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My first "real" bass

TexasEdition

TexasEdition

Sep 25, 2019
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I've been plucking away at an SG300 for the last couple of months and decided that this is something I want to pursue. So I'm going deep down the rabbit hole....

Every once in a while, you see something and your brain just clicks "that's it!". I saw someone playing an Aerodyne on YT and had that moment. I finally found one on Reverb that went for a decent buck, made a cheeky offer and settled on a decent price.

I thought that SG300 was not half bad, but this thing makes that SG feel like a 9 bob note. It came strung with some flatwounds, but I think they are played out. I got a set of roto sounds for it, but now I'm thinking of going with some Sunbeams or Pure Blues.

I admit, I have never been a fan of black guitars... But I now have this, a Geddy on order, and I am looking at a black-top P-Bass this weekend. The benefit here being I may be able to pass them all off to my wife as the same instrument....

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Bassmike62 said:
Aerodyne Jazzes are beautiful instruments, with great playability and a sound of their own. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do mine :).
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Thanks!

What are you doing for strings? I don't know why I always obsess over strings... It's not like I am such an awesome player that it will make that much difference.

Also, I think I might want to do some kind of hi mass bridge on there at some point.
 
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TexasEdition said:
Thanks!

What are you doing for strings? I don't know why I always obsess over strings... It's not like I am such an awesome player that it will make that much difference.

Also, I think I might want to do some kind of hi mass bridge on there at some point.
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I left the stock strings on it, not sure what they are. I changed the bridge for a Hipshot KickAss and also got an X-tender tuning key, also from Hipshot, from quick drop-d tuning.
 
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TexasEdition said:
I admit, I have never been a fan of black guitars... But I now have this, a Geddy on order, and I am looking at a black-top P-Bass this weekend. The benefit here being I may be able to pass them all off to my wife as the same instrument....
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Ha! Even if she's as blind as a bat, her sense of smell is at least 500% keener than yours. As long as you're shopping, you might as well see if can find a can of "New Bass Scent." ;)
 
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TexasEdition said:
That's the real trick right? Only keep one out at a time and hope she buys into my story of a gig bag / case fetish.
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The excuse the works better, i.m.h.o. is: that refretting would ruin the instrument if done too many times [not true actually, and also you would need only 1 refret job for bass in a lifetime probably] so having 4 or 5 basses at home, let you to make them last forever, because you play less each one.
Eh eh eh.
 
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Awesome bass!!!!!!


Don't hide things from your wife. When (not if) she figures it out, your trust is broken. It's binary. You either ARE the kind of person who would hide things from her or your are NOT. Period. There's no "kinda". There's no "No big deal cuz it was just a bass". She will, of course, wonder what else you have hidden from her.
 
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two fingers said:
Awesome bass!!!!!!


Don't hide things from your wife. When (not if) she figures it out, your trust is broken. It's binary. You either ARE the kind of person who would hide things from her or your are NOT. Period. There's no "kinda". There's no "No big deal cuz it was just a bass". She will, of course, wonder what else you have hidden from her.
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I appreciate the moral fortitude. But she has shoes, purses, and belts, and I have music and fishing stuff.
 
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two fingers said:
All of that is your business. I hope she doesn't hide any from you either.
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Hiding an brief extra adventure, is however a form of love.
She loves you but got bored of "making love" with the same man ...everyday.
This happens also to a man, that loves the wife, but tries a couple of extra experiences [paid or not] in the lifetime, maybe with a 20 years strip-girl, just in memory of those old days?

The worst thing really is when she clearly "tells" you that is going to leave home, and going to live with another man and that she loves him. So hiding "something" is not really so bad in the end.
 
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