I Cant Stop

[topless_mike]

i must confess... i have a serious addiction to basses.
i just bought my 10 string in sept, and i now have my eye on a new fretless.

ugh- and i bitch to my wife about her obsession with shoes and purses.

[JerseyRich]

i must confess... i have a serious addiction to basses.
i just bought my 10 string in sept, and i now have my eye on a new fretless.

ugh- and i bitch to my wife about her obsession with shoes and purses.

You have what is known as G.A.S.

Gear
Acquisition
Syndrome

I'm here for you if you need to work it out.

I've managed to whittled my collection down to 2 basses...

Gotta tell ya. I can sleep at night, no problem.

[Death Metal Moe]

http://members.dslextreme.com/users/henk/images/don_t_stop_till_you_get_enough.jpg

[topless_mike]

so thats what that smell is.

actually, i've convinced myself to sell my 7 string to git the new fretless.

[TheMojoPin]

i just bought my 10 string in sept,

Please don't be that guy.

[topless_mike]

Please don't be that guy.

?

[TheMojoPin]

Too Many Strings Guy.

[Death Metal Moe]

Too Many Strings Guy.

I don't like that guy either.

[topless_mike]

Too Many Strings Guy.

that would be the harp player.

mine is a 5x2. more sound than flash.

this is the guy you are referring to:
http://www.slushpile.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/angelo%20quad%20guitar.jpg

[GvacMobile]

I've tried telling you guys time and time again - anything more than 2 strings on a bass is too many.

[PhishHead]

I dont consider you obsessed till you get the best instrument ever, the chapman stick

[NortonRules]

How 'bout you get addicted to praciticing instead of buying more crap?

[TheMojoPin]

I've tried telling you guys time and time again - anything more than 2 strings on a bass is too many.

High five, chief.

[topless_mike]

I dont consider you obsessed till you get the best instrument ever, the chapman stick

<3 the chapman stick.
i would love to spend 2 hours with one. i've only seen one in my life.

[JerseyRich]

Mike Huckabee sez...

If you can play Born to Be Wild, then yer Ok with me!

http://www.makingmusicmag.com/imgs/features/07septoct/huckabee.jpg

[topless_mike]

How 'bout you get addicted to praciticing instead of buying more crap?

should i ?

[JerseyRich]

<3 the chapman stick.
i would love to spend 2 hours with one. i've only seen one in my life.

Mike the Teacher has one...Just ask, I'm sure he'll let you touch his stick.

teehee.

[PhishHead]

<3 the chapman stick.
i would love to spend 2 hours with one. i've only seen one in my life.

watching Greg Howard and Tony Levin play together and both playing the chapman was almost as good as sex. It was magical

[topless_mike]

gvac said anything more than 2 strings is useless. i know tony levin has a custom made 3 string bass - e/a/d.
i was looking for a pic of that, when i found all the ones with him and the chap.



actually, thinking about it, fieldy from korn is so talented that he only uses 1 string. this could be made into the fieldy special- the ibanez 1 string bass.
this would make it useful under gvac's bar of < 2 strings.

[PhishHead]

vic wooten blows them all away

[A.J.]

I've tried telling you guys time and time again - anything more than 2 strings on a bass is too many.

But two necks are better than one...for that "Big Bottom"!

http://www.spinaltapfan.com/atozed/images/bigbott.jpg

[JerseyRich]

vic wooten blows them all away

Vic Wooten is a great bass player, but to say he blows them all away is a little crazy.

He is a different kind of player. It's like saying, Kurt Cobain blows away the lead singer of Foreigner.

Just doesn't compare.

I won't sit here and talk trash about Vic, because I love the guy...But he himself will tell you that you are nuts.

Now back to the bass talk.

Mike. Put a limit on your bass buying...seriously, it's a slippery slope!

[PhishHead]

Vic Wooten is a great bass player, but to say he blows them all away is a little crazy.

He is a different kind of player. It's like saying, Kurt Cobain blows away the lead singer of Foreigner.

Just doesn't compare.

I won't sit here and talk trash about Vic, because I love the guy...But he himself will tell you that you are nuts.

Now back to the bass talk.

Mike. Put a limit on your bass buying...seriously, it's a slippery slope!


you took my post a little bit too seriously

[topless_mike]

Mike. Put a limit on your bass buying...seriously, it's a slippery slope!

it is.
i have:
12 string
10 string
7 string
2- 5 strings
a 4 string
and a 4 string acoustic

[PhishHead]

it is.
i have:
12 string
10 string
7 string
2- 5 strings
a 4 string
and a 4 string acoustic

any stand up basses? if not is it really a slippery slope yet?

