I have a feeling we’re in a not-so exclusive clubHey! I've got the very mediocre playing territory well covered here. Find your own yard!
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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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I hope to graduate to the mediocre class some day. Still trying to nail the complete talentless hack slot right now.Hey! I've got the very mediocre playing territory well covered here. Find your own yard!
I believe only one of us has a Mediocre Bassists Club number in his sig here...I have a feeling we’re in a not-so exclusive club
I submit validation!
Whiskey horrid back line Ampeg RB 100 open jam:
Hey can you:
** NOTE HANDS FREE NO DIVE. Ebony bird
Not best example of my playing though
Whiskey horrid back line Ampeg RB 100 open jam:
Hey can you:
** NOTE HANDS FREE NO DIVE. Ebony bird
Not best example of my playing though
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Two numbers if I remember correctly...right Will?
You know Jeff is settled in when he has found a good luthier.
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No, she liked the sound of the YT video comparison.Wait.
Your wife actually listens to your playing?
And COMMENTS on it???
POSITIVELY?????
She does like to hear me play. BUT, I don't let her hear real bass plays very much. Keeps the myth alive.
My wife is at every gig, and I’m teaching her Bass and guitar, we are getting a keyboard soon, a doghouse and mandolin.
Is the doghouse where you'll sleep if you keep buying more gear?
She has good taste!
Love that pickguard.
The biggest factor behind my "good taste" remark!
It replaced this one (when it was my bass)
Squier Debut, G&L MFD split coils, tocos volume (500k linear) CTS 250k tone pot smoothing resistors and .047 cap.
Fully shielded.
Brass nut and Fender deluxe himass bridge to counter neck dive.
Strung with EB group 3 flats
8 lbs $280 all in including strings!
Now here I thought you meant Me
Does she care about any of those specs?
TL/DR YES
Actually: she does: in that, while I was building it up, she was asking “why” what does it do? Why is that better ETC.
Spectated the whole process.
Saw, felt, and heard the change.
When she expressed a desire to start playing, we were shopping for a budget purple bass for her to start with. We priced them out, and went hands-on at guitar center, and guitar showcase in San Jose.
For the prices and specs of anything reasonable that she liked, she kept saying this isn’t as nice as that black bass you have.
She asked if I could just build her one, like the one with the orange pickguard.
I said: let’s get a purple pickguard for this one. She said she didn’t want to take one of mine that I put so much work into.
I said: I’ll have to do the work on ANY budget bass.
She said is it too good for me to start on? I said no such thing.
She is very happy. Plunking around as a complete novice.
This is HER little rig:
A Rumble 200 15” cab (20.00 no amp)
And a 20 watt Valeton TAR20 (MINT used 34.00) surprisingly decent.
And she has a line 6 Amplifier 75 with FBV for guitar.
Yeah you could say I’m lucky.
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