Giving Up on Talkbass

[chris_b]

It's the internet. People can be either sensible or stupid. You can't let any of the idiots get you down.

[prowla]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Doc rock]

Hello from the USA. Like a few others lately I've found Talkbass to be a little heavy handed lately. To many mods to easily offended by nothing. Anyway I'm an old guy, started playing in 1966 and gave up the band business around 1996. I'm a home player now. I enjoy modding and putting together parts basses. Currently my amp/cab setup consists of an old GK800RB, a newer Ampeg PF350 both going though one or two old Cavin RL115's. I play mostly Fender and Fender style parts basses including a 66 jazz bass in purchased in 68 which is my baby. At moment though I've been playing a old OLP MM2 that I modded for the last 3 months or so. It's a good one. Anyway, here I am.  

[rwillett]

Welcome to Basschat.

 

Some nice old basses in there. Where in the US are you?

 

Rob

[FugaziBomb]

29 minutes ago, Doc rock said:

Hello from the USA. Like a few others lately I've found Talkbass to be a little heavy handed lately. To many mods to easily offended by nothing. Anyway I'm an old guy, started playing in 1966 and gave up the band business around 1996. I'm a home player now. I enjoy modding and putting together parts basses. Currently my amp/cab setup consists of an old GK800RB, a newer Ampeg PF350 both going though one or two old Cavin RL115's. I play mostly Fender and Fender style parts basses including a 66 jazz bass in purchased in 68 which is my baby. At moment though I've been playing a old OLP MM2 that I modded for the last 3 months or so. It's a good one. Anyway, here I am.  

 

Let's see some pics of that 66 Jazz Bass!

[borntohang]

TB can be a bit fussy but the Effects forum does specifically have a longstanding sticky thread warning zero-tolerance on 'real bassists don't use effects' posting in the Effects forum, whether humerus or otherwise. I doubt the mods get offended as much as they got sick of clearing up the mess every time that joke got posted and inevitably turned into a flame war. BC has the advantage of being a smaller userbase so you're more likely to know which particular berk is winding you up and how sincere they're being.

[FugaziBomb]

2 minutes ago, borntohang said:

TB can be a bit fussy but the Effects forum does specifically have a longstanding sticky thread warning zero-tolerance on 'real bassists don't use effects' posting in the Effects forum, whether humerus or otherwise. I doubt the mods get offended as much as they got sick of clearing up the mess every time that joke got posted and inevitably turned into a flame war. BC has the advantage of being a smaller userbase so you're more likely to know which particular berk is winding you up and how sincere they're being.

 

They should just have a sticky thread at the top of the home page warning zero-tolerance on humor posting.  That place takes itself way too seriously

[neepheid]

11 minutes ago, borntohang said:

TB can be a bit fussy but the Effects forum does specifically have a longstanding sticky thread warning zero-tolerance on 'real bassists don't use effects' posting in the Effects forum, whether humerus or otherwise. I doubt the mods get offended as much as they got sick of clearing up the mess every time that joke got posted and inevitably turned into a flame war. BC has the advantage of being a smaller userbase so you're more likely to know which particular berk is winding you up and how sincere they're being.

 

I'd like to think my berk-ness is well known round these parts, yes

 

[rwillett]

21 minutes ago, FugaziBomb said:

 

Let's see some pics of that 66 Jazz Bass!

 

And your address and exactly where it is in the house please....Any holiday plans this year?

 

4 minutes ago, FugaziBomb said:

 

They should just have a sticky thread at the top of the home page warning zero-tolerance on humor posting.  That place takes itself way too seriously

If BassChat stopped humorous posts, there'd be a riot. A couple of threads are very serious and due weight should be given to them as they cover serious matters, many threads are very funny, some are crude, some are funny and crude, there's an awful lot of knowledge on this thread, so if you have a question on the exact slot width of a 67 Jazz pickup screw, somebody will know and will reach out to help. Never be afraid to ask questions, even if you think they are 'stupid' as 9/10 people will go "I didn't know that". That's how I am still learning, and you're never too old to learn.

 

And talking about people not taking things seriously, I can see that @neepheid has posted a reply

 

Rob

[rwillett]

2 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

I'd like to think my berk-ness is well known round these parts, yes

 

I'm glad we have met your expectations....

[SpondonBassed]

1 hour ago, Doc rock said:

here I am

 

Welcome Doc.

[Lo-E]

I’m sorry to read that that was your experience there. 
 

I’m based in the US and I’ve been a TB member since 2009 and I’ve encountered very little jerkery, all things considered, and haven’t really found humor to be squelched in any meaningful way.   …but that’s just my experience and you and I might have just been reading entirely different threads. I’ve mostly found TB to be a pretty welcoming community. I spend a lot of time on there. Sure, there are some jerks…. there are jerks everywhere if you look for them. Even if you don’t!
 

I’ve been a member here since 2015 although I haven’t been around much lately. I can’t say I’ve found much to complain about here, either. Nice bunch of folks, all around. Another good, slightly different community. 
 

Perhaps your experience on TB is a reflection of the whole world being under a lot of stress. I sense it a lot more on social media than I do on forums but it does seem like an awful lot of people are squaring up for a fight; any fight, really. I just try to steer clear of all that mess and I try to cut a little extra slack on the internet where people’s intentions are sometimes not as obvious as we assume they are. 

[Doc rock]

2 hours ago, FugaziBomb said:

 

Let's see some pics of that 66 Jazz Bass!

I shall try, If it works disregard the grounding strip it's only there because I was trying to clean out the ground wire hole that's been problematic since it was repainted in 1972 lol. It has since been removed.

