Hello I'm Steve from Woodlesford near Leeds and I joined this forum yesterday.
In my teens I had a Vox Custom Bass, a HH Powerbaby head and a Carlsboro Stingray cab and played in a couple of punk bands, I did a bit of thrashing and stuff and never became an accomplished musician hanging up the bass when I was about 20.
Now in my mid 40s and in the throes of a mid life crisis I decided to buy an Ibanez acoustic bass (it really is a wonderful thing, almost a work of art) in September 2012. Much to my surprise I was walking up and down the strings like an eager teenager in no time, it really is like riding a bike. However this time being older and wiser I decided to do things right so I'm currently working through Serious Electric Bass, by Joel DI Bartolo, fantastic book as it really does make you think, work hard and understand music theory. Scales and arpeggios are really quite easy to understand I was pleased to discover, I'm so enthused with my minor and major successes that I have Bass Harmony, Advanced Bass Guitar by Kevin Sullivan on my must acquire list.
Anyway my other half is less than impressed since I came home with a Laney RB3 and a Peavey Cirrius just before Christmas to try and satiate my appetite for all things low frequency and shes going to be even less impressed when she finds out about the Allen Woody Rumblekat I'm having delivered.
As for music I'm aiming to play funk since discovering Funkadelic and Laffyette Afro Rock Band oh and I'm going to have a crack at studying Jazz, I'm far too old to be playing that noisy punk stuff. Its taken me over 25 years to discover that there is more to the bass guitar than thrashing the root.
Groovy