Sonic Viking wrote:Hi, my name's Nick, going under the alias of sonic viking on this, uhm I came to know about this forum through my friend/bandmate fuzzy fred and I've been getting more and more into effects pedals and trying to see how I can color my sound. I'm 18 years old and I'm really into punk rock and indie rockc some of my favorite bands include No Age, Titus Andronicus, Wavves, Beach House, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Times New Viking, I can go on forever. Anyways I've been playing for about 3 1/2 years now soooo hi =]
aens_wife wrote:Hello all. I am aen's wife. I play bass, mostly upright. I work at dwarfcraft.
Umm, that's about it.
Hi,...
I commented on your upright bass pickup thread on the double D Facebooks. "I was like WHA? This isn't the one true Aen?" Anyway,...hope the pup hunt went well.
aens_wife wrote:I still haven't bought a pickup for my bass. I am having a hard time finding something that will do what I want for less than $400. Someday...
And thanks for the kind welcome.
My friend plays upright, and the only pickup she found that she liked cost like 700
makes playing guitar seem cheap even though I am severely craving an Eau Claire Thunder
aen_wife, for welcoming a few days late, it isn't as bad here as one might think for hbombgraphics reply though it might seemevil boyscout club at times
Fuzzy Fred, as You've been around alraedy for some time, You know that everybody posts stupid sarcastic crap - and gets the due scolding when overdoing it.
:::: Metal up Yöur Jazz! with FUZZIFERblack psychedelic doom ::::
Ugly Nora wrote:It's a sad day when Bassus Sanguinis becomes the voice of reason.
[quote="hbombgraphics" Also: You are lucky that Aens_wife wasn't already taken.[/quote]
I know, right? That would have been awkward.
As for the cost of playing upright. Fixing my bass never costs less than $100, strings are $100-400, and pick ups are OUTRAGEOUS. But its big and beautiful and I love it.
I am trying to get into playing electric, but it just isn't as fun.
Maybe your ole pal could trade a few Shivas or HODs for a pickup for your double bass?
I know if I had an upright; the first thing I would do is see how much feedback and anger I could get by running it through my pedalboard.
I'm actually seriously considering getting starter EUB for these purposes. I know they are different but you can bow and EUB much easier then you can a regular electric bass.
Oh and for some reason I though Fuzzy Fred was OG. I usually don't pay attention to "Joined" dates since since even the noobs here seem pretty experienced on those other forums.
aens_wife wrote:Aen and I are planning to do some demos with my upright and a peddle board soon. Assuming I can find strings I like and a pick up.
Upright through a Sunn cab, a great big speaker and a bunch of Dwarfcraft. Should be fun.
I just shit mah drawers. I can't wait to hear that. I'm guessing you'll run into feedback "issues", like trying to pump and acoustic guitar through an overdriven tube amp.
" - smile_man
