Hi everyone, another bassist from Bristol here (although I'm actually a Geordie who's strayed a little far from home).
I've just got back into playing bass after a 10+ year hiatus. I started playing when I was around 16 on an Aria Pro II explorer shaped bass then moved onto a Bass Collection SB301 which I bought new in 1994. I played in a band at university doing a few gigs but (I'm ashamed to say) never really learnt to play properly, I just learnt songs and played them. I sold the BC a little over 10 years ago and regret that a bit now, it was a stunning bass.
I've just been bitten by the bass bug again so I went out and got myself a Dean Hillsboro Single (pretty decent bass, nice sound, nice thin neck and has a musicman style humbucker). I then started pining for my old BC so trawled Ebay and got a brilliant SB315 5 string (in black) from 1991. I had a luthier make a custom brass nut for it as it's strung EADGC and the E groove in the nut was badly worn. It now sounds utterly fantastic, just how I remember my old one sounding. It was a bargain too - £165 . I then found an SB320* fretless which I bought and after a little work soldering some of the electronics back on, it sounds amazing. Tricky to play fretless at my skill level but a good challenge.
So now I've picked up a few books, am trawling Youtube for videos and I'm actually learning how to play properly. I use Guitar Rig and Cubase LE/Garageband to play and record on top of a drum track and I'm loving it.
So this is me, hope to have a good chat with you all on here and learn more stuff!
Oh, and pics of my basses to come
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* I think it's an SB320. The model number has worn off but it's got active circuits and gold hardware. I'm only uncertain as the knobs are black but it looks as though the electronics may have been replaced which may account for this. It's the best sounding bass out of the ones I own so it looks like they were upgraded and not just replaced on the cheap.[/size]
