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Use the Old Bass?
- Thread starter TGLbass
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...stolen by some other kid who really wants to play, knows what it is, and will end up using it like it was meant to be used... there. Happy ending!
Count, I know you mean well, but I don't look at this as a "happy ending". Thinking about my beloved vintage bass in the hands of that freaking little thief has caused my blood pressure to go up. Maybe I'm having a bad day.
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hmm, I better have it checked.
Hmmm... Clearly an illustration of the difficulty in assessing a situation without influencing it.
Count, I know you mean well, but I don't look at this as a "happy ending". Thinking about my beloved vintage bass in the hands of that freaking little thief has caused my blood pressure to go up. Maybe I'm having a bad day.
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hmm, I better have it checked.
Life is fiction unless you're there. Now, maybe you want to go have that blood pressure checked and substantiate a good scenario!
Better days a-comin' brother!
Thanks for the encouragement, Count.
I agree about that Stepford look, but despite that flaw... I think I should bite the bullet and go....and you bring up a good point. How could she possibly get an accurate reading?
Shhhhhhwing.
I use my 66 jazz for safe gigs where it fits the sound i want! Mostly weddings and civilized parties, if im playing some club/pub i take another one (darkstared jazz, Tbird, SB2, rick, depending on the mood or the music) and if its a really dodgy place i take my beater 08 USA jazz...
If I can't walk in and know that I can hang, I don't want to walk in there with my bass. I can hang about anywhere...
I only gig my 79 P and my 83 SQ Squier. Both are not super vintage but the 79 is worth a bit and will always go to gigs anywhere i want to play.
I quit playing my 74 P bass out on gigs in 1996. Since I took my 72 Jazz out-- I think I'll take the 74 out next time. It has an "A" width nut. I played it from 79 to 96. The 74 original pickups have been in a box since 79. I just put them back in the guitar a couple months ago. That's 31 years! They sound excellent . I didn't/ won't take the old case out to a bar. I used the form fit from my 01 Jazz. That old case would be a dead give-a-way to someone looking around at the cases etc over in the corner somewhere.
I really can't put the old basses in a case at break. That would be rough with the short time we have on break. I usually walk out for ten minutes and then come back in and tune and get ready to go back on. I have hardly any time to even talk to anyone let alone digging my case in and out of some crevice/nook/ or cranny. The no talking to people thing is kind of a problem. It tends to make you a bit unpopular.
I think the best way to keep from getting your axe ripped is the way I do it.
As soon as the last song is done I grab my guitars and put them in the case. I sit them right on the stage where everyone else is tearing down in plain sight (like in front of where my amp is next to the drummer) so someone would see if a stranger was taking one of them. I tear down my stuff and load and I leave the guitars right where they're at untill the last of my stuff is loaded. The guitars go out last when I'm leaving. I never leave them outside alone.
Last year I carried one out to my car. It was pretty dark out. I ran back in for about 1 min.. When I came back out there was a shadowy figure heading towards my bass next to the Jeep. I could see him before he could see me. He finally saw me as I approached and turned away. It was real dark and I couldn't even make out his face. That was the first time and the last time I had done that almost ever! So now I think about that after every gig.
I think if someone is out to steal a guitar he will "case " you out for awhile. He'll see if you are drinking and getting buzzed or whatever. He's waiting for you to make a mistake.
I really can't put the old basses in a case at break. That would be rough with the short time we have on break. I usually walk out for ten minutes and then come back in and tune and get ready to go back on. I have hardly any time to even talk to anyone let alone digging my case in and out of some crevice/nook/ or cranny. The no talking to people thing is kind of a problem. It tends to make you a bit unpopular.
I think the best way to keep from getting your axe ripped is the way I do it.
As soon as the last song is done I grab my guitars and put them in the case. I sit them right on the stage where everyone else is tearing down in plain sight (like in front of where my amp is next to the drummer) so someone would see if a stranger was taking one of them. I tear down my stuff and load and I leave the guitars right where they're at untill the last of my stuff is loaded. The guitars go out last when I'm leaving. I never leave them outside alone.
Last year I carried one out to my car. It was pretty dark out. I ran back in for about 1 min.. When I came back out there was a shadowy figure heading towards my bass next to the Jeep. I could see him before he could see me. He finally saw me as I approached and turned away. It was real dark and I couldn't even make out his face. That was the first time and the last time I had done that almost ever! So now I think about that after every gig.
I think if someone is out to steal a guitar he will "case " you out for awhile. He'll see if you are drinking and getting buzzed or whatever. He's waiting for you to make a mistake.
I gig my old Fenders all the time. My 68 Jazz gets the most gig love. Not too worried about dings But I certainly would be crushed if it were stolen. Alas - life is too short - play your vintage basses!
But I certainly would be crushed if it were stolen. Alas - life is too short - play your vintage basses!
My 66 jazz along with my 73 jazz and early 70's ricks see the stage every weekend.They are ment to be played and loved.They do however, never leave my sight.Love your 68 Ian
Not to start anything here, but I have an offering, and it's what I'd say to my friend, band-mate, brother...
I don't guess you asked him first to open the case- just to be sure you weren't by chance mistaken? A "No" answer would have justified you a little more cleanly, perhaps- more so than opening it up afterward and finding a red Mexican Fender P-Bass, for example...
(and you did say he did it by mistake, right?). Now, well you've made yourself a little notoriety in your circle with his broken nose. Just .02, but it's what I'd say to someone- if I could- before it were to go "on" over what could be a mistake. I know. I'm not your 'old man'...
Anyhow, my '83 Hamer (as 'vintage' as I own, and bought from a fellow TBer here) is my #1 player these days. As with everything important, I keep 'er under my wing.
Sorry i should have clarified! My flight case takes two separate keys to open and My band name is emblazoned in big lettering on front and back. No way they could have put another bass in it. Or mistakenly thought it was his. He wanted it because of what was inside. I am not trying to sound tough. I am just saying their are thieves that need to be tought a lesson rather than spend one night in the county lockup.
