I'm so angry at my cat!!

Hey Bigfeet,
Definitely bummed about your accident. I would freak if I had a bass go down. I hope you really love that cat. "Right to the moon, Alice"
If the cat stays, hang your basses or case them. If the cat likes to rub on things, this could happen again.
Doc

 

What kind of music do you play?

 

Cats are killing machines!

My roommate's cat already chewed 100$ worth of cable.
No bass accident yet, thank god.

I feel really sorry for your baby!

 

Maybe you should teach your cat to play your bass like Chris Fitzgerald (as per his avatar).

 

I heard a nasty scraping sound one day, walked into the practice room, and my cat was sharpening his claws on my 15" speaker (I had the grille off for servicing). He had totally shredded the thing.

He was declawed shortly after.

Chris

 

we have two cats ...... i havent had any problems with them yet. theyre hardly in my room. "my" cat was walking around my room and wandered over by my amp. i slightly "plucked" my b string ...... shazam!! the cat went flying out of the room... it was hilarious, then i felt sorry for it, then it was hilarious again. sorry to hear about the incident.

 

there are three cats in my house. I have one that scratches on my amp, one that pisses all over it, and one that it is so fat it just lays on the floor struggling to breath.

 

My cat fears my basses and bass gear. He looks at it, sniffs it, and runs. When I got my eden rig, he just stared at it, no rubbing, no clawing, no nothing. The cat is smart.

For an SR-405, (assuming you love it) I'd look into Bartolini pickups and pre-amp. They sound fairly close to what you are looking for. Or, maybe EMG...pickups are such a fickle thing as far as what "sounds" good. Unfortunatly, it's hard to just swap electronics like strings, so we all get the shaft on that. Go Bartolini. Good stuff (IMHO)

 

there are two things cats are scared of:

loud noises(should keep them away from your bass)
and
wonderbubbles!

so practice a lot and keep a bubble machine by your amp!!!

 

How big was the cat???

 

there must be a lot of cats at the Ibanez factory!!!

LOL....

 

The Cats are rising up, hitting us where it hurts the most!

The humans fight back...

 

when it is walking, it's belly slides across the floor.

 

god i hate cats.......

 

Now you people know why i keep my EDC in it's hardshell whenever i'm not playing it

 

your cat made the bass fall?

what! are you keeping a Bengal Tiger as a pet???

my cat is a pretty large goon (persian dude) he weighs 5 Kg and still I belive he can't put my bass through the short fall to the floor.
actually he never even showed any interest in my music gear, ussually he wouldn't care if I play the bass when he's in the room and when I play the saxophone he runs like hell (am I that bad?).

the only evil he does is kill lizards and roachs and play with their dead bodies (not to mention stow them under the carpet for future use).

 

I know some used gear I'll be passing on

My cats looks at my cabs and then looks at me when he wants to go outside.

"Let me out or the Aguilar gets it!"