The Last Bass Outpost

i know most of us here are not "professional" musicians,so i was wondering how much bass time you guys average? i'm in 2 bands. ATU practices once a week for 2 or 3 hours and gigs regularly.(3 shows last month). my other band does about 4 hours of practice a week but no gigs yet since we still need to find a singer but we have 14 songs solid.i also work 50-60 hours a week. so i'm pretty tired.i don't play much at home,maybe a little bit on my day off.so thats like 24 hours a month.for a few months i was doin' 3 bands.

i had a great weekend, my band played an awesome gig on Sat. we played really well, sounded good and the crowd was diggin' us.even met a girl ........................then this morning i opened my case only to find...












my '92 3 knob LPB-1 is broken. shit! damn! i've been so bummed all day.its not even a clean break it's cracked like a spiderweb. how the hell did this happen.this puts all 4 of my Gibsons out of commission. at least i hope it works out with the girl.

seriously,how often do you guys use your pinkie?

can someone please post a picture of the correct wiring of a G3.i can't figure out the schematic from Jules site.

does anybody know about these?

ok i joined this band as a guitar player last Aug. they were a 3 piece before i joined with only one show under their belt.(the band not the players,all have had prior bands) i played my first show with them only 2 weeks after i joined.we did a bunch of shows and were saving the "band funds" for recording.then two members spent the band fund on t-shirts.i didn't find out till they were already ordered.(1st red flag).i was not happy about this 'cause whats the point of having shirts if your not on tour,and don't have a recording.i let this slide. then one day i show up for practice and they tell me paul is coming (a friend in another band) i'm like why? they say to play "lead guitar" i was not informed prior to this. (2nd red flag) but since i know and like the guy i let this slide too. i really think we sounded better before.he comes from a more heavy metal background and i kinda liked our scrappy punk sound. so we book time to record,but the dude who was gonna record us cancelled for personal reasons (i took the day off work,and really couldn't afford to lose a days pay) they wanted to do it the following week i said i can't do that day,because of work lets do another day.they went in and did drums,bass and some guitar tracks. this really pissed me off cause i am very hands on and want to be there for everything.but i waited till i heard it.once i heard it i find they didn't do drums and bass for the song i wrote.when i brought this up they told me they ran out of time and we would do it next session. so my other band (where i play bass) got offered a show last friday and i got this band on the bill as well.the previous mon they cancelled cause our bass players mom fell down the stairs and is messed up and needs surgery.obviously this is more important than a show.so of course i said go take care of your mom.so i play the show with my other band. on saturday i find out they went and recorded everything else except my parts.so f*** this i quit.this is not the way bands are supposed to do things.now they say they don't want me to quit? i said the only way i would stay is if they delete everything and start over.so whatever i have 2 other bands now and have played in many bands and i've never had to deal with shit like this.

i have noticed that last 3 guitar players i've played with, all play black Les Pauls and have all made babies. something fishy is goin on here.