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The bargain queen's new bass!

#181
My daughter used an Epi Eb-0 all through Grammer and middle school,I changed the pup to a Dimarzo,don't remember which one sorry,put flats on it thought it was still a bit "dark",I tried a Boss bass equalizer solved my problem,worked well through a Fender Rumble 100,daughter quit sold everything but the pedal, wish I kept the bass.lol
 
#183
tubedude said:
Fourty-Thirty wrote:
Don't knock my man, now. He plays video/PC games and reads comics, but he's also an incredibly brilliant scholar of Medieval literature with four dead languages (Old and Middle English, Old High German, and Latin) under his belt with translation proficiency in each, and can write and teach circles around anyone I know.

Excuse me, apologies to the both of you. Your man obviously has quite the intelect, and a variety of interests. An atypical outlier of the gamer species. I apologize for confusing him with the run of the mill variety. And apologies to any others out there that don't live in their parents basement, have problems with social interactions, and have more of a virtual life than real one.
I suppose being bass players, no one here would really fit the archetype too closely.
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The "archetype" doesn't have to be the stereotype.
Two consoles? That's nothing. I have a considerable arcade game circuit board collection that I have set up to play in HD with huge control panels. As a software engineer and a fan of amusements in general, it's just something that's awesome - and people that come to my house get a kick out of it. Take a look:

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...but I'm also bass player and take music in general very seriously. I also own a home, am starting a family with my wife later this year, and have worked at some very major companies as a software engineer of several disciplines. I was even once asked when going for a job interview at a famous fashion retailer if I was applying for a modeling position.

@Forty-Thirty congrats on your EBO. Tell your husband that if he can have a collection of different games that retail for $50-60 each (forget consoles, a bigger number), a $99 bass should be nothing compared to that.
 
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#185
P. Aaron said:
Congrats on yer new bass. I'm thinking it's time to play along to some old Alice Cooper records like Love It To Death & Killer.
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I loved Killer! Pretty much wore out the vinyl on that one.

Sadly, the only red bass I have to share a pic of is the one in my avatar, which I no longer own.

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#186
Forty-Thirty said:
Oh, to follow up on the "this is my second bass" thing, my husband (who is fine with me having this as long as it has a place to live) and I had the following conversation:

HIM: "You already have a bass! Why do you need two?"
ME: "This one is different."
"It's a bass."
"No, this one will sound different from the one I have. It has a different type of pickup."
"It's a BASS."
"You have two different video game systems. Why would you need two? It's the same thing you're saying to me."
"I don't have two X Boxes" (actually he does--an old one and a 360, but whatever)
"But you have two video game systems."
"Well, ...(something about how they're different). All basses do the same thing."
"All video game systems play video games."
"But (something again about how they're sooo different). It would be like you having a bass and a guitar, but not like having two basses."
"Video game systems play video games. Some of those video games have different features and formats that only the certain type of machine will play. Basses have different types of electronics (didn't get into any other differences because they are irrelevant to mine) and make different sounds, and you do different things with those sounds. It works exactly the same."
He wasn't buying it.

Pff. Men. ;)
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He sounds delightful.

I got my first EB-0 last weekend. It's my 6th bass, and my girlfriend doesn't bat an eye. I don't really have any other expensive hobbies, so.....

That aside, it's a lovely instrument. I already have a red bass too, and really wanted to find a black EB-0, but couldn't, and now that I have it, that cherry red finish is SO nice (and different enough from my other) that I wouldn't dream of changing it. Your project sounds really cool though.
 
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Forty-Thirty said:
Don't knock my man, now. He plays video/PC games and reads comics, but he's also an incredibly brilliant scholar of Medieval literature with four dead languages (Old and Middle English, Old High German, and Latin) under his belt with translation proficiency in each, and can write and teach circles around anyone I know. Ignorant of musical things he is, but juvenile, he is not.
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Four dead languages??? I mean, isn't one dead language enough? What's the difference between one dead language and another, practically speaking?
 
