LastBass Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Retired from any gigging I ever did years ago now and about to retire from the day job too, so it’s back to being a bedroom bassplayer. (Although it's my flat so I'll play where I damn well like.) Classical guitar is my main music these days, but I still love the bass. Twilight years project is Bach’s Cello Suites on bass. Used to play the G major and D minor, bits of the E flat major and C minor. I’ve blown the dust off them recently, and on fretless too just for a challenge. My main bass now is a Warwick Corvette Standard 5 string either the red stained ash/ovangkol fretless that I bought new on a whim a few years ago and haven’t yet had time to really get to grips with, or the 1996 bubinga/wenge fretted I got from The Gallery last year to match the 4 string version I found really cheap in a local 2nd hand shop years ago. In the cupboard a Precision and a Noel Redding sig Jazz, as well as a Hohner B2AV 5 string that I love, but I wish I could find a way of playing it sitting down. All through a Trace Elliott BLX150. Edgar Meyer is probably the bass player I listen to most now, but Jack Bruce has been my hero since Cream, also Danny Thompson since Pentangle (you can tell my vintage) though the young upstart J Pastorius’s contribution to Joni Mitchell’s In France they kiss on Main Street on Shadows and Light is the greatest bass playing in the world [i]anywhere ever[/i]. And I have tickets for both Primus gigs at the Albert Hall next April hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Welcome to the machine, what part of Kent are you in? Cheerz, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboyslimfast Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Welcome along LastBass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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