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Ok, where's the $50 bass, then?

#284
Well, I thought I was gonna have a thoroughly **** time here at work in the run up to christmas - turns out I was saved by this ridiculous monster thread(s).

That bass just looks plain cool to me - like it plays warm and low and deep. Sweet score I would say.

Ampegfuzz, been a big week for you mate, Mystery bass, Internet hysteria, 'Lynch mobs' with numbers, Engaged, congratulataions man, looks like its gonna be a good chistmas. Thanks for sharing.

Merry Christmas to all you TB'ers
;)
 
#286
I'm actually a little sad that the thing showed up already. I'm now stuck waiting for a "more than $50 not mystery bass". It's almost certainly a better instrument, but nowhere near as much fun.

Congrats on the engagement Ampegfuzz; I hope you and you wife have many happy years together.
 
#288
I've concluded that the $50 Mystery bass thread(s) had a *perfect* ending. Had it ended up being a $12,000 original '51 Fender P, it would have ended up being about money, great deals, and materialistic things...
As it is, these goofy threads brought people from all over the place together for a laugh, some fun and for many of us, took our minds off of worries for a while. It's what Christmas is really about :) It took a clunky bargain basement Japanese bass to show folks that it's people, not big $ that makes the holiday season what it is.
That bass actually put me into the Christmas spirit when I had been bah humbugging all month!

Oh and another thing:
CONGRATS AMPEGFUZZ!!! many happy happy years to you and your bride to BE!
 
#289
What a great story! I've followed it from the 1st post, and its a SWEET vintage bass! Plug that guy into an SVT, crank the gain to 11, and play some buzzsaw indie/noise licks! This is exactly what's great about talkbass; like-minded people nerding out over seemingly random things, and putting a smile on everybody's faces!

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays everybody!
 
#293
Relic said:
I've concluded that the $50 Mystery bass thread(s) had a *perfect* ending. Had it ended up being a $12,000 original '51 Fender P, it would have ended up being about money, great deals, and materialistic things...
As it is, these goofy threads brought people from all over the place together for a laugh, some fun and for many of us, took our minds off of worries for a while. It's what Christmas is really about :) It took a clunky bargain basement Japanese bass to show folks that it's people, not big $ that makes the holiday season what it is.
That bass actually put me into the Christmas spirit when I had been bah humbugging all month!

Oh and another thing:
CONGRATS AMPEGFUZZ!!! many happy happy years to you and your bride to BE!
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Very well said, man!


Merry Christmas, everybody! :)
 
#294
ampegfuzz said:
On a side note i asked my girlfriend to marry me and she accepted. (purchased the ring before the epic story was first told :) how else am i going to keep getting scores from colorado ;) ) Good december had by all!!!

p.s. After i proposed she said i can buy what ever bass i want. lol
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Wow. Really??? Any bass you want??? I'm normally the guy who reacts to news of a friend's engagement (and we're friends now, AmpegFuzz, like it or not, we may even be family after all we've gone through together!) by trying to talk them out of it. But if you get to buy any bass you want, plus you get the most exciting bonus basses in the mail from time to time. So, for the first time ever, I'm going to give an engagement my blessing! You win, go forth and multiply!

I think that the majority of married TBers will tell you that your betrothed holds a very valuable and rare trait in her encouragement of a bass stockpile. Just do a search for "baby," "married" or "wife" in the TB classifieds. You'll see (sorry to all you lady bass players out there, but we are mostly gents, after all!), these words generally coincide with "so I have to sell my ______" .

Anyway, you'd better make sure that you've got a pretty sweet gift under the tree for this lady (besides the ring, I mean).

Congrats, and thanks man!!!
 
#295
Agh! I got all wrapped up in your engagement and haven't described my "Emergency Nut Technique!"

Find any old piece of material that is moderately hard. You can use a scrap of plastic from an old toy, a piece of hard wood (oak, ash, maple, mahogany, etc... NOT PINE!). Cut it down to size (but leave one dimensions a little longer for holding in a vice) so it fits in there, then line up the strings, and with a sharp knife cut little "V" notches where the strings should go. Then take those old strings and run them trough those "V" notches until they round out and the strings sit nicely.

After that you make your final cut, and just stick that new nut in there, no glue, just friction and pressure from the strings to keep it in place.

It works.
 

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