My spouse Sara, who is very artistic and sells her crafts online, made me some special items for my birthday. Note, the heart on the mug is made from a bass clef, and the bass clef on the pick.
She was denied the gift of hearing at birth, but was instead given a tremendous gift of visual art.
I just had to share this with my fellow bassbuzzers.
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Yes, I can see why you would just have to share this.
What a wonderful gesture.
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Woah! Amazing gift and I agree - I can see why you would have to share this.
Good thing the left part of the heart is drawn as a heart and not a mirrored bass clef otherwise you would think of howard everytime you drink out of it. At least I would.
And happy birthday of course!
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Funny I never realized that’s what @howard avatar is. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Once it hit me I got envious and had a thought about maybe a modification and using it as avatar and then dismissed it because it would be too much like a copy-cat.
So I just admire the idea. Seems your spouse kind of had the same idea and it just fits soooo good.
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Happy Birthday, @PamPurrs.
Wonderful gifts, Sara is very talented.
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Awesome.
Those are all so cool, but That’s exactly what I was gonna get you. Now what am I supposed to do?
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Must I remind you?
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Shhhhhhh!!!
Don’t ruin the surprise.
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So nice @PamPurrs! Congratulations on having someone that supports your bass adventures and of course, happy bassday!
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Happy birthday @PamPurrs
Sara certainly is a very talented artist. Beautiful personalised gifts obviously from the heart.
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I stole it from a music store here 
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Happy birthday @PamPurrs,
Have a great day.
Cheers Brian
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That’s not proper, return it at once 
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Theirs is pretty solid 
It’s my favorite bass shop out of a horde of great ones. Ironically never bought anything from them.
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That’s awesome.
And that’s funny, why not? Support your favorite store, at least get some picks, strings, something. Lololololol
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Prices aren’t especially good for strings and such, and it’s a high end store. (that shot is not of the best part - though there’s still a lot of nice basses there.) It’s thriving, too - six floors of instruments and gear besides their bass annex.
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I get it, it’s like Disneyland for musicians.
But a bottle of water cost $8, so bring your own, and eat before you go, so you don’t end up paying $20 for hard chicken nuggets and soggy fries.
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Hah yeah sort of. Their prices aren’t universally bad but they will never be the lowest.
I have bought basses from two of their competitors brick and mortar stores though, both of my Warwicks. One was a new 5-string that had been a floor model from a previous year and was super cheap, so even though I bought it new, I turned a (very) small profit selling it used. The next was my current 'wick, which I got a good deal on new but probably should have had more patience waiting for a used one.
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No price matching? Is that not a thing in Japan?
why would anybody buy from them?
Is it just because of selection, and more so, stock on hand?
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