The Top Ten Things I Learned From Talkbass

[Humbled]

I gave up pillaging and plundering a while back.

 

[miles'tone]

If it was good enough for Jaco..

 

[DavidG]

I learned that every time I go on Talkbass I buy something I don't need (but I also discover something I didn't know I needed but I do!).

 

[Humbled]

Fender didn't call it maroon, they had some other, more romantic name, like "Midnight Wine" or "Parisian Velvet". Unless, of course it was on their Skull and Crossbones Strat, then the moniker was something like "Type O Negative" or "Sam Peckinpah's prop".

I'm pretty sure it was called "Velvet Elvis".

 

[S-Bigbottom]

You're right. The strap buttons are the only thing on it that is 100% Squier.

95% of the original body remains. (had to route some of it for added controls)
90% of the Pickguard remains. (had to remove a bit to add an upper control plate)
75% of the original lower control plate remains. (Had to cut a big hole for the strat jack)

But I'm not replacing the buttons for straplocks. I use 25 cent rubber washers for that!

Thats right. $200 original bass, $600 neck, $400 in other parts, $0.25 straplocks.

It is now a one of a kind, hand built, custom, made by one man in a small shop in Missouri, USA. drool
You can easily get $6,000 for that.

Or is it designed and engineered in the USA. Assembled by some guy in his garage, with parts both foreign and domestic.
Then it is just $299.
But you will only be offered $150, and will take it, and absorb the shipping.

 

[jamro217]

I'm pretty sure it was called "Velvet Elvis".

Aha.

 

[String Theory]

Metal and Punk are not serious genres and should be mocked.

People want to hear your rendition of radio hits from decades gone by.

People do not want to be subjected to a song you create because it might not become a radio hit.

Getting paid to play validates one's existence as a musician and should be the primary reason for playing a gig.

 

[vmabus]

I don't know anything about the original question, but let me tell you what happened to me...

 

[Humbled]

I know you're joking... But Ghandi was a hardcore racist and a child molester to boot..

No... Since Ghandi walked barefoot everywhere he went and suffered from periodontal disease and a very incomplete and Spartan diet, he was a Super-Calloused Fragile Mystic hexed by Halitosis.

 

[jjmuckluckjr]

Nodding in agreement until that last line, then came to a screeching halt.

Sorry, my posts aren't all gems.

 

[gln1955]

I am just reminded today...

The customer is never right. Never come on TB to complain about customer service issues. You will inevitably be in the wrong and have aspersions cast upon you, your ancestors and your children to the third generation.

 

[Humbled]

Aspersions.




Seig Heil.

 

[gln1955]

Aspersions.




Seig Heil.

Ah, crap! Thanks, Mein Fuhrer.

 

[Humbled]

Couldn't stop mice-elf.

 

[Sbassman Scratch]

Aspersions.
/QUOTE]

Gesundheit!

 

[zontar]

1-I am different from everybody else here
2-You are all different from the rest of everybody else.
3-I actually already knew those coming in
4-A greater percentage of Talkbass members like flats than the general bass playing population
5-Some people worship Tort
6-If I don't buy a new bass in a year or two I'm missing out (Although I may ignore that one)
7-Not all musicians have no sense of humour
8-Most of you are more forgiving than most musicians I've met
9-The best solution to a band issue is either "Fire him" or "Rage quit"
10-Most of you are here to learn

 

[jamro217]

I am just reminded today...

The customer is never right. Never come on TB to complain about customer service issues. You will inevitably be in the wrong and have aspersions cast upon you, your ancestors and your children to the third generation.

Only the third generation? Short attention spans on the kids today.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Can you "cut" through a mix if your bass "plays like buttah"? Butter can't cut anything.

Ah, grasshopper, you must see "the mix" as the buttah and your bass as the warm knife. It will all become clear to you.

 

[Nev375]

Ah, grasshopper, you must see "the mix" as the buttah and your bass as the warm knife. It will all become clear to you.

Nah, what's so special about that? A true zen master ninja has the skill to cut the knife with butter! But I am not that enlightened yet. I can only cut the cheese.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Nah, what's so special about that? A true zen master ninja has the skill to cut the knife with butter! But I am not that enlightened yet. I can only cut the cheese.

Cheese, butter, both dairy products. If you can cut cheese but not butter, it means you knife handle is not tort. A true zen master would know that.