Jehovah's Wetness.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Jehovah's Wetness.
The finish isnt as nice as I hoped, but the sound is better than I expected. I have usually not cared for Bartolini electronics, but something about this configuration just does so well. If I do get in to modifying the electronics, I will go with a 4-way switch instead of the pan knob for the pickups. The 3-way mid shift kind of covers the range that is missing in the series setting of my other Dingwalls.
Those two items pretty much sold me on the bass. I love that cello cut on the body, and try to not buy basses that I cant see the wood grain on.
I'm jelly. Of both the bass and bass gas. I'm pretty much bass gas free, though I'm keeping my eyes peeled for a few other peaveys, namely a 3TS or sienna burst T40, a first addition fury and a dual super ferrite model the name of which is escaping me at the moment. I'd love a Ric or an LB100, but cab needs, amp maintanence and pedal Gas are taking firm priority.
That and I think my girl and I are really on the outs this time around. I may have to move soon.
That and I think my girl and I are really on the outs this time around. I may have to move soon.
Sucks about the girl situation. Good luck working it out.
Yes.
I mean, at least here, you can shower and stuff, of course, but you're best off keeping it quick when you do.
The thing that folks from back east often don't get is that "no rain for like three or four months" is a normal summer here. It's when we have no rain (and no snow in the mountains) in the winter that we have huge problems. Because that's usually pretty much all our water for the entire year. This past year we basically didn't have winter at all (almost no precipitation whatsoever), and the year before that was pretty dry, too.
This is usually a lake.
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If anything, the situation is worse than people are acting like it is. There's a lot of people ignoring it or living in denial.
There is a early Peavey Foundation (dual super ferrites) for $130 white with rosewood on GuitarCenter Used site. Listed as "Fair" condition so it could be perfect or awful knowing GC.
Also a black one with the "P" knobs for $165 listed as "good".
Wow. See, that is our main problem with moving further West. We LOVE it out that way, would be happy to get out of Oklahoma, but a lot of the states where we'd like to relocate--Arizona, parts of Nevada, California, are places where we'd be worried about the stability of water supply now and in the near future.
There's always Oregon and Washington I suppose. We have also thought a lot about Colorado.
Since I just started this new gig, we'll probably stick around here for at least a couple years, but we don't have a big desire to be permanent Okies. At all.
On the other hand, between my wife and I we have lived all over the USA. We know where we DON'T want to be, and frankly, there are only a handful of states we'd really bother trying to move to. We've pretty much crossed Arizona and California off our list (and I loved living in AZ.) We don't want to move really anywhere North or East. Been there, done that.
At this point we'd probably only seriously consider Colorado, Oregon, Washington and parts of Texas.
I just don't know. Hell, my wife may end up getting a good job in these parts in which case we might dig in, buy our first place and consider this area "home." We could always just take vacations out West but live in a place that, while not as nice or culturally interesting, is relatively cheap and has plenty of water for now.
I'm increasingly that way. Guess I always have been in a sense. I love a lot (most) of the classic Fender finishes and others too...love the metallics...Aztec Gold, Inca Silver, Candy Apple Red, Lake Placid Blue, Sherwood Green, Ocean Turquoise, etc., and the pastels--Seafoam, Salmon, Sonic Blue...love so many colors, but I found out long ago that when I get an instrument in a color like that, I tend to get tired of it for some reason.
The only instruments I've kept around for long--and call me a boring old fart if you wish--are off-white, black, burst and natural. And I lean more and more to naturals. I don't need more basses, but someday I will find or build a nice P bass with sweet grain on the body (I don't care for highly figured woods like quilted and flamed, etc. either) and do it up with a nice clear coat or maybe a slight golden yellow or amber tint, maple board, black pickguard. Just gotta do it eventually.
Yes, it is as nice as any area I've ever lived. Or been to. We loved Oregon and I wish we hadn't left, though if we ever get back there, we'd probably NOT live in Portland. Great town, but everyone wants to live there, prices have gone crazy...lots of other parts of the state we'd hit though. Or Washington.
