Hi there.
I’ve been visiting here for a while without actually contributing anything. I thought it would be good manners to introduce myself.
I’m what you might describe as a “return-ee” to bass playing. I started playing bass in the 70’s. It was an “in-at-the-deep-end” experience. I was playing guitar at the time when, three days before a gig, the bass player left the band.
The rest, as they say…
I’m now in my fifties and for the last twenty years or so, apart from some depping work and a bit of recording for my own solo projects, I’ve hardly done any bass playing at all.
Now I have the opportunity to get back playing bass in a band again. I had been thinking about it for a while but due to work commitments could never quite make it happen.
Redundancy sorted that out. (It’s never [u]all[/u] bad)
I play a Rickenbacker 4001 which I’ve had from new. (I almost sold it at one point because I hardly ever used it but my friend threatened me with actual bodily harm if I was stupid enough get rid of it. A true friend indeed.) Turns out it was made in February 1978, the same month and year I got married. Both relationships survive and prosper.
I bought an Ampeg SVT4 Pro and, thanks to the good influence of BC’ers, I’ve recently taken delivery of a Barefaced Bass Super 12. This combination of amp and cab have shown up a few weaknesses in my guitar’s set-up that I had never really noticed before. It’s also shown up more than a few weaknesses in my playing technique. I’m working on them both.
I’ll post a pic in the gear porn thread at some point.
Anyway, I think that’s wordy enough for a first post.
Now, all I need is a band…
