damnit. i put way too much milk in my mac and cheese and now its like soup :(

[quote=:amaze:;17140606]damnit. i put way too much milk in my mac and cheese and now its like soup :([/quote]

Top it with bread crumbs and throw it in the oven for 5-10 minutes. Make a baked macaroni.

^ good call.

Good call, yes, but far too much work. As bad as it is when you put in too much milk, you just suck it up and eat your mac and cheese soup.

yeah, i've gotta get to the library to study for my microbiology exam tomorrow ... i can't afford to waste time making bakes mac and cheese [b]and[/b] surfing MX

why not just strain it?

Yes, I realize this is far too late, but could you not just scoop out the noodles and pour the appropriate amount of cheese soup-sauce back over them?

straining it would make it much less cheesy. and i like it cheesy.

but soupy

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

this is true

Hello all.

Paul, what's crackin?

I'm slowly designing my next custom, and I'd like to model it after the Spector Euro a bit (their body design is so comfortable), but I want to extend the upper horn and make the bottom horn smaller to provide for easier 24th fret access.

Does this design look dumb at all?

[IMG]http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/funkmetalbass/custom2.png[/IMG]

i like it, actually.

I do too. I think the upper half needs to be a hair wider, but I think that design will help keep the body weighed down and force the instrument to balance better.

I just sent a couple requests to different small-ish luthiers to see who can do it for a good price (I don't wanna pay much more than $2k for it).

damn, i wish i had 2k for a bass. ****, i wish i just had 2k.

[quote=:amaze:;17141457]damn, i wish i had 2k for a bass. ****, i wish i just had 2k.[/quote]

Same, brother. If I can sell my Conklin and Aria, I can hopefully pull in ~$1400 from both and only have to save a couple hundred more.

how's the casual tonight?

appears to be dead.

if i had 2k for a bass, i already know which one i'd get.

bongo 6 HH, stealth black baby...

*creams*

[quote=burtonbassist_101;17141505]appears to be dead.

if i had 2k for a bass, i already know which one i'd get.

bongo 6 HH, stealth black baby...

*creams*[/quote]

I thought about buying a stock bass (hell, Spector Euro 6 LXs only run $2k), but I'm really looking for a particular sound and feel that few other basses in my price range can achieve.

Besides, if I can get a bass that is more aesthetically pleasing to me and custom tailored to my sound and playing style for the same price, why not go custom?

I'm going to upgrade the pups in my Schecter first (EMG DC in the bridge, EMG CS in the neck) to see if I like what it does for my tone. If so, I'm scrapping the second custom idea and I'll be buying a second bass and second set of pickups to keep around in case of emergencies.

yeah i've been toying with the idea of getting a custom made bass built/building one myself. i dunno. i REALLY REALLY want a bongo though.

they're absolutely amazing.

I've been thinking about buying a Telecaster. I don't know for sure if I will, but it's been an idea in my head for a while.

[quote=burtonbassist_101;17141583]yeah i've been toying with the idea of getting a custom made bass built/building one myself. i dunno. i REALLY REALLY want a bongo though.

they're absolutely amazing.[/quote]

I've also been re-thinking my guitar-making abilities and I'm debating taking this summer off of school entirely to start anew on building my own bass. I'm going to need to move a lot of crap out of my garage though.

[quote=Spaceman Spiff;17141651]I've been thinking about buying a Telecaster. I don't know for sure if I will, but it's been an idea in my head for a while.[/quote]

Tele + EMG Humbuckers is my preference if I didn't find the tele body ugly as sin.

I've decided I need a new bass, but I'm poor and can't afford anything that I want. None of my basses sound the way I'd like them to anymore.

So, uh, anyone know of any cheap basses that have a tight, well defined low end and enough mid range punch to cut through a mix?

And I'm gonna have to try one of the new MM midrange offerings... The Sterling Ray 35 looks pretty badass...

[quote=Sablate McNuff;17140559]Do they have punchy/growly mids that cut through? I really don't want to end up with Barts again. I hate the ones on my Conklin.[/quote]

Mine does. My bass just has one 7 string MM style Delano in the bridge, and its pretty epic. I have a kind of aggressive pick sound where its all about mids, and I don't have problems with it at all. I didn't get along with the Barts in my GTBD-7 either. But the one thing I can't get out of the Delano is the smooth lows the Barts had actually. But I don't have much tone shaping in my bass. If you had something like an ACG-02 filter preamp in it, you could probably nail just about any sound you wanted. The Seymour Duncans in my Conklin have those nice lows though - they sound massive, but not aggressive enough for my main bass.

i have GAS. luckily, it's for a cheap, attractive bass.

[url]http://www.rondomusic.com/sjmbpbu.html[/url]

i'd just use it as a back-up, and i might use it in drop-d for a few songs.

[quote=fatbandit;17141945]Mine does. My bass just has one 7 string MM style Delano in the bridge, and its pretty epic. I have a kind of aggressive pick sound where its all about mids, and I don't have problems with it at all. I didn't get along with the Barts in my GTBD-7 either. But the one thing I can't get out of the Delano is the smooth lows the Barts had actually. But I don't have much tone shaping in my bass. If you had something like an ACG-02 filter preamp in it, you could probably nail just about any sound you wanted. The Seymour Duncans in my Conklin have those nice lows though - they sound massive, but not aggressive enough for my main bass.[/quote]

I'd be looking to install a second MM-style delano up closer to the neck, so those smooth tone problems would most likely be solved right then and there.

I play with an agressive finger attack, so it sounds like those Delanos will be perfect for me. Now I just have to figure out how to get them in the US...

[QUOTE=Sablate McNuff;17141772]Tele + EMG Humbuckers is my preference if I didn't find the tele body ugly as sin.[/QUOTE]

I really like the Tele body. I've never actually played one, which is why I haven't actually decided whether or not I want one. If I did want one, I'd have the cash tomorrow... this job is pretty pwn.