My name is Mudd wrote:And that brings up something I've long wondered about...why buy a knockoff if you can get the real thing for the same'ish price? (Specifically talking about a p-bass here) OK, there is the build quality thing (legitimate reason, given some of the MIA's I've seen), but some careful hand's-on shopping is a workaround for that.
Maybe it's just me, but if I wanted a p-bass I'd go buy a for-real P-bass, not someone's interpretation of one.
My concern... and I've got to check it with my accountant, but this might bump me up into a higher tax bracket.
Deltaphoenix wrote:There are some awesome P and J influenced basses that have IMO made improvements (looking at you Dingwall).
Something like this I can understand...a viable option/improvement/etc would be worth considering. Things like adding a 24-fret neck and calling it a 'significant improvement' (as did some builder's ad copy whom I cannot recall right now but recently read on their site)...not so much.
dubkitty wrote:it's the Death Metal version of "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite."
behndy wrote:...or Unsuspecting Tourist Penetration.... whatever does it for you.... i don't judge....
I've always had a love/hate relationship with the real thing and the million copies or "improved" interpretations that exist.
I've always told myself if I want a Fender, I'll get a Fender.....BUT..... I've picked up SO many other P and J instruments that retain that tone and add significant improvements that it's hard not to look elsewhere.
At the same time, I'm on the other side of that coin. I knew exactly what I wanted to major in when I went away to college, but my father talked me into majoring in something a lot more marketable and "employable". I followed his advice, and honestly I really regret it. Although I make decent money, I really haven't enjoyed any job I've ever had, and I know it's not ever going to get better. I'm going to continue doing jobs I hate for the rest of my life.
Alas I'm now in my mid-30s with a young son and a mortgage, so we're not going to be able to afford for me to go back
Not to scratch at a wound, but what was it you wanted to major in?
Kiplinger's recently came out with their list of "most unemployable majors," and I was thrilled to see that both my courses of study were on the list - anthropology (my undergrad degree, #1 least employable on their list) and graphic design (my "career-centric" degree, #5 on their list). Yep. That was a big ol' bowl of facepalm when I read the list.
Alas I'm now in my mid-30s with a young son and a mortgage, so we're not going to be able to afford for me to go back
Not to scratch at a wound, but what was it you wanted to major in?
Kiplinger's recently came out with their list of "most unemployable majors," and I was thrilled to see that both my courses of study were on the list - anthropology (my undergrad degree, #1 least employable on their list) and graphic design (my "career-centric" degree, #5 on their list). Yep. That was a big ol' bowl of facepalm when I read the list.
Astrophysics. Which sounds like it would be considered an employable major since it's a hard science, but there aren't a lot of jobs in it. My father said that it was awesome that I was so passionate about it, but that basically my only career possibilities were either an astrophysics professor and try to worm my way in at an observatory or try to get in at NASA. Those were both going to require a substantial amount of luck and right place/right time factor.
So I ended up a Computer Science major, even though I had never written a line of code in my life.
I don't know that feel, though I do know that I'll probably have to re-studentify into grad school sooner or later if I want my undergraduate degree to matter.
