Killed_by_Death

Now when I have time alone it's not tormented by my trying to play bass, LMAO! Having the u-bass in a Hercules hanger is comically overkill, but it works:

I don't even like drumming that much, bongos are good for about 7 minutes of joy.

Now it's going to look like I'm chatting with myself, but maybe this will be my last entry for a while, until I have a question about u-bass... Spent some time today wrangling up the accessories, & completely forgot about the Ibanez gigbag & multitool under my bed, LOL! Sold everything cheap, only thing that remains is the gigbag & multitool, which I'm selling to a late-shift worker in the morning. Have a good weekend!

I dislike the person who posted this a lot, but I agree with the message oiling vs. NOT "Seen ninety-plus year old rosewood never oiled, perfect condition. Seen ten year old rosewood over-oiled that looked like driftwood. Spilt and frayed."

I know sod-all about Ghost, but whoever performed this bass-arrangement figuratively killed me: I just cannot manage the 2 to 5 fret stretch in tempo. I tried desperately for so long that it inflamed my arm into tennis-elbow for months. That was the beginning of the end for me, there are others along the way that discouraged me as well, but this the first one I recall. I sort of quit for real yesterday, sold my two Electrics & now only have a u-bass.

When I returned to the U.S. from Asia I was still speaking CID displacement for engines & got strange looks. It's all Liters now, I recall it starting with the 5.0 Liter Mustang GT: This wasn't mine, but I have one VERY similar.

Not sure if he's been mentioned in here yet, but Jaco's nephew slaps all the time every time. I can't stand to listen to him, but apparently he's a genius:

Argh! I'm still not done telling the story, LOL! I was happy yesterday afternoon, still am really. I got 28% more than I expected & probably more than I've have made if I'd gone through the torture of selling them privately. Took the Gator Transit gigbag over to Sam Ash to pay for my petrol. At first glance the kid says $15 (they're over $100 USD new). I walked out cursing & the manager chased me out. I thought she was gonna tell me to sod-off & never come back, for cursing like that, but instead she asked me to get a better look at it. Offered enough to pay for my petrol and lunch, so off we go with a full belly & a smile. re: the cursing, I thought I was out of earshot, but unsure Today I'm cleaning up & have zero interested buyers for my extremely discounted strings & straps. I would probably never have been able to sell those two basses locally, there's just no market for stuff here. I probably got lucky that the guy at Guitar Center is an Ibanez bass owner, but he recommended I check out DingWall. No mate, can't you see I'm selling up?! I didn't actually say anything, except that they sound fantastic. I removed most of the Heavy Metal, Punk, & Goth from my Rocksmith songlist, now it's just Pop drivel with the occasional popular Punk or Heavy Metal, like "I Wanna Be Sedated" & "You've Got Another Thing Coming".

They can float the whole thing in oil, for all I care, LMAO!

Here in the U.S. the slap-happy congregate in the bass sections of Guitar Center or Sam Ash during the busy times. It drives me mad, so I go to those places when they open in the morning to avoid that crowd. I have a misanthropic nature anyway & a cacophony of slapping just irritates my condition.

Well, it's done. I played for about 20 minutes this morning & HERE comes the PAIN in my forearm again, but also the figurative torment from stumbling through one of Terence Butler's brilliant arrangements. Spent the next 20 minutes adjusting the truss-rods & reinstalling the truss-rod cover before driving to Guitar-Center to Sell Up. Full story at the end, I did retain the u-bass & my amp, for kara-okay night. Sad anecdote time: Once I wondered why my 4th string sounded so dull in comparison to the other 3. It finally dawned on me that it had been tuned Drop-D all week & I only figured it out after thinking the string was kaput. Another time I was delivered a nice pre-owned G&L Comanche that I played for a week before realizing it was about half a step sharp the whole time. I never once had a click like that, my epitomes were always the exact opposite, I feel like Stevie Wonder trying to understand the difference between blue & yellow. It did get taken away on the infamous talkbASS, but I'll have to admit I made it difficult for them to tolerate me. I am obsessive-compulsive to a fault! After getting knocked off there I realized that's why I was 'playing bass', so I could be in the group, but like Groucho said: "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." Yes on the self-loathing. I'd estimate the frustration/joy ratio at 70/30 I've been trying to play since 2012 & not sure why I even started now. I told my cousin if they ever made a game like Rock Band that could use REAL instruments I'd start playing. So when Rocksmith came out with bass expansion pack, I was in! They say if you won't buy that stock share today, you should sell it, and given what I know now, I would never have started playing in 2012. I assembled all the best stuff (for my needs), the most comfortable lightweight bass, a great-sounding amp, but there I was back to where the rubber meets the road, developing skills, which I can't seem to do. For years I was caught up the technical aspect & was modding my own instruments & things, anything to divert from actually playing the bloody things. This time I'm going to follow through & stop posting on the forums. Some bands entire catalogs were ruined for me: AC/DC Judas Priest almost all Sisters of Mercy My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Maybe I can get back to enjoying them after I forget that their bass arrangements could be done by a computer.

While we're on about 'flat stings', here's Sting's flat:

It's not a case of "can't hear them well", I can't hear them at all, & there's been no improvement, even with focused exercises. This is the part that absolutely no one can relate to, so I guess I should stop bringing it up. I don't get that bothered by others being good at playing, except in one case where I sold my last guitar after listening to the local luthier make it sound like I never could. I haven't played since Saturday, thanks to my arm, but I'm about to play this morning. My frustration is from my own playing & thinking "Why am I even attempting this anymore?!"

Oil doesn't moisturize, fact. Oil & water don't mix, & Water is what moisturizes, or water vapor (humidity).

this just in from Babicz: https://www.facebook.com/8249808182/photos/a.10158237694203183/10158804371118183

leveling the fingerboard on a overly oily board won't be fun either, still getting cursed

Feeling fancy yesterday, so we bought Evian in 1 Liter bottles, & labeled as such.

I know a guy who likes to inform people he can only have 3,000 milligrams for Sodium/day, but I doubt he described driving distances in Feet, LOL!

If you're commenting about a 4001 or 4003, you're missing out on a the hum, because their pickups are NOT designed to buck the hum. You're also missing out on they joy of trying to intonate it. Solution, get a 4004:

I just find it irrationally annoying to me when folks add a decimal point & then use a smaller unit of measure. It's like commenting that you had 3,000 milligrams of Sodium. NO, you had 3 Grams!

Young's Modulus is the one I'm accustomed to, for stiffness, I like to experiment with necks.

Fretboards don't NEED oiling, people need to eat.

Molybdenum alloys were the biggest PITA, special welding circumstances & preparation. I was flummoxed to know that Steve Harris uses Monel string!

If by 'condition' you meant to make it looks & smell nice, but it won't protect it from humidity changes. Do it too often or apply too much & the luthier will be cursing you when it's time for new frets.

The industry has convinced many many players that oil protects & moisturizes. Want a moisturized fretboard?, run a humidifier.