Hello there

Hello!

What's up?

Nothing, really. We're all just hanging out. Rad and I are discussing guitars and bass.

I play guitar and bass c:

A Rickenbacker is my dream bass.
It's got the sound and style I just love, and all my favourite bassists have used or still use Rickenbacker bass guitars.
Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, and even Les Claypool to name a few.

=o Sweet! I play guitar and piano ^^

Rad: I know a few people with those

Kymma: I also play piano and drums c:

I'm not a prodigy, I can barely play bass, let alone any other instrument. :C

I can only play the flute really. Not overly talented music wise.

Rad: Just keep practicing c:
You'll get better

Talented bugger! I can only play piano and guitar. ^^; I looooove Chopin's works, especially op. 28 no. 15 (Raindrop) and Tristresse... Sorry, I can ramble about music allllll day ._.;

I wish I could practice, but my bass is busted up.
And as I said earlier, it cost about as much as the worth of the second hand bass, to fix it.
I also don't have that kinda money to spend.

The pickup is busted which cost a good $100+ to replace.
That right there is about how much my parents spent on this bass.
Otherwise, I also need to fix the tuning knob on the A string, since it got stripped out while tuning it.
So the A is flat and can't be tuned, which makes it sound horribadawful.

Ooooooh god, that really blows. =/ How did you bust your pickups?

It was bought second hand, so it already had a slowly deteriorating pickup.
Eventually, it just got so bad that on the AMP, it's a loud loud LOUD buzzing.

Well I'm gonna go walk to my girlfriends house.

Bye

Ugh. I'm sorry, those ARE expensive, especially if you replace it with something that'll actually last you any worthwhile length of time.

Have a good night, D.

Yeah, they're just fender p-bass pickups, even though the bass itself is Silvertone.
Silvertone doesn't seem to have their own branding to the pickup, so it cost about $100-$120 USD for new fender p-bass pickups. :/

x_X Honestly, at that rate, you should just get a standard entry level bass. It'll cost you more, about $400 USD, but it'll last longer and won't need repair.

*Is completely broke, owes over $380 USD, and is swamped with prepaid commissions, about 40+*
Besides that, if I buy any bass in the future, I'm going all out and getting either a classic Rickenbacker 4001 (Depending on if I can find a rare colour, or make.) for around the $3200 USD. OR just get a new Rickenbacker 4003 for around the $1,200-$1,500 USD range.

*facepalms* Oooooh man. I'd totally help out a fellow musician but I'm broke right now too.

It's the thought that counts. XD
But yeah, last year I had done a zillion commissions, and got prepaid, so I could afford a $1,500 computer.

Very very nice. x3 We haven't played any shows lately and I get paid crap by my day job, so I can't send you anything. =x But I totally would. x_x Maybe over the summer, when the band goes on tour.

That's thoughtful and generous for a complete stranger.
And not to add to a sob story or anything, but just recently, since my parents are also broke and we're living off my Dad's EI.
I had to pay for the internet bill, with my January tax return.
Which isn't much to begin with, being that I haven't had a job since 2006, and it was only a month long.
And the bill being unreasonably high, due to Shaw owning the cable out here, so it's unreasonably high cause they can get away with that shit.
That and I had a LOOOONG story mishap with my new computer, so I gotta get new RAM for it. >_>
Even after getting a new mobo too.

Geez, I just have bad luck all around, don't I? XD

I've done it before, to be honest. =P I make more than I really need right now, and I save plenty so I can afford to give some.

.....How did you burn out your RAM? Honestly, I didn't even know you could -DO- that!

Hm....

I'll see what I can pull out of my rear, but don't expect anything major!