Musical shopping
Jan. 3rd, 2006 10:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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stuartc turned out to have yesterday off after all... so we went shopping. Somehow it became MY TURN to drive to Hollywood, which I handled reasonably well. There were even SEVERAL spots available in the Guitar Center car park, which was absolutely astonishing. We went to Guitar Center where I bought a longer purple guitar cable, a big book o bass tabs, a new tuner so I can stop borrowing Dan's every time the old one refuses to tune my low B string, and... something else, I forget what.
We looked at the basses, of course. They have a bright blue Pedulla Rapture J2 5-string that I spotted instantly from across the room. I didn't know you could buy those new at Guitar Center! (I was somehow under the impression they were all made to order and took months...) I must say, I'm glad I bought mine used, that price would have put me off.
Then we went across the street to Sam Ash, wherestuartc bought himself a bass! Rather lower-end than the Pedulla, and only 4 strings. (I can't just let him play with mine, because he's left-handed and I'm not.) We also bought a book on how to play the bongos that we got for Christmas, and I bought a kazoo to replace the one that got tragically broken during band season. Then we went home and played with the new bass, and I showed him some things to do (and some things not to do) and the cats were scared and it was good. (-:
I did NOT find the Sheryl Crow songbook that I need to buy, which is the only part that makes me sad. I can always order it on line, I guess; it might be time to find out just how slow the super saver shipping really is.
stuartc turned out to have yesterday off after all... so we went shopping. Somehow it became MY TURN to drive to Hollywood, which I handled reasonably well. There were even SEVERAL spots available in the Guitar Center car park, which was absolutely astonishing. We went to Guitar Center where I bought a longer purple guitar cable, a big book o bass tabs, a new tuner so I can stop borrowing Dan's every time the old one refuses to tune my low B string, and... something else, I forget what.We looked at the basses, of course. They have a bright blue Pedulla Rapture J2 5-string that I spotted instantly from across the room. I didn't know you could buy those new at Guitar Center! (I was somehow under the impression they were all made to order and took months...) I must say, I'm glad I bought mine used, that price would have put me off.
Then we went across the street to Sam Ash, where
stuartc bought himself a bass! Rather lower-end than the Pedulla, and only 4 strings. (I can't just let him play with mine, because he's left-handed and I'm not.) We also bought a book on how to play the bongos that we got for Christmas, and I bought a kazoo to replace the one that got tragically broken during band season. Then we went home and played with the new bass, and I showed him some things to do (and some things not to do) and the cats were scared and it was good. (-:I did NOT find the Sheryl Crow songbook that I need to buy, which is the only part that makes me sad. I can always order it on line, I guess; it might be time to find out just how slow the super saver shipping really is.
