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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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After a couple of good rips, and with some Snowcaps.
Hmm, I may have identified an arbitrage opportunity. A local dude has an Epi Ripper for sale on CL. He wants $300 or an acoustic/electric bass for trade. I'm going to scope the Epi out and see if I like the neck & weight. If that pans out and I wish to acquire it, I'd be interested in upgrading the pups down the road.
Another dude on local CL has an Ibanez acoustic/electric bass for sale for $249. So, if I can't work the guy down on price for the Epi ($200-240?) I may be able to see if he'd take that Ibanez straight up, then I could try to work that guy down from his Ibanez sale price.
Of course this is all totally not worth the time and effort.
I've been reading too many askrere posts.
Another dude on local CL has an Ibanez acoustic/electric bass for sale for $249. So, if I can't work the guy down on price for the Epi ($200-240?) I may be able to see if he'd take that Ibanez straight up, then I could try to work that guy down from his Ibanez sale price.
Of course this is all totally not worth the time and effort.
I've been reading too many askrere posts.
Drive-in movies are the best. There is still one where I grew up in PA. Last time I was home I took the ol lady and the little one for their first trip to a drive-in movie. They thought is the best things since sliced bread! They didn't have the little speakers that hook to your windows anymore though, just tune in a radio channel to hear the movie.
Last drive-in movie I saw was I think Batman Forever, the one with Arnold as Mr. Freeze. Rotten.
I lost my virginity at the drive-in. Was on a triple date with my brother, a good friend, and these 3 girls we picked up at the mall. The movie was the original Night of The Living Dead. I was in the middle seat of a big old Dodge station wagon.
Awesome. Funny when you are young how you will get busy with a chick with your buddies hanging out in the same car! I started using the term front-seaters for tiny hotties because of my 96 pound high school girlfriend, no need to jump in the back seat at the drive-in if you had a front-seater with you.
I think he's unbeatable anywhere.
Hmm, I may have identified an arbitrage opportunity. A local dude has an Epi Ripper for sale on CL. He wants $300 or an acoustic/electric bass for trade. I'm going to scope the Epi out and see if I like the neck & weight. If that pans out and I wish to acquire it, I'd be interested in upgrading the pups down the road.
Another dude on local CL has an Ibanez acoustic/electric bass for sale for $249. So, if I can't work the guy down on price for the Epi ($200-240?) I may be able to see if he'd take that Ibanez straight up, then I could try to work that guy down from his Ibanez sale price.
Of course this is all totally not worth the time and effort.
I've been reading too many askrere posts.
You're making me so proud! Post the craigslist ad for the acoustic to him directly or just a picture so he gets the idea, and doesn't contact that guy himself first, he thinks it's you!
Definitely too man askrere posts.
Sometimes I think about getting into flipping but sometimes it just sounds exhausting. I've already got a job, a band, hobbies and household work to do....
Wife too! But seriously you fix pedals, get better, and flip them as you fix them.
I do make money, but it's a great way to try gear. I don't get wicked gas that I act on, so I just sit until I see cheap ads and pounce. Most I didn't really want but I can learn about it, clean it, play it and meet people. In the end it's like I'm my own hyper specialized pawn stars (I just don't weight 600 pounds and wear gold chains).
My friend and me are gonna drop $300 and start a farmers market booth. Lol ours is full of fat walleted people and terrible booths with no business sense. We're gonna Sanford and Son up that place with a terrible junk yard/music gear/used clothing/juice?/etc.?? Booth.
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Yeah, guitarist called me a flaky lying azzhole. When he's the one that doesn't show up for practice, owes us months of rent, among many other things. So I'm telling him to take a hike at the truckfighters show tonight. I'm done dealing with his shvt.
Fuzz pedals, leather and denim vests and cranberry juice filled crushed up niacin tablets?
I was gonna ask earlier if the stuff you were saying about the band drama was why my FB feed was clogged up with slightly off kilter rants about flakes and true believers and sh*t. I was hesitant to say anything, in case it was you getting in jabs before bailing lol.
You wanna hear drama.
The thing that kinda makes in complicated is that we were supposed to play Days of the DOOMED next month, but we haven't practiced in 3 months, because someone has shvt always going on in his life, I feel bad for the guy for some of it that is out of his control, but he really needs to slow down and get his heading for a trainwreck life back under control. We have 2 songs half written, we would be no where ready to play this gig, and I'm not going to make a fool of myself or the music we've written because we were not prepared at this level of a show, so I suggested back out of the gig, he then called me a flaky lying azzhole, and blamed me and the drummer for everything, when were the one that is there every Monday for our weekly scheduled practice, pay rent, I have stuck my neck and wallet out for this guy... He causes unneeded stress in my life. He can take his band with him, and I wish him the best, cause he can write good music. We shall see who the heaviest is in the end.
Ah that feels better
The thing that kinda makes in complicated is that we were supposed to play Days of the DOOMED next month, but we haven't practiced in 3 months, because someone has shvt always going on in his life, I feel bad for the guy for some of it that is out of his control, but he really needs to slow down and get his heading for a trainwreck life back under control. We have 2 songs half written, we would be no where ready to play this gig, and I'm not going to make a fool of myself or the music we've written because we were not prepared at this level of a show, so I suggested back out of the gig, he then called me a flaky lying azzhole, and blamed me and the drummer for everything, when were the one that is there every Monday for our weekly scheduled practice, pay rent, I have stuck my neck and wallet out for this guy... He causes unneeded stress in my life. He can take his band with him, and I wish him the best, cause he can write good music. We shall see who the heaviest is in the end.
