The Last Bass Outpost

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/msg/5800380945.html

Only overpriced by 50% give or take??

http://www.motley.com/motley-crue-announces-final-tour/

I know this won't matter to a lot of you, but Nikki was the reason (for better or worse) I switched to bass from guitar. Looks like one more tour to end it all.

After more than three decades together, iconic rock ‘n roll band MÖTLEY CRÜE announced today their Final Tour and the band’s ultimate retirement. The announcement was solidified when the band signed a formal Cessation Of Touring Agreement, effective at the end of 2015, in front of global media in Los Angeles today.

Hopefully it won't be like many other bands that "retire" only to constantly be touring again.

I need to write up a paper for my Management 175 class and could use some help from anyone here that feels like responding to a couple of questions. I thought it might be interesting to get views from people in different lines of work as well as from other country's. Below is my assignment breakdown along with the questions:

Motivation is an invisible and powerful force. Strong motivation can drive individuals and organizations to remarkable heights of achievement. A loss of motivation can leave us dispirited and ineffective. One of the fundamental responsibilities of managers is to support healthy worker motivation. This exercise will allow you to practice designing support for worker motivation.

The aim of this exercise is to give you an opportunity to learn from practicing professionals about a topic of central importance to managers—how to support strong and healthy motivation at work.

TASKS:

Review Chapter 11 on Motivating & Rewarding Employees to get some background on motivation theories and discussions.

Prepare interviews.  Select two individuals to interview about motivation at work. These may be your co-workers, supervisors, or friends who can provide useful information.  

Conduct interviews. Inform the potential interviewee that you are interested in talking about workplace motivation. Set a time that is convenient and ensure that you arrive on time and prepared. Make the interview brief, with 15–20 minutes a good target. Go beyond 20 minutes only if the interviewee gives permission and the discussion is lively. Be sure to thank the interviewee for taking the time to visit with you.

Interview questions might include the following:

1.       How would you describe your work? What are some of the things that you particularly like about your work?

2.       We are currently studying the topic of motivation in one of my classes. What boosts your motivation at work? If you have ever experienced a period of low motivation, can you identify things that might have contributed to your losing steam in your work?

3..       What kinds of rewards or incentives work best to motivate individuals and/or teams who do your type of work? What kinds of rewards or incentives don’t work so well?

I'm not in a position to do this with any of my co-workers due to general weirdness going on at work these days otherwise I'd just grill them. If anyone feels like answering one or more of these questions you would be helping me tremendously. I may need to ask a follow up question as well, but I will try to keep those as basic as possible.

Thanks in advance!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-GIBSON-RD-STANDARD-BASS-BODY-NECK-REPAIR-PROJECT-AS-IS-CRACKED-HEADSTOCK/290968075209?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D1019560242959326467%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D290968075209%26

Am I crazy to want to buy this to restore it? The guy that works on my projects figured around $250 for the repair/paint. If I can get the other parts at a reasonable price, is it worth buying this? I wouldn't be willing to go much past the opening bid but I'm open to buying it if it stays low. Thoughts?

This is my last “project” bass for a while (I think) but it is one I’m happy with. I am going to start with a disclaimer: I know some of you have strong feelings about the Warmoth T-bird body as well as Fender type pickups on a Gibson style body, but I’m not a purist so it doesn’t bother me.
I had ordered a Carvin “Fender” style neck with an ebony board, no inlays, and paddle headstock, Jazz width. My initial plan was to cut my own style headstock on it and install the neck on my Epi Goth rebuild. But…I ended up buying this Warmoth body from a guy on TB so my plans changed. I loved the trans red finish on this and I thought the wood grain looked nice too. Below is a parts list that the seller had in his listing:

Warmoth Transparent Red Mahogany with Raised Center Block
Hipshot A Bridge
EMG PJX & EMG Pre-Amp
Warmoth Pearlized White Pickguard
Miscellaneous Parts (black strap pins and Schaeller strap locks, black electrosocket input jack, double 9v battery boxes, Fender ferrules)

I also added Gotoh tuners and my own headstock logo. The original neck had been installed with the Fender 3 bolt plate but that made me nervous because the neck pocket doesn’t have some of the side support that a typical Fender pocket would have, so I had the neck installed with stainless threaded inserts just for added security (probably not needed but I feel better about it). After doweling the original neck pocket screw holes Joe (Chromium) helped me touch up the finish with his trans red stain and super glue and I sanded that back to smooth. I had a custom neckplate made with the Bacardi bat on it, which didn’t totally cover the original screw holes but since that is on the back I don’t really care about that. My luthier did all of the dirty work of shaping the headstock, painting, clear coat, installing the threaded inserts, etc.
The headstock didn’t turn out exactly as I hoped but I do like it overall. The original idea I had was to merge a Non-reverse headstock with the Epi Batwing shape. Due to size issues I had to scale it back and ended up taking a cue from Reverends headstock design and altered it. The headstock is narrower than I would have liked but on the plus side it doesn’t neck dive at all.

I’m still getting used to the EMG setup (haven’t had an active bass in many years) but so far it does sound good to my ears. The good thing with the p-j setup is I have tons of options if I ever want to change the pickups. So far I’m happy with this bass. It’s comfortable, hangs nicely, plays nice, looks good, and has some personal touches to it. I will post some pictures but photobucket isn’t letting me upload some of the better shots I have of the bass.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Hand-Carved-Sturgeon-Bass-Guitar-signed-by-Les-Claypool-of-Primus-/121118771916?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c333dcacc

When you add up all of the charges, it is really quite the deal 

Anyone here familiar with this model? There is one for sale locally that I am thinking about checking out.