I miss the desert areas of the Southwest (though western Oklahoma has some similar scenery in parts) but since water is a consideration, the PNW makes a lot of sense. Legal greenery, beautiful scenery, close to the Pacific. Plus my older daughter plans to move back to Oregon as soon as she can and go to college there.
I can't bear the thought of her being so far away, so we may be looking for a job and place within a couple hundred miles of Portland. SW Washington would be a serious contender.
One of the best bennies of being a library director, even in a small town, is that it's easy to get hooked up with other librarians and work into a job somewhere else. Like my last library job was a springboard to the better one I just started.
Why must you tempt me.
I love Missouri. There is actually a fair amount of geographic diversity for a plains state. Far more interesting than OK, NE, KS, IA and TX(except for the beaches).
If I move anywhere outside of STL, I am Colorado, Oregon or Alabama bound.
I love the southwest but doubt I'd move there at this point. The drought could continue for years, just wouldn't make sense to me to make long-term plans there. Nice to visit though.
PNW is awesome, if I had to choose a spot in the US to live that wasn't Madison, it would probably be out there somewhere.
The wife and I have been kicking around the idea of a move to the UK, but that's at least 5 years down the road, probably more. Her mother had dual citizenship so it would theoretically be easier for us than it would for most people. We'd just have to find jobs. Not too difficult for her, for me well... there's a LOT of audio tech companies in the U.K. So it's not outside the realm of possibility. Long term plans...
PNW is awesome, if I had to choose a spot in the US to live that wasn't Madison, it would probably be out there somewhere.
The wife and I have been kicking around the idea of a move to the UK, but that's at least 5 years down the road, probably more. Her mother had dual citizenship so it would theoretically be easier for us than it would for most people. We'd just have to find jobs. Not too difficult for her, for me well... there's a LOT of audio tech companies in the U.K. So it's not outside the realm of possibility. Long term plans...
Yes, I lived in some pretty big towns and had my fun. Lived in Chicago for a couple years, but I was single and much younger.
The expense and inconvenience (in some ways) of living in a large city with a family just ain't in the cards for me, but I do like living NEAR enough to a city to get there from time to time. I need the bustle once in a while (and OKC is one of the sh!ttiest places on Earth.)
I do really like the high desert region of Oregon, East of the gorge and out further East. Painted hills, etc. Really dig it. Very sparsely populated though. Also the Wallowa Mountains in the far NE of Oregon are gorgeous, but again the only towns around there are farflung and low in population.
Because if you buy it, I can't.
I haven't spent much time in that part of Oregon but I was born in the Yakima Valley, which would be a desert for the most part save irrigation. 1.5 hrs from Seattle, 3 hrs to Portland.
Population around 100k. Plus we have this, which is somewhat a joke. I don't particularly suggest Yakima by any means, just pointing out that there are some decent sized cities on the East side of the PNW that are a desert.
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Yeegods. That really is a drag. Hell, maybe there'll be a "reverse dustbowl" effect and a mass exodus of Californians will take place. Be sad in many ways though.
Exactly my thought, and why we crossed a couple more states off our list of "possibles."
I lived in St. Paul for several years as a kid and loved it. Now that I'M the guy who has to shovel snow, scrape car windows, pay for heating, etc., the idea of being snowbound a bunch of the year does not appeal. We got that in spades when we lived in NY state from 2007-2010. No mas, no thanks.
Besides, while I used to detest the heat and humidity of Oklahoma, I've found that now as my bones get older and I've had these recurring health issues, it's much harder (and more painful) for me to deal with extreme cold. Never used to bother me. Now it's a killer.
We have thought about this at great length as well. Very difficult to do without some kind of family connection. Anywhere in Europe is difficult, from what we found. Just getting a work visa is so difficult. You have to have one in place BEFORE you move there, of course, and unless you are working for a US-based company that has facilities in the UK or elsewhere in Europe, the place wanting to hire you basically has to convince their government that they can't find anyone to do the job who lives there, and therefore must hire someone from another nation. With the unemployment problems rampant in some parts of the UK, I reckon that is even more difficult nowadays.
Not to be a Debbie Downer, though,. Sounds like you have more of an in" than most people.
