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My name is tbone and I'm a Ball-O-holic

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  1. 06-21-2007, 01:39 PM #16
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    a 5'er is never wrong.. those low notes can really rock your boat

    welcome aboard, and watch out for the musicman g.a.s... its spreading fast
    just ask my mrs.. heheh

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    just put flats on the bongo!!
    just put roundwounds on your fretless!!

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  2. 06-21-2007, 03:49 PM #17
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    T-bone, my Stingray affliction started at 40 too, and I'm afraid it just gets worse as you get older. In it's later stages it turns into Bongolism and from that there's no way back...

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    ... and one day a Bongo 6 will be in my life
    ... and a 25th HSS 5er... and a Dargie 2 anything

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  3. 06-21-2007, 03:56 PM #18
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    Too old a dog to learn new tricks?

    Quote Originally Posted by MrMusashi View Post
    a 5'er is never wrong.. those low notes can really rock your boat ...

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    I've only being playing a 5 for the last year or so (and a 5 'Ray for only a couple of weeks) and from a "here's a ton of extra low notes to play with" point of view it's amazing. But, I keep getting mixed up as to where I am on the strings, I want to just slap that B with my thumb thinking it's the E. It's crazy, it's only one extra string fer crissakes and sometimes it's all fine but other times I just get completely thrown.

    I know, I know, practice, practice...

    Stingray 4 H Trans Teal/Maple/Black
    Stingray 5 HH Honeyburst/Rosewood/Black 02 Mar 06
    Bongo 4 H Sapphire Black/Rosewood/Black Ice Dec 03
    Bongo 5HSp Blue Dawn/Black (on loan from strummer)
    ... and one day a Bongo 6 will be in my life
    ... and a 25th HSS 5er... and a Dargie 2 anything

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  4. 06-21-2007, 07:30 PM #19
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    Well, the first step to recovery is admitting the problem. Oh, wait...this isn't a problem!!

    I remember my first Ball, a black 'Ray. I sold it to a fellow forumite, but now I have it back.
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  5. 06-21-2007, 09:11 PM #20
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    Didn't someone coin the phrase "welcome to the addiction." And do I now owe him some money?
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  6. 06-21-2007, 10:02 PM #21
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    THat would be Koogs and you do owe him.

    WHy is this a problem? They things that you get to play and expand your musical horizons...if you tire of them they are very marketable to other sick bretheren
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    Quote Originally Posted by T-bone View Post
    My wife complained I was holding the "ray" more than I was holding her. And then it happened - she was stolen.
    t bone, just outta curiosity was it ur wife that stole it?
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  8. 06-22-2007, 10:34 AM #23
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    B.P. - Oh this isn't a problem. I can control it, really. With the posible exception I find myself at work, logging in to this forum, reading about others who are every bit as addicted (and even more so for people like Jack) as I. Dreaming about that 20th and just how I would play a 5 string, instead of working on any number of projects I have going right now.

    And don't get me started about those Bongos.

    My name is tbone and I am.........
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  9. 06-22-2007, 08:32 PM #24
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    That 20th SR5 can really screw you up.

    I find myself drifting off in the middle of conversations or whatever, thinking, "I sure wish I could just go play that 20th."
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