Posted on October 11, 2008 by xcalith
Today marks the 57th birthday of the Precision Bass, the brainchild of Leo Fender and the beginning of the electric bass. Happy birthday Precision Bass! You started an era that forever changed music as we know today.
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Posted on May 30, 2008 by xcalith
I’ve already talked about my current bass choices in my previous post. But if in case something happened that would cause me to fail to reach my choices, I would have to settle for even lower end choices. It’s always safe to have a back up plan in life even if you’re never gonna use [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2008 by xcalith
I have started saving us for that big bass guitar purchase some time in the moderately distant future. My saving scheme was to set aside as much as I could; 250 Philippine Pesos (~5.95 US dollars roughly using $1 = P42) per week, without losing my sanity over starving. I still am in school and [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2008 by xcalith
Being a bassist and living in the Philippines is hard. No one pays much attention to bass guitars locally as compared to guitars or to some extent the drums. When you enter every music shop, there will always be a significant difference between the number of choices available. Luckily, there are some shops that pay [...]
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Posted on April 21, 2008 by xcalith
I remember that we used to have reflection periods back at high school and during this time we’d listen to some inspirational story of advice that would hopefully alter the course of the day. One of the reflections I clearly remember back then was our moderator telling us to “begin with the end in mind.” [...]
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