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A while ago my wife said she wanted to learn to play "fuzz bass". So last weekend we went to Guitar Center in Hollywood, CA to buy her a short scale Epiphone EB-0 bass, 'cuz they are totally metal and fit her small hands. I've been to many GC locations, but not that one. Outside in the front entryway they have all these handprints in cement from heavy duty rock performers. I was most impressed with Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley (The Founding Fathers of Rock) and Black Sabbath. Then, close to the entry way they had Sonic Youth! I didn't realize they had ever done this. We took pics, I'll post them soon. Signatures turned into (bronze?) plaques by each handprint. The wife's hand fit pretty snugly in Kim's rather petite print, which gave her quite a boost of confidence going into the whole thing.
Normally I think these kinds of things are pretty lame, couldn't care less about the stars on the walk of fame, but the Rock Walk was actually pretty cool. The vintage room is insane too, I played a cruddy rendition of Eight Miles High on a 1965 Rickenbacker 12 string, which only costs $7,700-something dollars.
Meanwhile, the 3-point bridge on the bass has failed while I was trying to adjust the action, anchoring post totally came out of the wood. I could return it, but I'm thinking of replacing the poorly designed bridge with a Hipshot Supertone bass bridge designed for just this purpose. I might have to epoxy the bridge post anchor though. She wants an Orange solid state practise bass amp, I'm curious about the Kustom Deep End tube/solid state hybrid.
Thoughts, concerns?
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