[PhishHead]

it is.
i have:
12 string
10 string
7 string
2- 5 strings
a 4 string
and a 4 string acoustic

I don't think your habit sounds as bad as other musicians that I know. I would kind of put you in the category of typical musician, nothing too extreme.

[topless_mike]

any stand up basses? if not is it really a slippery slope yet?

that is actually going to be my 10th anniversary present.
already locked down, my friend.

[PhishHead]

that is actually going to be my 10th anniversary present.
already locked down, my friend.

very sweet.

[JerseyRich]

you took my post a little bit too seriously

I'm sorry.

I read it as Gospel.

[mendyweiss]

I would love to learn bass. Is it possible to learn bass without knowing how to read music ?
Or is it hopeless

[Gvac]

I would love to learn bass. Is it possible to learn bass without knowing how to read music ?
Or is it hopeless

I've been playing guitar for 23 years and can't read a note.

I'm sure you could just as easily pick up the bass.

Go for it Mendy!

[Dougie Brootal]

I've been posting here for 23 years and can't read a word.

DAMN!

[ralphbxny]

DAMN!

Very Sad. I didnt know lil Gvac cant read....poor guy!

[topless_mike]

I would love to learn bass. Is it possible to learn bass without knowing how to read music ?
Or is it hopeless

i cant read a note of music, either.
i just learn by ear.

[Servo]

Hey Mike, what kind of acoustic bass do you have? I've been thinking about getting one.

[topless_mike]

hoener.
it wasnt expensive, and i've had it for over 10 years. awesome

let me see if i can find a pic of it online....

http://www.andreworld.com/images/hohner_bass.gif

[Servo]

Nice, thanks. I'll check it out if I come across one.

[topless_mike]

michael kelley makes a real nice acoustic bass... not expensive, either.
ibanez also makes one, but i dont like ibanez basses.

[topless_mike]

must...... avoid......... guitar center...
















must................. stay...................... away.......................

aw, fuck it

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i314/cowfishrule/P1120039.jpg

[topless_mike]

my wife bitches (she was only jokin') that our house looks like guitar center

here's the entire arsenal

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i314/cowfishrule/P1120033.jpg

[NortonRules]

should i ?

from what i've heard...yes.

[topless_mike]

from what i've heard...yes.

thanks!

[fezident]

I've always said "I don't play Bass. I play SONGS."


After all the phases and trends, it all boils down to a Fender and an Ampeg.

I played a 5 for many years. And I even had a 6 because that's what the guy I was replacing used to play. I've played Chapman Stick, Electric Guitar, and Bass for the Blue Man Group in Toronto. Yada yada yoda.

The best set-up (for me anyway) is my Fender PBass Deluxe. B-E-A-D. Meat & patatas all the way.

When a producer sees a session guy take a $4100 boutique bass out of the case, he'll roll his eyes and, very possibly, send you home.


God how I love a simple Fender.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/tucker71/FenderBaby.jpg

[topless_mike]

if i had a $4100 bass, it would never leave the case.

im quite happy with the collection i have amassed.
for my 10th anniversary, i get my upright, and then i think im done.

[Chigworthy]

Best prematurely dead 2 string bass player: Mark Sandman of Morphine.

[Mike Teacher]

The first time I saw Mike I saw he had a 12-string bass; and knew he was a serious bassist. The 12 -string is a fucking monster. I owned a Hamer 8 and that was insane enough.

I've seen a one string bass built by Mark Warr for Trey Gunn. Mark Warr makes the Warr guitar; a tapping instrument similar to the Chapman stick.

Can you embed YouTube vids here? Beats me, so here's a link for now:

FYI: It's a boring vid; I had just changed strings and was doing a 5/8 pattern over and over on each string to see how the fret buzz would be; so what youre hearing is the same figure; repeated as I go down each string. It's tuned just like a low B 5 string bass; B, E, A, D, G, up fourths for 8 strings. There are 10 and 12 string warrs.

It's just all insane GAS. AS described before.

Mike The Teacher on the Warr Guitar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJhG9GCKAY)

[topless_mike]

The first time I saw Mike I saw he had a 12-string bass; and knew he was a serious bassist. The 12 -string is a fucking monster. I owned a Hamer 8 and that was insane enough.

ty
:wub: (no homo)