It’s back from the dead! The TB Mega Thread.

[Joe Gress]

So I haven't picked my bass up but twice in the last two weeks. I'm kind of depressed about it. I've got this beautiful new Dingwall bass sitting here, but something just does not sound right about it. God damn it. I'm thinking it may be the strings. I need to stop trying flats. Fuck me they suck. Every time I seem to forgot how much they suck. They kill the natural tone of the bass, my effects and my amp. They sound like mud or shit. I thought I like them, but the more I play them, the more I dislike the tone.

SO I pick up my cheap ass Jackson and go to town and have a ball doing it. Everything sounds better. Fuck.

I have my upright at my college, along with my Stingray and amp. New semester so we have a boatload of new songs to learn. I was pretty disappointed in myself all week on how they were sounding for the most part. Kinda boring and muddy, sloppy playing, and fairly discouraging. I know it'll get better, but I was pretty bummed when I was done with rehearsal the other day. So tonight I dedcided to pick up my old squier and beat up my old cheap ass dying practice amp.

So many new ideas and melodies came forth tonight. Something about comfortability i guess.

[excane]

So I haven't picked my bass up but twice in the last two weeks. I'm kind of depressed about it. I've got this beautiful new Dingwall bass sitting here, but something just does not sound right about it. God damn it. I'm thinking it may be the strings. I need to stop trying flats. Fuck me they suck. Every time I seem to forgot how much they suck. They kill the natural tone of the bass, my effects and my amp. They sound like mud or shit. I thought I like them, but the more I play them, the more I dislike the tone.

SO I pick up my cheap ass Jackson and go to town and have a ball doing it. Everything sounds better. Fuck.

Happens to me AALLLL the time dude.

I pick up some of my "good" basses ala MTD, Modulus, blah blah and sometimes they feel/sound great and other times I want to smash them. Sometimes it's the strings, other times it's the humidity changes and neck warp, other times it's just because..... I suck. I dunno.

Put it down, leave it for a day or two and come back to it.

[excane]

Just to see if any of yoouusss guysss have interest....

I'm gonna be selling my Elrick jazz.
I love it.... but I need the money. Here's a quick look at it. I have way better photos.

If interested, PM me before I put it on the bay.

[behndy]

BLONDE. BISHES.

[excane]

Yes. BLONDE. The curtains match the drapes.

[John]

Does it have the cool Elrick headstock or a generic Jazz one?

[excane]

Does it have the cool Elrick headstock or a generic Jazz one?

Cool Elrick headstock. This is what all of the NJS models (USA) have

[John]

Orp...


I was talking about their COOL headstocks... like this one:

[Chankgeez]

Zero fret.

[John]

He got 24 frets and a nut ain't one.

[excane]

That "paddle" headstock is only on the Evolution and Classic series. The new jazz standards all have that.... I dunno.... "jazzy" headstock

Interested?

[excane]

Zero fret.

Absofuckinglutely.

[My name is Mudd]

I like the jazz headstock better.

[dubkitty]

I like the jazz headstock better.

[John]

I dunno, the paddle is good for spankin'. The Jazzmatazz thing looks more for pokin'.