Question Why no modding?

[tkarter]

alex
Good rule of thumb is to try as hard as you can to find the instrument that is perfect....like a BONGO! haha

Amen

tk

 

[Alex001]

alex

thanks for the retort....the problem is that we get deluged with people who mod their stuff and then have remorse....much like the Tattoo removal parlor next door to the divorce atty...Also many people need to get rid of their last one to get the new one that helps them "make their music" Your point is well taken if budget is no option

Good rule of thumb is to try as hard as you can to find the instrument that is perfect....like a BONGO! haha

Thanks for reading my post as it was intended - not inflammatory, just good discussion.

I laughed at the analogy of the tattoo removal parlor next to the divorce attorney.

A BONGO with the piezo option - that's my perfect. Although I do maintain that modding is not a sacrilege.

 

[bovinehost]

....Although I do maintain that modding is not a sacrilege.

I think that was what mostly everyone else was saying, too.

 

[Alex001]

I think that was what mostly everyone else was saying, too.

About EBMM instruments? Did we read the same thread? Most people modded their EBMM basses with straplocks (not quite a mod), and talked about modding the heck out of other brands.

I respectfully disagree with your comment, unless you are talking about modding in the general sense.

 

[TheAntMan]

I had a neighbor who was a really nice guy with a very nice family. He was always under the hood of his car just 'making adjustments'. Well, he was not a mechanic but seemed to know quite a bit about cars or at least sounded like he did. His wife, bless her long suffering heart, kept telling him to stop doing things to the car. Eventually, his car stopped working altogether.

They got a brand new car. Problem solved right?!? Nope. After about 2 weeks he was under the hood of the car again. Did I mention it was a BRAND NEW CAR? Yeah, I did. OK. He was again 'making adjustments'. Well, after one of his 'adjustments' they stopped at the gas station and after filling up, poof!!! Brand new car engine caught fire!!! Car was totaled. Wait! They had insurance!!! But, since he had been messing around with the car, it was not covered!!! So, I would see the family walking to the bus stop with the wife fuming all the way!

Sad but true story.

There is nothing stopping anyone from making mods if they want to. Some will succeed and others will not.

Good luck.

--Ant

 

[bovinehost]

About EBMM instruments? Did we read the same thread? Most people modded their EBMM basses with straplocks (not quite a mod), and talked about modding the heck out of other brands.

I respectfully disagree with your comment, unless you are talking about modding in the general sense.

Well, the old grandfathers here (me, BP) said basically the same thing: "It's yours. Make it do what you want, if you can." I rather doubt that BP sits around on the back porch, swapping out original pickups for something else, or putting BadAss bridges on Bongos. I can say for sure that I don't.

But if you want to, go nuts. Just save the original bits in case you want to sell it later.

Whether or not people feel the need to mod an EBMM is a different question altogether. Anecdotal evidence would suggest that most do not. When in doubt, trust Dudley Gimpel.

 

[Big Poppa]

In the past Alex the diehards would be pretty agro when the modding topic came up...It has changed and I think essentially that we are all pretty much in the same boat...what ever rings your door bell.

How about this idea for trying to nnot rout.....assuming that most musicians are not rich...you get a bug up your butt thinking that if you cut off the top horn that you can play like your favorite player.....out comes grandpas saw....and you have severed the arm of your bass. put the strap button back on and you suck worse.....I know that is an extended argument...but you really dont know until you do it so baby steps and at last resort make irreversable changes.

 

[TheAntMan]

out comes grandpas saw....and you have severed the arm of your bass.

owww...what?!?...oh, uh...what am I doing on the floor?!?...

whoa!...why is everything spinning?!?....oh, oh, yeah...

--Ant

 

[bovinehost]

...you get a bug up your butt thinking that if you cut off the top horn that you can play like your favorite player.....out comes grandpas saw....and you have severed the arm of your bass.

Some might think this is overstatement in order to make a point, but I bet a bunch of us "seasoned veterans" have seen a Gibson or even a Fender with the top horn cut completely off.

 

[toomanyslurpees]

How about during the 80s when folks took their uncool vintage instruments and "sharpened" the horns, chiseled out humbucker holes and, i donno, painted them red with some white and black stripes... I bet you they cry a little about it when they compair the worth of their guitar to an unmolested instrument....

 

[Big Poppa]

one guitar out of a million...good odds....hack em up

 

[ScreaminFloyd]

but you really dont know until you do it so baby steps and at last resort make irreversable changes.

This is great advice. Alot of the posts regarding "Why wont my guitar stay in tune" "When i switch to the middle postition it cuts out" Yada Yada Yada.
Are the same ones who have no clue in what they are doing. Tone comes from so many different places. Why mess with the one thing thats a constant? Your Guitar? Unless its fixing something that is broken, Dont fix it.
I would think you have to learn everything you need in order to play your instrument first. Start with how your guitar works with different Amps. Then when you find the Amp that butters your bread, Sit down for hours and hours and even more hours and find your Tone and what you want to sound like. There is no easy fix or fast way around. Nothing can replace experience.

 

[tkarter]

This grandpa doesn't allow for saws and basses in the same room. No need to be raising dumb grand kids.



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