^^ Nice basses dude!


How the HELL did I miss a thread like this, especially containing a post like this?

I picked up the bass a few months back under the inspiration of such bassists as Mariusz Duda, Geddy Lee and Chris Squire. It seems so natural, so flowing to me. However, I can't compose on it for the life of me, so I go back to the guitar, TRY (and I mean TRY as in take multiple dumps in my pants (not literally)) to write, but alas...nothing.


I think I'm just going to focus on my bass playing for now, then go back to songwriting on the guitar later.

Oh man, Mariusz, Geddy and Squire are AWESOME. I don't hear about a lot of people who appreciate Mariusz' playing; which surprises me because he's a really talented and creative player. Upon really listening to his riffs, you can hear that they're pretty busy and complicated at times. He's clearly a Geddy Lee fan!
He's even got a hard-core bass face, check this out:


Anyway, that's cool. All three of those guys are on my "favorite bass players" list. I keep track of such things, my list is probably 10 people long or thereabouts

Now to the important stuff:

MusicMan Bongo


Fretless jazz bass


And here's the two together:


Rig


I have a compressor, Whammy, flanger, distortion, delay, and chrous as far as effects go.

Perhaps some bass players might find this amusing, I did
http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1750535

Bass players?! Hellloooo? Where are you? Stop hiding behind your bass cabs and talk about bass!!


... Or at least come out to complain about the lead guitar player....


*sigh*

I was going to let you guys hear and see my new bass in action, but the YouTube copyright police have blocked the audio so you'll just have to see it in action for now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPdYhIKDGB0

Warwick Thumb BO Fretless 5 - it's my dream bass and I am just completely in love!!

I was going to let you guys hear and see my new bass in action, but the YouTube copyright police have blocked the audio so you'll just have to see it in action for now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPdYhIKDGB0

Warwick Thumb BO Fretless 5 - it's my dream bass and I am just completely in love!!

When did you get it?

Fragility you are a good looking girl!

Ok....my second upload attempt seems to have fooled the youtube bots....sorry for all the sloppy parts!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1NGAUS_s0

@fragility fretless thumb? nice

the kids

epiphone t bird

honer Bbass V

will give a shot of my pedal board in a bit.


i play mostly metal of a droney doomy type, i cannot slap so i don't try.

love to funk though

Dean 5 string bass from some time around 1991.
Into an even older Laney 15" cab (150w - though I swapped out the speaker which had about 89dB/1 w, with an Electrovoice with 96-98dB/1w. Making it effectively a 700w-ish compared to standard amps! )

I've had Peavey basses, a Fender Precision (absolutely dire!), a couple of Aria Pros - one of which is paint-free upstairs in bits partly after being stripped, a couple of others.

The Dean though - man oh man - I've had Ibanez lead guitarists say it was like playing their guitars instead of most bassses!

I like a nice clunky toppy sound though - like Chris Squire of Yes. Almost at the edge of breaking up, or even over if I play a good solid slap or some chords.

I hate hate HATE HATE jazzy, smooth amps like Trace Elliots. Can't stand them - I keep wanting to put holes in the speaker to get some dirt and clank in it. Man.