So THIS is why you do not lend guitars to ANYONE...

I just pulled out my old P-Bass for the first time since it was handed back to me and had rushed it into a case for my last epic move a few years ago. Well tonight it was time to lay some bass tracks (or try to anyway) and I decided to use the P instead of screwing around with synths. Oh MY GAWD!!!! It was COVERED in sweat, beer, general shmootz and BLOOD!!! FREAKING BLOOD!!!! This bass has been everywhere. I let it behave as a communal instrument for various musical chicanery. I always called her back when I needed her and she was always in reasonable condition. A quick polish and a string change and kabingo... all was well. This time was a nightmare. I have spent the last three hours disinfection the first layer and then removing layers upon layers of crud with my various other little tricks while hand polishing the whole way. I would still like to completely dismantle all the hardware and clean that properly but I just need a working bass again. Unfortunately NO amount of polishing will fix this part... The E/A pickup case has been almost destroyed. The part of the case that holds down the pick up on the low E side is COMPLETELY gone. I can look in and see the coil. BRUTAL!!! I cannot adjust the pickup to pull that side away from the low E string at all. But this is MY P... she rules. She is awesome. Once I had her cleaned up and restrung I barely had to adjust the intonation and the strings pulled just far enough away from the pick up to be playable with a pick despite the out of whack pick up. Sadly when playing with my fingers it is all clickety plops and that is unacceptable so I guess I am stuck with using a pick until I figure it out. She sounds AMAZING though. Way better than I remember. It's like she was thanking me for finally saving her. Don't worry old girl... you're with daddy now. We'll grow old together.

Definitely. It sucks about the pickup though. Now that I'm trying to track it is causing some major issues. Someone needs a right punch in the face for violating my bass like that. Perhaps it's me for lending it out in the first place. Grrr...

Yup. I'm pretty mad. I was gonna replace that pick up at some point anyway but I guess it'll have to happen sooner than later. Maybe I can jury rig something in the meantime to hold that side of the pickup down. Ugh... so mad.

craigb (ITYRN) you can play any of my basses any time you want
(once you pry them from my cold dead hands)

craigb


No need to worry Bapu, I only play Alembics and nobody has one of those...

Are you sure?


Have you asked?


Have you read every post in every fred in every forum on the CW site?


Shirley there must be someone who frequents these forums that owns an Alembic?

I was anemic once.  

this is why I never let anyone play with my organ

bapu

daryl1968


this is why I never let anyone play with my organ

But you want others to be "in your face".

in the right circumstances Bapu, yes. Your organ definitely needs to be fuller

daryl1968

bapu

daryl1968


this is why I never let anyone play with my organ

But you want others to be "in your face".

in the right circumstances Bapu, yes. Your organ definitely needs to be fuller

I'll be working with it soon. I hope you're happy with it in the end.

bapu

daryl1968

bapu

daryl1968


this is why I never let anyone play with my organ

But you want others to be "in your face".

in the right circumstances Bapu, yes. Your organ definitely needs to be fuller

I'll be working with it soon. I hope you're happy with it in the end.

MORE LESLIE TOO
 

Old55

bapu


So is my singing (according to Mooch).

Who listens to Mooch, anyway?  

When I was in Chicago I had to listen to him non-stop.