easier to satisfy.
I just wish that I'd sold her my Gibson Ripper that she wanted to buy from me in 1982 as I'd still have the thing. Prices for those are now insane imo.
We made it work and I think it makes a musician's life much easier if your significant other is a musician too. I've seen too many relationships end when one person is a non-musician and jealous of the other's musical career. And it does make GAS a bit easier to satisfy.
I just wish that I'd sold her my Gibson Ripper that she wanted to buy from me in 1982 as I'd still have the thing. Prices for those are now insane imo.
