Business Travel and Boredom

WILLIAM HULSEY (25103)

Bass Miscellaneous Forum · 6/20/2012 9:44 PM

It's only two nights a week but the nights I'm home I get home late; sometimes not until near dark (even with summer light). It seems like I'm always gone and I get extremely bored in my hotel. I'll check the TV but it's usually crap. I watch YouTube on me phone and surf here and TB. I might even browse FB from time to time.

But all that gets old. I do some paperwork but that doesn't take much time. I eat dinner but since I eat alone, well, you get it. I wish I could bring my bass and play through phones but the temps on my truck (no A/C) probably reach the 100°F mark this time of year. I don't feel comfortable taking my bass in the truck for that reason.

I wish I was the type who could sleep about ten hours straight but I'm not. I'm out of ideas. I suppose reading couldn't hurt but when I like a book I can't put it down. I'm afraid I'll spend half a night reading and only get an hour nap before my alarm wakes me at 3am.

Suggestions please? Thanks.

--BO

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6/22/2012 11:17 AM

Garry Cantrell (4190) wrote:

graphite neck bass

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6/22/2012 9:50 PM

Roger Gumbs (30431) wrote:

This doesn't always work out. My friend Kevin owned a modulus 5 that he had in his car for an hour long trip during the summer months, and by the time he arrived at his destination it severely warped. Fortunately, modulus replaced the neck for him because it was relatively new. I don't think this is the norm, but it happened.

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6/23/2012 1:29 AM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25103) wrote:

I would think graphite would be worse. Plastic and heat aren't good bedmates.

--Bo

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6/23/2012 1:44 AM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25103) wrote:

Even if I trusted a plastic-necked bass, I'd still have a tough time dropping the kind of cash it takes to get one of those things to toss it in my work truck to be bounced around during the day. I don't mind the Spector getting a few dings but these graph-neck sticks are pricey. Honestly, I haven't played a graphite neck that I liked the sound of. I probably haven't played them enough to be fair.

Besides, aren't graphite necks more about tuning stability and weight than warp prevention?

--Bo

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6/23/2012 9:03 AM

Roger Gumbs (30431) wrote:

I've played two, owned one of them, for a brief period I owned a Modulus flea bass. Thinnest sounding pos I've ever owned. The body and electronics were no better than anything you could find on a $700 bass...so I guess the graphite neck equates to the other $1700 they want to charge (roughly $2400 new).

What about getting an ibanez micro and a tascam mp3 trainer. I've seen players on tb upgrade micros and use them as gigging basses. The one guy actually owned some really nice basses too. With the micro and tascam, you can play along to some tunes...

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6/23/2012 10:58 AM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25103) wrote:

Yeah, a cheapo bass might be the solution. I'll look into those trainers. They sound like a good tool for practice. Were you talking about the MP-BT1?

--Bo

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6/23/2012 2:31 PM

Roger Gumbs (30431) wrote:

I have the tascam gb-10 which is awesome. It not only allows yountomplay along to mp3, but you can also record with it as well.

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6/25/2012 2:50 PM

Garry Cantrell (4190) wrote:

"And your Modulus instrument will give you this high level perfomance for decades to come. The carbon fiber neck is completely unaffected by temperature and humidity and it won't ever twist, warp or destabilize."

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6/23/2012 7:28 PM

Al Freed (144) wrote:

I think maybe you are in the wrong job, no offence. If it is causing so many hassles, then your life is worth much more without all the stress, trust me i know its happened to me.

Yes you have a family to think of, but your much better to them in a relaxed and sane state, than what it seems now.

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6/23/2012 10:11 PM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25103) wrote:

No offense taken at all. I've had crappy jobs and you're right; no job is worth losing sleep over. I hope that I can find some type of resolution soon. Good jobs are very hard to come by; especially at my education level.

Thanks, man.

--Bo

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6/27/2012 7:13 PM

Al Freed (144) wrote:

I suppose it was easy for me to say those things as i am retired, i took early retirement. And thanks for your understanding, i meant well mate and you will find it. Gosh i know how hard it is to find the perfect job, i havent and i doubt many people will, unless your Brad Pitt lol.

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6/27/2012 9:11 PM

WILLIAM HULSEY (25103) wrote:

Thanks Al. I'm about as far from Brad Pitt as one can be. Lol!!

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