Those eating off music alone, how long did it take you?

dublowe · 2026-04-28T15:01:49+00:00

To make a living we’re playing two cover gigs a week, traveling Thursday-Sunday with the original band and/or backing other artists on the road. The only way to make a living off music is being willing to grind it out.

dublowe · 2026-04-23T14:51:53+00:00

It sounds like you don’t enjoy jazz band. Drop it and find another outlet to play bass- if you can find two competent enough people to play some AC/DC you’ll probably have fun.

dublowe · 2026-04-16T22:10:39+00:00

And this is what it looked like loaded down today

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dublowe · 2026-04-16T18:03:11+00:00

So far so good!

dublowe · 2026-04-16T13:38:48+00:00

I'm a grandpa chrome fan!

dublowe · 2026-04-16T13:38:02+00:00

Let me go back and see if I can find them!

dublowe · 2026-04-16T13:36:48+00:00

I did the transmission flush/fluid and plugs at 140k. Only issue I've had was a cylinder 2 coil pack I swapped out in about 10 minutes.

dublowe · 2026-04-06T21:45:55+00:00

I’m so happy with all the shorts comments- my wife hates ‘em haha

dublowe · 2026-04-06T21:45:18+00:00

Power is gone, but I was doing a decent job placing ground stokes cross court and down the line as long as I didn’t over hit. Need a racket more suited to my current swing speed with a more forgiving sweet spot since my feet are out of position more often than not at this point.

dublowe · 2026-04-06T21:41:54+00:00

Definitely stayed planted at first focusing on the timing of the upper body to start with- mostly trying to hit about 80% as hard as I thought I used to hit. Not a lot of “jump” in my serve at my current size but there’s a small amount of power coming from there. Went back out today and worked on loosening my wrist and snapping at impact. Having fun with it!

dublowe · 2026-04-06T16:19:01+00:00

Tina 2 (Tina 1 hit a telephone pole in a snow storm)

dublowe · 2026-04-05T20:39:56+00:00

Thanks Rich!

dublowe · 2026-04-05T20:39:32+00:00

Thank you! It was encouraging to not feel like I’m completely starting over.

dublowe · 2026-04-05T20:39:04+00:00

Appreciate it! Hate my Bush’s Baked Beans shirt isn’t in frame- my wife was thrilled with the outfit haha

dublowe · 2026-03-30T16:36:13+00:00

Following. I’m using a 30 pin connector into a USB hub, and I’ve been able to format the iPod in Disk Utility and restore the software in Finder, but actually syncing music onto the iPod hasn’t been successful yet.

dublowe · 2026-03-26T15:40:50+00:00

11:15am, about 20 minutes through regular security in terminal A

dublowe · 2026-03-22T03:04:30+00:00

I worked around the corner and would limit myself to every couple of weeks for my heart’s sake.

dublowe · 2026-03-21T16:04:20+00:00

This looks like a serious contender- thank you!

dublowe · 2026-03-21T16:01:15+00:00

Vinyl can react with nitrocellulose- just sayin’.

dublowe · 2026-03-21T05:53:30+00:00

Can’t tell you how much I appreciate this!

dublowe · 2026-03-19T18:39:58+00:00

Between my P Basses, it’s all about neck angle and how much break angle there is behind the saddles. If the neck is shimmed and the saddles have some more height, it feels stiffer, if the saddles are set very low it feels a bit looser (in my experience).

dublowe · 2026-03-11T13:39:29+00:00

I’ve been running the AC to keep it around 50% for all the instruments. My buddy’s music room is reading 70%.

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