Hello all, been lurking for some time and pleased to see a great, active forum free of d***heads.
I'm 49, Welsh born & bred but Newcastle based for years and consider myself musically transgendered, meaning a bassist trapped in a guitarist's body. Been playing 6 strings on and (mainly) off for 30 years and never got any good and now that my teenage son has rocketed past me in ability, I'm giving more attention to 4 strings, which is what I should have done all along.
I've got a trusty old '89 Korean Squier Jazz (newly fitted with pickups supplied by The Bass Doc), no proper bass amp or budget for one so it's a slightly unusual amp choice of my Laney Lionheart 5W Class A valve amp at home - surprisingly good tone for bass practice!
I'm a simple soul into simple rigs and back in the day, loved playing our bassist's Mustang through the pub's Selmer PA amp into a Sound City 412. Gigged a couple of years back with borrowed Ashdown/Trace Elliot 410+115 stacks which was rather fun and now looking to do more of the same.
Glad to be here!