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Jealous o' you bastards

#22
G-MonRV5 said:
And, besides, as any serious TB'er will tell you, it's the thread GAUGE of the pickguard screws that influence the tone of the instrument far more than the number of screws used!
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Actually it is the thread pitch that has the biggest affect. The resulting cellulose vortices interact with stochastic string resonances to produce sympathetic overtones that cause women to shake their booties.

On a related note, Screw Thread Pitch is playing Coachella next year...
 
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#23
I've been learning bass for 4 weeks to play with my uke group (been playing uke for a year, guitar for 50 years), ordered a custom 21" scale bass uke for $480 before I even started lessons (still on it's way). Took two 20 minute lessons and bought a Gold Tone GT MicroBass 23" scale, $375. Then while reading through posts on Talk Bass a last week about converting a guitar to a base, I bought an Epiphone Les Paul Express 22" scale guitar and the parts to make the conversion, all for $145.

I played bass the first time with the group last Thursday and despite missing many notes often, I had a great time, and got many compliments. It actually didn't take me all that long in the hour session to get a feel for it. I'm especially happy that it hasn't cost me an arm and a leg to venture into this realm of playing.
 
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txpitdog said:
There are those that spend all day thinking up posts for inconsequential differences between $3500 basses that nobody gives half a crap about except the person posting....and then there's the folks that take whatever bass they have and go play on Friday and Saturday nights while I'm at home with my ****** 4 month skills and a dwindling bottle of Captain Morgan's, the Va Tech game, and my practice amp. I'd rather be posting in the recording forum with a sound board clip of my show instead of nonchalantly posting on whether a 10 screw pickguard actually makes half a ****'s difference compared to a 11 screw pickguard. I hope to get there one day, so live it up with whatever ya got and rock those mutha****as out.

I love my Stingray and my MIM jazz is cool. ....and that's all I got to say about that
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Ok.
 
#28
I wonder why the OP switched to left handed playing..? If he already played one way, why change? The two hands perform different independent tasks, so as long as not too much rum has been consumed, should be fine. As for gear, it matters not. All that matters is that you love your playing and love your sound.

We only get better at things via doing them...
 
#30
Never be jealous of any musician that posts on TB. Anybody posting about their gear on a public forum probably has a long way to go! I don't care if they have a $100,000 bass. Let's face it we're all a bunch of nerds. Every great bass player started at the bottom. So cheer up and keep practicing.
 
#35
I agree somewhat- where I play out and also see other bands, 95% of the gigging bassist, are playing some form of P-Bass or Jazz, and usually its a MIM, like one of my main gig axes.
Only for the jazz cats do I ever see these exotic, $4500 Bubinga topped 6-strings in the wilds.

Heck, I am even beginning to feel that my custom $1000 Carvin bass is viewed as "high-end" by some. Certainly noone else gigging them that I have seen.
 
#37
Hey OP...once upon a time, we all were looking at others playing shows while we weren't.

I am not a natural musician. I had a tin ear. I was not that oriented towards rhythm. But man, I wanted it. I spent a helluva lot of time practicing.

I now play semi professionally. It is possible dude. If you want it, get down to it. It's not magic, it's just a lot of work.

I don't know you, but if you have access to your own hands and are determined to be a working bassists, I don't see why you can't do it. Irrelevant of the type of bass you play.

John
 

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