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Re: Need advice on what $200 bass is good to buy

ch...@cialispam.viagranet (Tony Risotto) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:25:24 UT

news:23237-48819F33-3771@storefull-3133.bay.webtv.net...
Yeah, SX basses are pretty good. Check out rondomusic.com.
T

Need advice on what $200 bass is good to buy

jcritc...@webtv.net (John Ritchie) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:51 UT

Hi. I'm thinking of buying a bass guitar. I don't play in a band or
anything but I would like a decent one that's around two hundred
dollars. There's so many out there to choose from. Are there any in that
price range that sound and play really good, like something that would
cost a lot more? (I can dream, can't I?) Thanks for any advice.

Re: How do you tell a Squire Affinity Jazz bass from a Standard?

jcritc...@webtv.net (John Ritchie) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:51:50 UT

Thanks, John Bigboote and JS, for the helpful info.
JCRitchie

Re: Again: Opinions on Carvin basses NOT POLITICS!

garymro...@comcast.net (Gary Rosen) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:05:04 UT

I am completely opposed to those left-wing basses like Paul
McCartney plays.
Sorry, couldn't resist. Acutally I agree that we should
be talking music, not politics.
- Gary Rosen

Re: Again: Opinions on Carvin basses NOT POLITICS!

housemo...@klassmaster.com (housemouse) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:36 UT

Over the years, I have owned a few:
The one I owned that I liked the best was a B4 fretless that I got
from the "In Stock" section. I'm still regretting selling it. It had a
fast neck, I liked the ebony board a lot. It was passive with the J99
single coil jazz style pickups, and they had a more modern sound that

Re: Again: Opinions on Carvin basses NOT POLITICS!

fli...@ssm.com (SotR) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:46:18 UT

I played percussion in a band in 1993 that I was the bass player in the
year before. The guy who replaced me had a 93' Carvin. I though it was a
wonderful bass. I had a BB75 and loved it for what it was but I sold it
because I bought if off the rack at the Hollywood Ca. store. It was the only
one they had and I just couldn't wait to order one but I never could get

Re: Again: Opinions on Carvin basses NOT POLITICS!

some...@onthe.net (pTooner) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:44:51 UT

Nit - side dots are "between" the frets not on them.
Just curious, we had a thread about dot placement on fretless a while back.
I played a highly modified jazz fretless last week and I noticed that the
dots were really right where they would be on a fretted model. This one
didn't have lines. My thought is that I like having the dots where I'm used

Re: Again: Opinions on Carvin basses NOT POLITICS!

williamquinli...@yahoo.com (WFQ) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:52:00 UT

Long time lurker joining the Carvin thread.
My main bass is a Carvin XB75F - extended scale (35+ inch) five-string
neck-through lined fretless purchased from the factory in 2005. Cost
then with a tweed case was about $1150.
The bass seems solid and stable. Tuning exhibits some temperature
sensitivity so going outside usually throws it out of tune. Come to

Re: Opinions on Carvin basses?

fakeaddr...@fakeaddress.com (Joe Silver) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:16:12 UT

"js" <noth...@nothing.com> wrote in news:g5rbb9$ugc$1@aioe.org:
Incidentally, as far as I know, although Carvin's headquarters are in the
U.S. and their electric guitars and basses are American-made, their
acoustic guitars are produced in Asia.

Re: just musing on musos

dishborea...@yahoo.com (JoeSpareBedroom) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:05:47 UT

My guitarist got brutally schooled in the art over the past month. They're
out there, believe me.

Re: just musing on musos

lcarg...@cfl.rr.com (Les Cargill) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:53:54 UT

<snip>
Then they should be playing golf. I've never met anybody remotely
credible who had not *mastered* signalling. If somebody can't do it,
I simply won't work with 'em.

Re: just musing on musos

lcarg...@cfl.rr.com (Les Cargill) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:51:54 UT

My policy is no rehearsal for one week before a gig. If
we have a gig every week, no rehearsal at all except
to polish new songs, and then only if there's significant
rubato sections or other things that *should* be managed
by situational awareness on stage. I will
distribute lead sheets or even MIDI of people's parts

Re: Opinions on Carvin basses?

some...@onthe.net (pTooner) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:46:36 UT

I hadn't thought of Norm Crosby in years. Does anyone else remember him?
Gerry

Re: Opinions on Carvin basses?

lcarg...@cfl.rr.com (Les Cargill) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:41:33 UT

Benj wrote:
Essentially, they are. I haven't seen the movie, but I don't
have to have seen it to know it's wrong. He connects Darwin
to "Social Darwinism" , which is egregiously incorrect. It's
*INFLAMMATORY* it's so wrong. Herbert Spencer was the proponent of
Social Darwinism, and like the architects of Naziism, he was

Re: Opinions on Carvin basses?

lcarg...@cfl.rr.com (Les Cargill) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:11:25 UT

<snip>
... which is an artifact of how media works, not really even
a characteristic of politics. I say "how media works" - there's
a belief that dumbing down the message works better, but some people
manage to do well in media without it.