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  1. James Hart

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    Nice! Hindsight... I know it well :) here was my first guitar, 1960 Fender Jazzmaster (was my Grandfather's beater guitar), I sold it in 1995 for $1600. Pictured in 1983 at 15 years old, scanned from my High School yearbook. At least I still have his 1965 Guild Starfire V That is my Ibanez...
  2. James Hart

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    Yeah, same here... the last straw for me was the latest format change. I haven't left, but barely read a dozen threads a week. Actually, most of my time there is on the DB side of things now. :) my first real bass was an Ibanez Destroyer (I have another one of those in pieces waiting for...
  3. James Hart

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    YUP! Been there forever, I used to mod the 'Bassists' section. I'm still there, but I barely post any more. the white one is fairly average weight wise, the burst is an anchor... but I told him not to worry about weight, I wanted a solid, substantial bass. Both are beautiful! I've never...
  4. James Hart

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    Benavente! I had the the white one built in 2002-3 and the burst about a year later. Here is my main bass for the last 10 years... all 3 are standard models but custom configured with a common aspect of 34" scale and 19mm string spacing. The Bee is all made from Acrylized woods except the...
  5. James Hart

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    I've learned to balance it... the wife and I drive 20+ year old Chevy/GMC SUVs (I've got a 93 K1500 Blazer and the wife a K1500 Suburban), and I am restoring a pair of 2-stroke Yamaha motorcycles (1967 350cc street bike and a 1971 175cc Enduro). Purchase price + restoration on both will be...
  6. James Hart

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    technique leads to premature fret wear... in time, everything wears. Even gut strings on ebony board will eventually need replacing :) I use nickel guitar strings, but bass I prefer stainless. I even use stainless rounds on my fretless basses. When I was gigging and recording regular, I...
  7. James Hart

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    Nice! I use to Systems and Network admin work for Telecom companies. I left to work of a "Green" company building information kiosks for Universities, Corporations, and Governments. I would interface with the building controls network, integrate over 100 data types into my database for...
  8. James Hart

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    No I haven't... tapes either. I played a LOT of nickel rounds early on and never met one I liked. I *LOVE* the feel and tone of stainless rounds (grew up listening to The Who, Rush, and Yes... used Rotosounds into the early 90s). Nickels generally feel slimy and sound dead to me. All basses...
  9. James Hart

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    I use super light stainless rounds on most my basses (Kalium Balanced String sets with .090 E strings on everything from 4 to 7 strings), but I keep one with 12 year old heavy LaBella flats (James Jamerson edition). What *KILLS* my hands is my Upright (set up with Dolce gauge Jargar strings)...
  10. James Hart

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    I'm the Web/Social Media/IT/Sales/Research/Ordering/Reception/General Office Guy for a Corvette and Classic Car Restoration shop. We do everything from body off restorations on show cars to building custom, off the wall hot rods. I was out of work because a my previous employer went out of...
  11. James Hart

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    I've always dug Loverboy. Early 80s rock was cool stuff, I moved over to alternative and adult contemporary by the time hair metal came into its own... it was like hairspray, perms, and spandex made bassists forget how to play anything more than root note 16th note thuds to me. Some okay...
  12. James Hart

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    Nice work Jmur! I don't sing at all, but I've done a lot of spoken work over the years (outgoing messages for telecom company, PSA and commercial radio stuff, and some spoken word on Pop and Americana recordings)... I get told I have a soothing and easy to listen to speaking voice. Personally...
  13. James Hart

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    I built my first DAW in 2002 (I cannot believe how old I'm getting!)... Here are a couple tracks from a home release I put out in 2003 Drums programmed and/or looped, guitar via early 90s Strat into a Johnson J-Station (early modeling "pod") direct into an M-Audio Delta 44 card, Basses...
  14. James Hart

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    I get the itch from time to time... I'd actually like to find some non-guitar acoustic players currently, but I'm mostly content here in my room :) When I do play live with others, I record with a little Zoom H2 I bought when they first hit the market. I use the mic stand mount and place it...
  15. James Hart

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    I'm out of the loop, but have spent quite a few dozen hours doing session work and have actually worked both sides on the desk. I'm online friends with a couple audio engineering heavy weights as well. I'm switching from a PCI card based interface to a USB and had pretty much decided until I...
  16. James Hart

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    That could be... I have seen that in my old Peavey Classic 400 bass head. I've been doing more research on what audio interface to buy... I still like the specs on the Focusrite 18i8 but I'm really digging all the marketing buzz around the Arturia AudioFuze I can preorder it now, it is said to...
  17. James Hart

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    I watched that last night... that guy can do no wrong in my eyes. Thanks for posting it here. How did the amp do over the weekend?
  18. James Hart

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    Correction: The room is 80" x 145" :D I just finally built my desk today... 80" wide by 44" deep to the left and 32" deep to the right. 31" tall once I lay tile next month. I've got a few days of sanding and oiling before it is ready for equipment.
  19. James Hart

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    if it ain't groovin', it better be swingin'! Tell me about it, I'm a bassist or should I say "Oh, I thought that was a guitar". I really hope so, but I'm doing this for myself... but if I can make others happy and make a buck or 2 that would be great.
  20. James Hart

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    As the employee of a Classic Muscle Car restoration shop specializing in 'midyear' Corvettes (1963-1967)... I can confirm that a clean car does indeed drive better :thumbs: Generally speaking the same amp with Kt66 will have a touch more clean headroom with a wider frequency response and the...