Hi all,
Just joined and thought I'd best follow protocol and say "hi"
A bit about me - long time guitarist, short time bassist! I've played guitar in rock bands for 20 odd years but found myself as a pure vocalist in a band a few years ago. That was until the bass player quit so I decided to step into the breach and took on four-string duties
I admit to having an absolute ball and thought it might be a lot of fun to contine as a bass player and three years later I find myself playing in a Thin Lizzy/Gary Moore cover (not tribute) band. I guess that suits my pick style of playing quite nicely but I'm slowly teaching myself to move over to finger-style for the odd track and for self-improvement.
I guess as a guitarist I've no real bass-playing heroes but Neil Murray has always stood out as a cracking player, along with Steve Harris, Billy Sheehan. The rock crowd I guess! Also rate Chris Childs (Thunder and The Union) as a very good player.
Gear-wise I picked up an 80's Bass Collection EB310 to start with and recently a Schecter Omen Extreme and run through an Ashdown ABM500 1x15 combo with an ABM 2x10 extension cab. I've always had a thing for Thunderbirds (I used to use a Firebird) so no doubt one of those will wing it's way into the collection in due course.
Anyway - enough waffle from me - I look forward to browsing through the forums and exchanging views/comments with you all in due course.
Rik