#188
Forty-Thirty said:
Also, I'm not sure why playing video games makes him "a grown boy." Why are some hobbies "adult" and some hobbies "for boys"? It sounds very junior high--back then some hobbies were arbitrarily "cool" because someone said they were, and others were "uncool," again because someone arbitrarily determined that they were, and then you got made fun of for it. That's incredibly asinine. Let people enjoy what they enjoy as long as it doesn't harm others, and don't patronize them for it.
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Sorry, this is my last comment on this, lol. I think that people are taking issue with his actions in solidarity with you because the conversation you described was him NOT just letting you enjoy what you enjoy and sounded like he was patronizing YOU. Acting like every bass is just like another in an effort to dissuade you from getting what you love is patronizing as hell, in my humble opinion, and I'm guessing I'm not the only one who thinks so.
 
#189
I've owned a few of these, both Gibsons and Epis, long and short scale. My experience and observations:

Stick with the short scale models...neck dive on the long ones is atrocious.

Find a string, flat or round, that produces strong midrange fundamental frequencies...that's what will begin to make the difference. I tried about every round I could find, and never got any real use able highs, at least as translated via the pickup and my amps. Dialing in mids and rolling off frequencies between around 400 and 150hz seemed to help focus things. Tapes might be interesting to experiment with as well.

Keep the pickup...it's nowhere near as muddy as the old original Gibson version. I tried the Model One and a running series of capacitors for about a year without gaining much in return. Well, I got really good at soldering, but other than that...

If you're a plucker, dig in near the bridge...if you're a picker, same thing. Move your pick/pluck position around and listen to the tonal changes. See what gets you closer to where you want to be soundwise.

Experiment! Eff the "rules" and see what sounds you can come up with by doing something differently. Piddle about with pedals if you like, and see where that leads. Try out a sonic maximizer, if you can find one!

Whatever else you do or don't do, have fun and make excellent music!
 
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I'd like to think she's working with that new contact on her first band and doesn't have the time to just hang out here and gab. ;)

She's also a university prof. If where she works is anything like the college I went to, things are probably totally insane for her right now between getting course grades in, writing grad school recommendations, and graduation. For 'tis the season when every punter who's been coasting through their last four years suddenly shows up on all their professors' doorsteps looking for a favor. Usually a BIG favor. :laugh:
 
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#194
Ok, I lied--pictures tomorrow, not today! The primer coat isn't cured enough to paint today after all, so we'll be painting tomorrow instead.

But I'll ask a question in the meantime! I'm going back and forth in my head about what color to paint the neck (it was red like the body, originally). I had planned on it being turquoise like the body, but yesterday my friend asked if I was going to paint it turquoise or black. I hadn't thought about black. The headstock is black, so it would make sense. I think I'd rather it be turquoise, but would it look odd if the only black thing on the whole bass was the headstock? Do I need another black element to make it make sense? Thoughts?
 
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Forty-Thirty said:
Ok, I lied--pictures tomorrow, not today! The primer coat isn't cured enough to paint today after all, so we'll be painting tomorrow instead.

But I'll ask a question in the meantime! I'm going back and forth in my head about what color to paint the neck (it was red like the body, originally). I had planned on it being turquoise like the body, but yesterday my friend asked if I was going to paint it turquoise or black. I hadn't thought about black. The headstock is black, so it would make sense. I think I'd rather it be turquoise, but would it look odd if the only black thing on the whole bass was the headstock? Do I need another black element to make it make sense? Thoughts?
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Do a turquoise neck and body! Will it be a transparent or solid turquoise?

The pickguard is black, right? No problem! There's your black element to match the headstock! :thumbsup:
 
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Forty-Thirty said:
Ok, I lied--pictures tomorrow, not today! The primer coat isn't cured enough to paint today after all, so we'll be painting tomorrow instead.

But I'll ask a question in the meantime! I'm going back and forth in my head about what color to paint the neck (it was red like the body, originally). I had planned on it being turquoise like the body, but yesterday my friend asked if I was going to paint it turquoise or black. I hadn't thought about black. The headstock is black, so it would make sense. I think I'd rather it be turquoise, but would it look odd if the only black thing on the whole bass was the headstock? Do I need another black element to make it make sense? Thoughts?
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If you had to add more black, a black pin stripe all along the bevel, right where it meets the main body face, could be really cool.
 

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