Gaffophone

[quote name='OzzyGreg' post='1331642' date='Aug 8 2011, 05:48 AM']. 27-28 years ago I was watching a punk band play in a local club. All of a sudden the bass player's amp died and I was absolutely gob-smacked at the way it affected the sound. the entire band lost all "guts" and sounded very hollow and limp. There and then i realised how important bass is and decided to go and buy one and learn how to play it. I've never wanted to play anything else since. Greg[/quote] Great ! One of the best reason I've ever read !

[quote name='BottomE' post='1332083' date='Aug 8 2011, 02:56 PM']Paris is fantastic. I didn't have children at that time - just me and my wife so we really enjoyed our time there. We lived in the 13eme near Chinatown and Place D'Italie. I was lucky enough to have played in a 7 piece funk band in Paris - my French is rubbish but we communicated by funk! Happy days.[/quote] Ah music... universal language [quote]Here is me and kids at the Fete de Bayonne [attachment=86508:bayonne_with_dada.jpg][/quote] Yes, with traditional clothes at the back of the picture, easy to guess. I've never been to Bayonne but I hope I will. I don't know for you people around the world but here in France, we often go to visit other countries while we have so much to see in our country. On the other side journeys in foreign countries is a good thing to discover and understand other cultures

Well I must say that Pau is a beautiful town and the whole region is gorgeous. Paris is cool for a few days but I can't imagine living in such an environment !

For me, just because after a year or so of guitar (beginner), I had the opportunity to try a bass for the first time of my life. It was a... revelation ? Yep, something like that. And then a friend told me about Uzeb and I heard Alain Caron... guess what happened in my mind ? It was a storm, a revolution, a discovery !

Merci à vous tous ! Thanks a lot ! Next step: try to answer in an existing thread @ Dad3353: je suis à Dijon depuis peu, originaire de Besançon... toujours dans l'Est quoi. Merci pour le piège avec "terrible"

Hi everybody ! My name is Anthony aka Gaffophone, I'm pretty shy, especially on boards in english, that's why I did not register before. Now it's done and I hope you won't be afraid by my english Anyway, I'm a french bass player since nearly twenty years now (ouch... I'm so aged ?) A few years ago I bought a BN5 (natural grain) which was dream for me since a loooong time. That's my only bass since I'm not this kind of player who needs many models. I can play just one at a time and need months and years to really know a bass (who thought "like a woman" ) I played a long time in a Big Band and many little pop/rock bands. Well, I don't really what to tell you... if you have questions, please ask See you !