Edited 12 hours ago by Doc rock
More pictures

[FugaziBomb]

23 minutes ago, Doc rock said:

I shall try, If it works disregard the grounding strip it's only there because I was trying to clean out the ground wire hole that's been problematic since it was repainted in 1972 lol. It has since been removed.

 That's awesome.  I bet that neck feels amazing after nearly 60 years of playing.  Was it originally black with the tort?

[SpondonBassed]

32 minutes ago, Doc rock said:

I shall try, If it works disregard the grounding strip it's only there because I was trying to clean out the ground wire hole that's been problematic since it was repainted in 1972 lol. It has since been removed.

 

Just imagine that lining on the headboard of your bed.  It would be a joy to wake up to.  In fact, I'd wallpaper at least one wall of a bedroom with it.

[FugaziBomb]

1 minute ago, SpondonBassed said:

 

Just imagine that lining on the headboard of your bed.  It would be a joy to wake up to.  In fact, I'd wallpaper at least one wall of a bedroom with it.

Haha, that case really is lux

[Doc rock]

3 minutes ago, FugaziBomb said:

 That's awesome.  I bet that neck feels amazing after nearly 60 years of playing.  Was it originally black with the tort?

It's pretty much as slick as snot at this point. It was originally LPB, with matching headstock, white/parchment pickguard. I have all the original parts. This bass had a problematic neck till around 75 I took it to Brian Dunn at rainbow guitars in Tucson Az. He had it for about a month as he heat treated the neck and got the Truss Rod to move as it should. Before there was limited adjust ability. I was never a fan of matching headstocks or vintage style frets so I had him refinish the head stock and do a refret with med jumbo wire. The best thing I ever did was to take it to Brian. It became a real player. Then I had the body repainted black. Back in those days they were just basses, no vintage value attached. I could have walked into Rainbow at any time back then and bought 2 or 3 for $200 buck apiece. I've messed with this bass for years and now I've got it where I want it.

[Doc rock]

28 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

 

Just imagine that lining on the headboard of your bed.  It would be a joy to wake up to.  In fact, I'd wallpaper at least one wall of a bedroom with it.

She's picky who she sleeps with! LOL!

[Doc rock]

20 minutes ago, FugaziBomb said:

Haha, that case really is lux

Its' an old Commonwealth touring case, it weighs a ton.

[Reggaebass]

2 hours ago, Doc rock said:

Hello from the USA

Welcome Doc 

[FugaziBomb]

9 minutes ago, Doc rock said:

It's pretty much as slick as snot at this point. It was originally LPB, with matching headstock, white/parchment pickguard. I have all the original parts. This bass had a problematic neck till around 75 I took it to Brian Dunn at rainbow guitars in Tucson Az. He had it for about a month as he heat treated the neck and got the Truss Rod to move as it should. Before there was limited adjust ability. I was never a fan of matching headstocks or vintage style frets so I had him refinish the head stock and do a refret with med jumbo wire. The best thing I ever did was to take it to Brian. It became a real player. Then I had the body repainted black. Back in those days they were just basses, no vintage value attached. I could have walked into Rainbow at any time back then and bought 2 or 3 for $200 buck apiece. I've messed with this bass for years and now I've got it where I want it.

 

That's a pretty cool story it has attached to it.  Really nice!

[Doc rock]

2 minutes ago, FugaziBomb said:

 

That's a pretty cool story it has attached to it.  Really nice!

Thanks, there's more to it, but I don't want to get to long winded. 

[SpondonBassed]

3 minutes ago, Doc rock said:

Thanks, there's more to it, but I don't want to get to long winded. 

 

That.  That right there is clickbait!

 

Heeheehee.  On the contrary.  Now we all want to hear it.

[Doc rock]

3 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

 

That.  That right there is clickbait!

 

Heeheehee.  On the contrary.  Now we all want to hear it.

If you insist....., I hope I can remember all of it, it's been shall we say 'a number of year'. I bought the bass from a service member on Okinawa in 1968. He was being shipped to Vietnam and couldn't take it with him. I payed $175 dollars for it. I then joined the Merchant Marines and shipped out of White Beach in Okinawa and couldn't take it with me! LOL! So I left it in the care of my family as I departed for all points South Pacific. So she was a orphan for 3 years until I finally returned to Arizona where my Dad was re stationed. When I finally got my hands on the bass again I found the heat and humidity in the south pacific was not kind to the finish or the neck. So the trip to Rainbow guitars happened, and she eventually got sorted out. I played the bass for the next couple of years. Then, my wife had a bass playing girlfriend that was joining a all female band in Las Vegas and was looking for a bass that had a slim neck and didn't weigh a lot (the bass weighs 8 lbs), and she was eyeing my bass. Things being as they were, between the two of them they managed to persuade me to sell her the bass. My wife said she would buy me new bass if I sold it to her. I made her promise to sell it back to me if she ever stopped using it. She was a friend so..... Anyway that didn't happen, I walked into a local music store about 2 years later and there it was sans case hanging on a wall. I knew the owner, he made me a good deal and threw in the old touring case for free. The only other misadventure she had was when I loaned it to the bass player for Black Oak Arkansas. They were booked to play at a local club and something, I know not what, was wrong with their bass players bass. Why he didn't have a backup I don't know. Anyway one of the bouncers I knew that worked there called and asked if I would let their bass player borrow my bass for the night. I was going to see the show anyway so like an idiot I said sure. It was a great show, those guys were smokin! No Jim Dandy though, this was after he had departed the band. The problem was he really, really, like it wanted to buy it, like right now! Well we went round and round and finally he relented and gave it back. I thought for sure I was going to have to call for backup to retrieve it! And that's story more or less of my black 66 Jazz Bass. I really don't play it that much anymore, I like chunkier neck now days. She'll never leave the house again though.

[SpondonBassed]

Excellent.