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What was your FIRST TB thread??

#21
ZuluFunk said:
Holy crap...the dance of the dead here! Good thread idea tho. Better than my first.

2 May 2001
http://www.talkbass.com/threads/funding-your-secret-purchase.16951
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I like that thread idea, perhaps because I was in a situation like that. Made my first purchase since marriage (18 years) and kids, knew I shouldn't 'cuz we were digging out of a hole, but did it anyway. It was a unique opportunity and a special bass.

Anyway, long story short - hid the bass from her for two years and she never knew, but if felt guilty as hell. Paranoid when gigging it for fear of a photo revealing my deceit. Couldn't practice freely on it since it was hidden (it's a fretless, I needed to spend time with it, but couldn't).

Anyway - when my wife was racking her brain trying to figure out what to get me for my 50th birthday, I told her "all I want is your forgiveness" and I came clean on the purchase. She was very forgiving and understanding, and even then thought she should "do something else" for me. I refused, and said "this is it, just let me enjoy it freely" and she agreed.

She really should have said "sell it, you a-hole", but she didn't. As she has said more than once - "best wife ever".
 
#22
My first thread was looking for advice on a Petersen Stroborack, which I never did get:

Peterson Stroborack VS-R

What was interesting was reading the threads I responded to prior to starting my first; In 2007, many of those threads only had two or three pages of replies and it seemed like everyone read the entire thread before replying. Miss those days. It was also kind of cool to be able to figure approximately when I added to second S18E-D to my Bag End stack, after pondering it for a few months back then.
 
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#30
First Thread:
Which Bass Do You Prefer?

First Post (from Ibanez Ergodyne best bass for low price: Best bass of 1998-Bass player Magazine ):
"I have a 2006 Ergodyne and it has been my main bass sense then. It is the most well constructed bass I have played. The neck is very smooth and easy to navigate, it seldom goes out of tune (I tune it once a week), I have never had to adjust the truss rod or have ever had a bow in the neck. I have not in any way customized the bass unless you count changing the strings lol. The only problem I have ever had with this bass is the connection to the instrument cable input tends to break easily. This can be fixed by some simple soldering. The tone of the active pickups in my opinion is best for a slap style of playing and to my ears they really lack in punch and the low end. Over all I would rate this bass a 9/10"

my tastes have since changed lol.....
 
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PortlandBass77 said:
First Thread:
Which Bass Do You Prefer?

First Post (from Ibanez Ergodyne best bass for low price: Best bass of 1998-Bass player Magazine ):
"I have a 2006 Ergodyne and it has been my main bass sense then. It is the most well constructed bass I have played. The neck is very smooth and easy to navigate, it seldom goes out of tune (I tune it once a week), I have never had to adjust the truss rod or have ever had a bow in the neck. I have not in any way customized the bass unless you count changing the strings lol. The only problem I have ever had with this bass is the connection to the instrument cable input tends to break easily. This can be fixed by some simple soldering. The tone of the active pickups in my opinion is best for a slap style of playing and to my ears they really lack in punch and the low end. Over all I would rate this bass a 9/10"

my tastes have since changed lol.....
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I used to have an Ergodyne bass, an EDC700. I loved that bass, but sold it when I started using Jazz basses full time. I wouldn't mind getting another EDC700, at some point. Here's a not-very-clear pic of it:

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#34
JMacBass65 said:
So, how did the gig with your so work out, @hrodbert696 ? And has your wife come around at all? Balancing it all can be a challenge, I'm in much the same boat, but my wife tolerates a lot.
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Oh, she's fine. It's been years now. She still does get somewhat anxious about music taking me away from family - when she feels like she's not seeing me, I hear it. I've quit projects when there gets to be too much on my plate. But she said pretty early on (after that initial introduction) - "Some women's husbands go have bowling night. Mine goes to band practice."
 
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