Thunderous.
After my appointment at the doctor's office, I made a quick stop by the music shop (just down the road from the doctor's office) to price a new tuner since the Boss TU-2 is getting really sketchy lately, even with a new battery. I've had it for a decade, so it doesn't owe me anything. Indeed, Korg has a nifty new one out that's priced right and has a true bypass. The dudes at the counter vibed me out, so I cruised back to the shop to see what Jeff and Ryan are up to, and see if they had anything to say about my Peavey 1820 crossover situation (Ryan actually gave me a pep talk that was helpful in voicing my Rhodes piano, so I'll at least listen to what he has to say now).
On my way out, I had to take a trip through the bass section, just to see if there was anything cool. Jeff says, "Bass players really get screwed out of all of the cool new gear." He's sort of right, but it's just usually a simpler set up (I think that it should be, anyway, 99% of the time; some people just don't understand the joy of bass-wire-amp-speaker). They totally had one of the new-ish American Standard Precision Vs. I've been looking to check one out for months (since April), and have only found one locally that was virtually unplayable (at the Rock Stick Mega Haus). I totally had to plug the beast in to see what the deal was. Indeed, it has a huge neck, but it's really no worse than my eight string (especially since this one had some sort of setup done to it). The extra string would take some getting used to, for sure, because I'm so used to "E" being on the bottom (or top, depending on how you look at it). The happy sounds were the stupid low ones off of the B-string (HEE HEE HEE!!).
I was giddy. This is an instrument that would've made so much sense (better than drop-tuning) two years ago. For some reason, this one was $500 less than internet retailers' prices ($900 off list!), which almost made me scoop it up. Seriously, though, do I really require such foolishness? Maybe....it is a pretty nice-looking axe:
I decided that instead of grabbing a new bass, I'd better pick up a couple of cheap creepers for the mechanics (they prefer them to the expensive ones), and get back to work. Jose and Manuel were tickled by the nuevo creepers (I think that they're technically camitas nuevas).
On my way out, I had to take a trip through the bass section, just to see if there was anything cool. Jeff says, "Bass players really get screwed out of all of the cool new gear." He's sort of right, but it's just usually a simpler set up (I think that it should be, anyway, 99% of the time; some people just don't understand the joy of bass-wire-amp-speaker). They totally had one of the new-ish American Standard Precision Vs. I've been looking to check one out for months (since April), and have only found one locally that was virtually unplayable (at the Rock Stick Mega Haus). I totally had to plug the beast in to see what the deal was. Indeed, it has a huge neck, but it's really no worse than my eight string (especially since this one had some sort of setup done to it). The extra string would take some getting used to, for sure, because I'm so used to "E" being on the bottom (or top, depending on how you look at it). The happy sounds were the stupid low ones off of the B-string (HEE HEE HEE!!).
I was giddy. This is an instrument that would've made so much sense (better than drop-tuning) two years ago. For some reason, this one was $500 less than internet retailers' prices ($900 off list!), which almost made me scoop it up. Seriously, though, do I really require such foolishness? Maybe....it is a pretty nice-looking axe:
I decided that instead of grabbing a new bass, I'd better pick up a couple of cheap creepers for the mechanics (they prefer them to the expensive ones), and get back to work. Jose and Manuel were tickled by the nuevo creepers (I think that they're technically camitas nuevas).
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