Don't think I will. There was one on the Net for sale here a couple of years ago I and I sometimes wish I'd snapped it up.
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The Soundgear Club
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I thought last night I had not heard from Alaskaleftiebass here for a while. I have just looked him up and he has passed on. His posts always showed what a great guy he was and whilst I never met him maybe one day we will in another place and another time. All my best with you on your journey Will.
Aww man, so sorry to hear this. He was always such a nice dude. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, definitely going to be thinking of him
Wow that is terrible news. He was always a very friendly guy every time I spoke with him, and you could tell he had an appreciation for his entry level GSR basses just like they were a premium level bass. I had noticed he hadn't posted in a while but never thought this could be the reason. He will be missed here most certainly. My condolences to his family; I hope they know how much we all loved him here on TalkBass. Rest In Peace brother
Oh no! He was one of the good guys.
found his obituary- sounds like a great guy
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Yes, very sad. He is missed. R.I.P
Oh that's sad to hear. Thank you for sharing this @Outbush
Even though I never met him, we had a few likes to each other's posts. By then I have already found out he was a Soundgear enthusiast. Sad to hear him go. Condolences to his family and friends.
Oh no! My condolences re: Will/AlaskaLeftyBass. The few times we've interacted on here were always very positive. He definitely seemed like a good dude, who often was the voice of reason in our howling mob. And only 69... that's too young. (in 2015, my dad passed one day before his 69th birthday, which is "way too young" in my book).
This is the truth, and I learned that the hard way. I can think of three basses I've had in the past (non-Soundgear) were perhaps the best sounding basses I've ever come in contact with. They were fairly high end too (though I bought them preowned, and saved money). Two of them didn't balance the way I like (too horizontal and the small body pushed the neck too far left making first position an uncomfortable reach; and one of them has been praised on here like crazy for comfort/ergonomics). The other balanced very nicely on me... but it was a boat anchor (over 12.5 pounds/ 5.7kg) that ached my shoulder after 40 minutes.
People around here like to say "Leo got it right the first time" but I prefer to say that Ibanez got it right with the Soundgear. Most comfortable basses I've ever played.
(ASIDE: My current Soundgear and this thread are reminding me of a low-end Soundgear I had 15ish years ago... played great, sounded great, balanced nicely... and now I'm starting to kinda regret letting it go).
And I hear you on that sentiment of even a bass that's "better" than yours just isn't yours. Like in the movie Full Metal Jacket: "This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine!"
This is the truth, and I learned that the hard way. I can think of three basses I've had in the past (non-Soundgear) were perhaps the best sounding basses I've ever come in contact with. They were fairly high end too (though I bought them preowned, and saved money). Two of them didn't balance the way I like (too horizontal and the small body pushed the neck too far left making first position an uncomfortable reach; and one of them has been praised on here like crazy for comfort/ergonomics). The other balanced very nicely on me... but it was a boat anchor (over 12.5 pounds/ 5.7kg) that ached my shoulder after 40 minutes.
People around here like to say "Leo got it right the first time" but I prefer to say that Ibanez got it right with the Soundgear. Most comfortable basses I've ever played.
(ASIDE: My current Soundgear and this thread are reminding me of a low-end Soundgear I had 15ish years ago... played great, sounded great, balanced nicely... and now I'm starting to kinda regret letting it go).
And I hear you on that sentiment of even a bass that's "better" than yours just isn't yours. Like in the movie Full Metal Jacket: "This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine!"
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People can say it all they like but it doesn't make it true. They were good prototypes at best.
Sad to hear. I had nothing to do with him but read his posts, but he always came across as a decent guy.
On a slightly related note, I'd often wonder what it was like when I'd be on TB midday in late February at it'd already be 47 degrees Celcius outside and I'd see a post and wonder what it must be like in Alaska, or Scandanavia, Iceland , Russia etc - big minus centregrades, I'll bet. I can't imagine what would happen to a bass if you shipped it from North West New South Wales, Australia to deepest, darkest Arctic Circle or near abouts that time of year.
Well, we're a land of extremes, I'll give you that. The coldest I've had to haul gear to a show in has been around -35 C (-31 F) and the hottest around +35 C (95 F). Personally I'd probably melt in Australian temperatures... The temperature fluctuations do not bode well with instruments made out of wood though – a lot of it has to do with the difference in air moisture. During the winters the wood dries up and the necks might be affected, resulting in fret ends poking out of the fretboard and strings buzzing against the frets as the neck goes more stiff.
Truss rod adjustments are very often necessary with new store-bought instruments around here. The climate is very different from where the factories reside, say, for example, California or Indonesia.
I feel blessed to live in a place where the weather never changes much. Great for the stability of necks compared to when I lived in the NE USA. In San Francisco it is almost always between 50-70 F (10-20 C)
I've been eyeing that same bass HARD! Love the finish. I'm really tempted to hold out for a premium model though. I'm really digging the sr1105b or the sr1345b.
I haven't been watching the SR Club for a while now because I traded away my SR1100B a few months back, but I've got the urge to get another so I opened up this thread and this was the first post I saw. What a bummer
Can't say I knew Will or interacted with him much, but I enjoyed reading his contributions to TB.
