Upright is awesome, but it's a bit of a learning curve! I wish I would have started much earlier.
Unlike bass guitar, where you can stand in front of the cabinet, there's no way to hear the full sound of an upright as you are playing it.
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Unlike bass guitar, where you can stand in front of the cabinet, there's no way to hear the full sound of an upright as you are playing it.
Oh heck yeah. This is as good as done! I'm almost certain you've been accused of being a bad influence before. But add me to the list.
Our piano tuner had a client who had a rattle in their piano with certain notes/chords. After a couple visits he figured out it wasn't anything in the piano, but the light on the piano. But it sounded like it was coming from the piano. Sympathetic vibrations can pop up most anywhere I suppose.
I sat in a few times with a friend's Bluegrass band and played their guy's DB, with almost no experience. The not hearing was as bad as the somebody stealing the frets.
or Heart..
totally get that phobia. that said, tubes have proved their ruggedness for over 100 years now, in fact there are still applications (aside from audio) where tubes reign. tubes are only mechanically brittle when in operatetion meaning; you can drop a tube amp while cold and they will almost always survive the mechanical shock. the same cannot be said of them while in operation. as a a side note; when Desert Storm happened in the 90s a highly unexpected failure rate occurred with modern communication (ss) equipment due to unusually high ESD (electrostatic discharge) produced by the very dry desert conditions....the military had to revert back to tube equipment from the old stockpile in many instances...
yes, the rumble looks too modern....like the drummer's hair too..
here tonight.....been cold and rainy so anticipating a bunch of cabin fevered mountain folk....
Might be, I don't have any go-go boots.
...she definitely has a minimalist approach, goes well wth the surf music. The blonde on the Jag really looks the '60s part as well.
She wasn't. I was up in the shed making noise. She was downstairs.
The Ducks played there! Neil, Jeff Blackburn, Jerry Miller...
Yeah, but it's 1/10 the weight of that big@$$ Kustom-with more wattage!
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Man this bass is totally rockin'! The Destroyer topic came up a few days ago - this one even has the super-nice heart-shaped tuner paddles. I'd love to pop for it but maybe someone else would be interested.
Excellent 1984 Ibanez Destroyer Bass Original Hard Shell Case, Fresh Pro Set-Up | eBay
Excellent 1984 Ibanez Destroyer Bass Original Hard Shell Case, Fresh Pro Set-Up | eBay
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Groovy woman playing a Burgundy Mist Metallic Strat - just seems so right.
Actually they were all successfully rockin' the look! 
Calling V!
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I learned the hard way not to put glass drinks on my bass amp (vibrated off and shattered in the middle of the first song!)
Better that than spill into the amp.I learned the hard way not to put glass drinks on my bass amp (vibrated off and shattered in the middle of the first song!)