Ah that feels better
Oh and
Guatemalan pollo Dorado>Volcano>me>bronco (tuned to E)>Ampeg V3 clean channel>dually
I need a louder head to test the dually! The 50 watts is pretty damn loud through that thing though. I forgot my power cable so need to go to my place and get it to try the gk and Demeter setup (which by the way has the Jensen xlr direct out transformer thing, I was check out what tubes it had today).
The dually is flawless finish wise but you guys have seen that, as for the sound, it does what I wanted so far! make things loud and accurately reproduce them without distorting themselves. Everything I'm playing is new save the bass but I haven't touched it since like January, so I can't comment on what tone if any the dually brings to the table, but I think that's a good thing, and I definitely don't need the tweeter I don't think, but I'll see later. Also later would be the BEAD chromes roadstar with model P I need to shield and redo. That through the Demeter/crown or MB500 is the true test, of big fartless articulate cleans (and the stacking my dano board on that).
The amp is cool, I don't think I'm flipping it, but even of I was I want to fix it up. The guy who sold it to me is a tech of sorts, but this things a mystery and needs a retubing, I didn't bother haggling with him as he's so close to me and gave me his card we still might be in contact. Dirty channel is microphonic, noise in the back kinda thing. Nothing a little TLC and curiosity won't fix. Or I might see if someone would trade for a V7 if it's this thing with 100 watts. Truth be told I'm curious why this monster transformer beast couldn't be closer to 100 watts with it's two 6550's and tube depot says you can swap out JJ kt88's or something in their place in ampegs (although this will take some manual/schematic hunting to confirm). Overall it goes from crunchy/Lemmy like to old school/warm/dubby, I like setting a tone then using the mid shift and EQ shift to easily flip between tonal variations of the knob set tone. I'm curious how retubing, cleaning and reverb inspecting will do. The second channel would be more usable and also allow me to blend both channels.
Overall Very very good, but I prefer the bass vi tone and playability now to the bronco, but it's being cleaned up still and since I dismantled it I'm gonna buy the mim locking jazz master trem, bridge mounted foam mute, switches, shielding paint, and get it 100% to where I want it, along with the roadstar. This means series wiring, and dropping the tone knob for a second jack for stereo use.
Then I have the squier Aiken p, that I'll just trade the body for a jazz, and install series, my rick-o-sound jack, ric cap on bridge pickup. Also rounds and used for like E standard-D Standard, as neither the roadstar or bass vi can replicate the sound of rounds on a full scale.
Guatemalan pollo Dorado>Volcano>me>bronco (tuned to E)>Ampeg V3 clean channel>dually
I need a louder head to test the dually! The 50 watts is pretty damn loud through that thing though. I forgot my power cable so need to go to my place and get it to try the gk and Demeter setup (which by the way has the Jensen xlr direct out transformer thing, I was check out what tubes it had today).
The dually is flawless finish wise but you guys have seen that, as for the sound, it does what I wanted so far! make things loud and accurately reproduce them without distorting themselves. Everything I'm playing is new save the bass but I haven't touched it since like January, so I can't comment on what tone if any the dually brings to the table, but I think that's a good thing, and I definitely don't need the tweeter I don't think, but I'll see later. Also later would be the BEAD chromes roadstar with model P I need to shield and redo. That through the Demeter/crown or MB500 is the true test, of big fartless articulate cleans (and the stacking my dano board on that).
The amp is cool, I don't think I'm flipping it, but even of I was I want to fix it up. The guy who sold it to me is a tech of sorts, but this things a mystery and needs a retubing, I didn't bother haggling with him as he's so close to me and gave me his card we still might be in contact. Dirty channel is microphonic, noise in the back kinda thing. Nothing a little TLC and curiosity won't fix. Or I might see if someone would trade for a V7 if it's this thing with 100 watts. Truth be told I'm curious why this monster transformer beast couldn't be closer to 100 watts with it's two 6550's and tube depot says you can swap out JJ kt88's or something in their place in ampegs (although this will take some manual/schematic hunting to confirm). Overall it goes from crunchy/Lemmy like to old school/warm/dubby, I like setting a tone then using the mid shift and EQ shift to easily flip between tonal variations of the knob set tone. I'm curious how retubing, cleaning and reverb inspecting will do. The second channel would be more usable and also allow me to blend both channels.
Overall Very very good, but I prefer the bass vi tone and playability now to the bronco, but it's being cleaned up still and since I dismantled it I'm gonna buy the mim locking jazz master trem, bridge mounted foam mute, switches, shielding paint, and get it 100% to where I want it, along with the roadstar. This means series wiring, and dropping the tone knob for a second jack for stereo use.
Then I have the squier Aiken p, that I'll just trade the body for a jazz, and install series, my rick-o-sound jack, ric cap on bridge pickup. Also rounds and used for like E standard-D Standard, as neither the roadstar or bass vi can replicate the sound of rounds on a full scale.
He's got the money and it's partly to spite the juicer people there who show up and are slow as hell making the juice and run out and stick around with lines of people they don't turn away or mark things of the menu so every person must pick a juice be told they can't have it then proceed to to pick several more before the dumb ladies finally say we only got a few apples!
I just have a lot of music gear, and they have power and musicians there all the time so pedals and cigar box porch stompers and smaller stuff that's less easily damaged could be moved there.
What a jerk. Sucks to have to back out of a cool gig because of douchery.
