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:: Sunday, November 04, 2007 ::

Watch out, here comes a rationalization. Yesterday I took some of my laptop savings and bought a new bass guitar. Why? Because I haven't found the right laptop yet. I can replace the money within the next couple of weeks and all systems will again be 'go.' I'm kinda waiting to see if Dell does indeed produce an XPS-line 15" [projected model# M1510 or 1530] mid-November.

Anyway, I've been wanting to replace my shitty 15-yr-old [bought used even then] Fender knock-off with all of its buzzes & quirks for several years now. So after a few days of research, I bought an actual Fender knock-off. It is a Fender, but it's their low-end company [Gibson has Epiphone, Fender has Squier]-- which is actually better than a lot of crap out there and suits me just fine. So here's what I bought [at left]: the maple-body modified 70's jazz bass. The thinner neck and satin finish seem to aid speed and dexterity, and the two single-coil pick-ups add a bit of range [whereas the old bass had a single split-coil pick-up]. I am enjoying it immensely. It sounds okay through my Traynor BLOC80B amp [80 watts], but for some reason, it seemed to sound clearer through a Peavey 35-watt amp. Hmm-- there lies the question: Should I give up wattage for clarity and make a trade? I'm not giggin' with it, so I don't need volume. I need quality of sound for studio recording. I'll have to think on that. With the trade-in, I'd still be looking at spending a couple hundred bucks, especially if I jump up to a Fender 50W.

Toys toys toys. Anyway, the house has been cleaned in prep for moving the recording gear back out into the living room for a bit. I've done a bit of acoustic recording in the studio lately, and I've been wanting to try some electric guitar through the Lexicon MX300 processor. In the next two weeks, I have a couple of 2-&-3-day strings of time where I can delve into that more in the way that I prefer-- timelessly.

:: Anne 12:30 PM [smartass remarks] ::
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