Members mark7171 Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 i think having a bass has helped me increase my overall musical ability. MF or where ever have a sale that practically give them away around the holidays. the $29-59 instruments are great to practice wiring ,and loaner, and what-ever-else? closer to the holidays they get a guitar and bass around $ 29 dollars, but they sell out before noon. heads up $59 bucks(free ship ship, no tax tax) at MF, great for kids because of the short scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 on the electric forum someone said it has a 1" nut which for me would render it unplayable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mark7171 Posted November 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 on the electric forum someone said it has a 1" nut which for me would render it unplayable from the picture it doesnt look 1 inch, think it was a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 I concider such cheap basses a waste of money and an insult to even young kids for first instrument. If your not going to buy a good qaulity instrument is a waste of money & no benefit to music skill imo. Such cheap instruments are only good for bar wall decorations and such imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lyricpoet Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 I am all about cheap basses, as long as they meet certain criteria, like lasting for 6 months of abuse. I am waiting for a $10 bass. I can buy a dozen and ritualistically destroy them on stage! Most evil.........Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha a aha ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zebra Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 Interesting. "Drive" is the brand my first bass was marketed under, but it doesn't have anything that says "Drive" on it. Plus, it's just a typical P. Much less ugly than those.For what it is, it's a damn good bass. I wouldn't trade it for most MIM Fenders.Who knows about those, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mark7171 Posted November 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 just wait musiciansfriend does a $29 dollar rogue bass every year for the holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevilRaysFan Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 from the picture it doesnt look 1 inch, think it was a typo. I tried that excuse when I posted nekkid pics of myself..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blinz Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 Has anyone actually played one of those Drive $59 basses yet? I was thinking about picking one up just to try out a short scale and not waste alot of cash if it doesn't work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deep Bass Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 Has anyone actually played one of those Drive $59 basses yet? I was thinking about picking one up just to try out a short scale and not waste alot of cash if it doesn't work out. Just beware that it is a cheap bass... so if doesn't work out, don't write off all short scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Kashue Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 I concider such cheap basses a waste of money and an insult to even young kids for first instrument. If your not going to buy a good qaulity instrument is a waste of money & no benefit to music skill imo. Such cheap instruments are only good for bar wall decorations and such imo. There are multiple gigging bassists on this forum who play with instruments of that price. Several folks have Fullertons, and TBroom has his duct tape bass... Not having played this particular instrument, you have no basis for your comments... imo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassesofalessergod Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 There are multiple gigging bassists on this forum who play with instruments of that price. Several folks have Fullertons, and TBroom has his duct tape bass...Not having played this particular instrument, you have no basis for your comments...imo... i agree with the dude to a point. a quality bass will make you play better and inspire you to play more. the thing is a piece of {censored} without reservation. sure maybe yuo can play the 1-5 country rumble on it, but it aint a bass to be giving kids to learn on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beginner01 Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 :wave:plywood body..........just so ya know:rolleyes: :thu:rogue/fullerton worth teh wait:idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Westsailor Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 heads up $59 bucks(free ship ship, no tax tax) at MF, great for kids because of the short scale. IMO the worst thing you can do to encourage a kid to play music is give them a POS (insert instrument here) for their 1st instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Perfessor Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 I concider such cheap basses a waste of money and an insult to even young kids for first instrument. If your not going to buy a good qaulity instrument is a waste of money & no benefit to music skill imo. Such cheap instruments are only good for bar wall decorations and such imo. Usually that's the case but the Fender P ripoff bass I bought from National Music Supply for $29 is not junk at all. The nut was cracked and they sent me a whole new neck. It's straight and adjusts fine. The bridge works and it has tremendous output with no dead spots. It's even made of alder. How the Fender decal got on it I'll never know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blinz Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 So if I was going to buy one these cheap Drive Wildfire basses and put heavy strings on it to tune down a bit, would you suggest the $59 model with a P pickup or the $79 model with a pair of J pickups? The other option would be to buy the $59 model and route it out and drop a MM style humbucker from GFS in it.Lets not discuss whether I should use and/or tune down a short scale or not, just suggest which pickup setup would probably work best and why. I'm probably ordering one when I get off work this afternoon. Thanks- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mark7171 Posted November 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 :wave:plywood body..........just so ya know:rolleyes:ait:idea: its corinthian basswood, with a maple neck, and rosewood phalangy board electronics i got lying around alpha pots...etc.. or dump a supercharged gfs P pup in her for zing i might put a peizo copper bar pickup unit(extra one out of smashed foriegn acoustic), back by the bridge. what kind of sound would it make, maybe it will be an acoustic bass, like magic.... does this post make any sense , i cant form complete sentences right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Kashue Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 its corinthian basswood, with a maple neck, and rosewood phalangy board does this post make any sense , i cant form complete sentences right now. I won't comment on your sentences, but "Corinthian Basswood" and "rosewood phalangy" are both gibberish (isn't the latter the made up name Phoebe used on Friends?) Basswood (which comes from the Linden tree) grows in temperate zones (and having spent time in Corinth, I can assure you it's not temperate), and "Phalangy" isn't even a real word. In fact, in both a yahoo search and a google search turn up zero instances of the terms "Corinthian basswood" (or Carinthian, thinking you might have misspelled the Austrian/Slovenian region) or "rosewood phalangy"...You are the first person to use those words in order on the entire internet...congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassesofalessergod Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 I won't comment on your sentences, but "Corinthian Basswood" and "rosewood phalangy" are both gibberish (isn't the latter the made up name Phoebe used on Friends?) Basswood (which comes from the Linden tree) grows in temperate zones (and having spent time in Corinth, I can assure you it's not temperate), and "Phalangy" isn't even a real word. In fact, in both a yahoo search and a google search turn up zero instances of the terms "Corinthian basswood" (or Carinthian, thinking you might have misspelled the Austrian/Slovenian region) or "rosewood phalangy"...You are the first person to use those words in order on the entire internet...congratulations maybe it'll be a googlewhack!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted November 5, 2007 Moderators Share Posted November 5, 2007 I won't comment on your sentences, but "Corinthian Basswood" and "rosewood phalangy" are both gibberish (isn't the latter the made up name Phoebe used on Friends?) Basswood (which comes from the Linden tree) grows in temperate zones (and having spent time in Corinth, I can assure you it's not temperate), and "Phalangy" isn't even a real word. In fact, in both a yahoo search and a google search turn up zero instances of the terms "Corinthian basswood" (or Carinthian, thinking you might have misspelled the Austrian/Slovenian region) or "rosewood phalangy"...You are the first person to use those words in order on the entire internet...congratulations I thought it was a funny joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mark7171 Posted November 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 phalangy is a medial term for finger phalagy boadr is finger board. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Human_hand_bones_simple.svg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mark7171 Posted November 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 I won't comment on your sentences, but "Corinthian Basswood" and "rosewood phalangy" are both gibberish (isn't the latter the made up name Phoebe used on Friends?) Basswood (which comes from the Linden tree) grows in temperate zones (and having spent time in Corinth, I can assure you it's not temperate), and "Phalangy" isn't even a real word. go back to schools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted November 5, 2007 Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 www.rondomusic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted November 5, 2007 Moderators Share Posted November 5, 2007 go back to schools DAMN!!! :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mark7171 Posted November 5, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 5, 2007 i havent watched friends in years either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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