The bargain queen's new bass!

[jacolyte]

HIM: "You already have a bass! Why do you need two?"
ME: "I don't. But I want two."

The End.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Enjoy the EB! Sounds like a nice one for customizing. As for the heat-gun, I use the rule of the hand: once it get's to where I have to move my hand, I pull off. Usually see the poly starting to lift up about that time.

 

[Gaolee]

Pff. Men.

Pff. Spouses.

Clearly, you are one of us and he's one of them. It's worth it, though. You are learning the virtue of multiple. Eventually, they will multiply on their own and then you don't have to explain how many you have. So long as you keep them swirling around a bit. You are on the righteous path!

And, just to be perfectly accurate, you need another Jag so you can have one with flats and one with rounds. Same with the EB. And you need an EB-3 because they are a little different and have a different sound. Actually, you need two of them, because strings. These aren't just wants. They are absolute requirements. He must be made to understand. Send him here and we will educate him in the error of his ways and the fact that you are, in fact, being practical.

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

Pics!

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Of course you need another bass. What would happen if your primary one was knocked over and was severely damaged? Or, if there was an electrical failure with it? And, yes, they all do sound different. Artists do not have one colour of paint on their palette. Your choice of the new colour scheme sounds great. I wonder how a Epiphone Jack Casady bass would look with your ideas? Brilliant choices.

 

[bnolsen]

Ignorant of musical things he is, but juvenile, he is not.

ALL men are juvenile. It's part of what makes us men.

 

[Rip Van Dan]

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.

LOL...it's not men, it's non-bass players...or perhaps non-musicians. Congrats on your new EBO!

 

[Pilgrim]

To me, an EB-0 is designed to sound like it does. Adding another pickup changes it to something else. I'm generally not a fan of modding basses other than cosmetics like a change of pickguard or adding a stripe, so take that into account. I think that the Epi version will work very well for you with the single pickup, and I can assure you that the 30" scale on that bass will balance much better than the 34" neck double-pickup version, the EB-3. I had one for about a month - worst balanced bass I ever owned, which was why I got rid of it.

 

[Forty-Thirty]

Pff. Spouses.

Clearly, you are one of us and he's one of them. It's worth it, though. You are learning the virtue of multiple. Eventually, they will multiply on their own and then you don't have to explain how many you have. So long as you keep them swirling around a bit. You are on the righteous path!

And, just to be perfectly accurate, you need another Jag so you can have one with flats and one with rounds. Same with the EB. And you need an EB-3 because they are a little different and have a different sound. Actually, you need two of them, because strings. These aren't just wants. They are absolute requirements. He must be made to understand. Send him here and we will educate him in the error of his ways and the fact that you are, in fact, being practical.

Agreed on the two Jags! Sadly, no EB-3 for me--it only comes in 34". I will remember to send him here for his schooling next time!

 

[Ewo]

As to your next acquisition (!), there are a number of short-scale threads popping up on here. Happy GAS-ing.

 

[flam]

I appreciate the sentiment, but I certainly will not excuse it. People can be protective of their hobby without...

Right, I was just trying to play peace keeper a little bit. I'll just remove myself from that, because my hindsight tells me I had no reason to say anything.

Anyway, I'm actually really excited to see the refin on this. I routed my eb-0 out for a rockfield MM humbucker, and never used it much after that. I hope you enjoy yours a lot more than I did mine.

 

[kat888]

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?"

... Pff. Men.

Similar to the conversation we had when I mentioned the possibility of a third.

He sort of gets that one is solid and the other is hollow but a THIRD?

Mind you he'll happily stare at a Ric 330 for 30 minutes cos Paul Weller played one...

 

[Gaolee]

Sadly, no EB-3 for me--it only comes in 34".

Ah, that's what you think now. Look for a vintage one. They were short scale if I remember right. Besides, you need a vintage one. Really. You do. You know it.

And, as you progress in your husband training, you will discover the need for multiple scales of basses, from the 30" short scales to a 42" double bass. He will see the light and understand. My wife did, up to a point. Unfortunately, she doesn't have things like gaming consoles or a shoe habit I can point to when explaining the need for yet another Thunderbird or something. It makes the spouse training process more difficult, but it can be done.

 

[Basshappi]

Congrats on the new bass, look forward to seeing the pics!
Welcome to the SG/EB club, we have cookies, dark, chocolaty cookies!

 

[Bassa Nova]

Congrats. Great price.

I have always been interested in getting an eb-0. Best of luck!

 

[Rip Van Dan]

Agreed on the two Jags! Sadly, no EB-3 for me--it only comes in 34". I will remember to send him here for his schooling next time!

Now don't forget...somewhere down the road you'll probably NEED a 5-string!

 

[Engle]

....and a fretless, and a 5 string fretless, and an acoustic bass guitar for the summer, and a fretless acoustic bass guitar just because it's cool, and one day you have to get an upright bass, so you better get an electric upright so you can make the transition......

 

[Jon Clegg]

BTW, refinishing/modding is how it starts, then you'll want to build your own, then....next thing you know you'll have a half dozen diy basses.

 

[bassbenj]

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.

Yeah, but when is he going to learn something he can earn a living at? Get him interested in luthiery and building basses in particular. Win-win.

 

[BAG]

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.

That's funny! Can't wait for you to tell the conversation that ensues when you get your third bass.

I realised how far my daughters have come in hearing differences when we were doing a gig two weeks ago. Being a 40th birthday party I decided to take my Jag shorty, which I haven't gigged for over a year, as I didn't want to risk possible damage to my Godin. While we were sound checking my eldest daughter turned to me and said, "That really doesn't sound as good as the Godin". Younger daughter chimes in "go home and get the Godin dad, it's worth less than our guitars ...... stop being so precious". They were right.